Are there any criticisms of the fifth issue of al-Asalah, such as calling the economy an Islamic economy?
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The questioner : No, by Allah, this is an important question. Did you read the fifth issue of al-Asalah?
The student : ... .
The questioner : No, I just want his opinion.
The Shaykh : Well, well, this is a question that... really, specify from the question what you want.
The questioner : I mean, did you find anything in the issue? Some of the brothers objected and said there were some issues with certain things.
The Shaykh : What was the objection about? I don't remember if I read it or not.
The questioner : He objects to calling the economy an Islamic economy, and he objects to the article "America, the Sick Man," and the heritage-related articles... Did you find anything regarding this?
The Shaykh : If the objection is limited to something like this and there is nothing else, I do not see a valid point in it, because names do not change the realities of the named things. So, an economy is an Islamic economy.
The questioner : One might say that this is a recent term, and I do not recall it having a basis, because this is a branch of jurisprudence and these are recent terms, and so on.
The Shaykh : By Allah, if the term does not imply a ruling that contradicts the Shari'ah, there is no dispute over terminology, as is known among the jurists. But if it implies something, I am with the one who says, for example, as some have titled it:
The student : Socialism in Islam.
The Shaykh : Islamic Socialism. This certainly implies something, but "Islamic economy," I do not see...
The student : ... .
The questioner : No, I just want his opinion.
The Shaykh : Well, well, this is a question that... really, specify from the question what you want.
The questioner : I mean, did you find anything in the issue? Some of the brothers objected and said there were some issues with certain things.
The Shaykh : What was the objection about? I don't remember if I read it or not.
The questioner : He objects to calling the economy an Islamic economy, and he objects to the article "America, the Sick Man," and the heritage-related articles... Did you find anything regarding this?
The Shaykh : If the objection is limited to something like this and there is nothing else, I do not see a valid point in it, because names do not change the realities of the named things. So, an economy is an Islamic economy.
The questioner : One might say that this is a recent term, and I do not recall it having a basis, because this is a branch of jurisprudence and these are recent terms, and so on.
The Shaykh : By Allah, if the term does not imply a ruling that contradicts the Shari'ah, there is no dispute over terminology, as is known among the jurists. But if it implies something, I am with the one who says, for example, as some have titled it:
The student : Socialism in Islam.
The Shaykh : Islamic Socialism. This certainly implies something, but "Islamic economy," I do not see...
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