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Labor And Its Revenue In Islamic And Non-Islamic Economies- Dr. El Tayib Mohammad Hamid Al-Tikaina

UAEU Law Journal

Labor in Sharia Law: The Sharia Law has laid down general rules, principles and regulating controls or restraints on economic activity and its revenue. Actually any activity in the individual’s and society's interest is deemed legal in Sharia Law if it is in accordance with these rules, which prohibit usury and any harmful produce, warn against gambling, cornering, cheating or any action leading to extortion or forcible exaction. Legal economic activity, according to Islam, is any mental, physical, industrial or any other action, which is conducive to development and the promotion of the quality of life. Islamic textual provisions set …