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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the discussion on the error of naming things other than their true Islamic socialist meanings

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The Shaykh : I used to fear that we would see a book titled "Islamic Communism"! I feared this; but since communism has been put to an end, perhaps the fear has vanished; although it is possible that communism may return in one way or another. The point is "Islamic Socialism"—may Allah protect us from it!—and look at how the name has a reality and an impact; indeed, when you read a book written on Islamic Socialism, you find there rulings that are not Islamic; rather, the author was influenced by some Western communist ideas; and then, within the limits of what he knows of the Shari'ah or what he does not know—and perhaps this is the most accurate expression—he said: this ruling is permissible. For example: among the systems of socialism is the confiscation of large capital and the confiscation of public utilities;
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