Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1128) | The crime of capitalism
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The crime of capitalism.
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Capitalism committed a crime when it stripped economic value from the land.
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And restricted that value solely to labor.
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No one denies the value of labor.
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For the land does not yield its agricultural and animal produce except through labor.
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However, assigning value to labor alone,
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implies stripping it from the land and its production.
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This is only done by those with a one-dimensional perspective,
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who cannot grasp the necessity of integrating both factors.
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The correct approach is to assign economic value to both of them.
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And one should not be led into the fabricated conflict between them.
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The danger inherent in this erroneous view,
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is that the fruits of labor are not limited to material products alone,
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whether agricultural or industrial.
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Rather, they include other matters,
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such as intellectual production and entertainment.
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And everything that falls under the category of services,
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whether all of that is permissible or forbidden.
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Thus, restricting economic value to labor,
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glorifies services and entertainment at the expense of material production.
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It opens the door to the forbidden, such as usury, gambling, and indecency,
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under the pretext that they are forms of work and service.
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Beyond the fact that this angers Allah—glory be to Him—
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and wipes away blessings,
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it also entrenches laziness and lethargy among the people,
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and the pursuit of easy, quick gain.
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It spreads hatred and hostility among them,
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and permits the exploitation of others and the control of their resources.
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This is the recompense for those who turn away from the law of the Most Merciful,
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and establish for themselves a law,
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that bears the characteristics of its author: ignorance, caprice, and injustice.