ALLAH CREATED ALL RESOURCES IN THE WORLD

In the Quran, Allah states that all the resources in the world are created by Him, and made usable to the humans by the virtue of the laws that Allah injected into the resources:

“It is He who created for you all that exists on earth.” [Al-Baqarah: 29]

“Allah is He Who put at your disposal the sea so that the ships may sail by His command, and so as you may seek His bounty.” [Al-Jathiyah: 12]

“He put at your disposal that which is in the heavens and that which is in theearth, all from Him.” [Al-Jathiyah: 13]

“And We sent down iron, in which is great might, as well as many benefits for mankind.” [Al-Hadid: 25]

“Let man consider his food. How We pour water in showers. Then split the earth in fragments. And cause the grains to grow therein. And grapes and fresh vegetation. And olives and dates, and enclosed gardens, dense with lofty trees. And fruits and grazes. Provision for you and your cattle.” [‘Abasa: 24-32]

Allah illustrated in these verses and others, that He created property and created man’s efforts, and He did not discuss anything else that may be linked to them, which indicates that He did not interfere in the property or in man’s effort, except that He showed that He created them for people to utilise. He also did not interfere in the production of wealth; there is no Shari’ah text (divine legal text) which denotes that Islam interferes in the production of wealth. On the contrary, we find the Shari’ah texts indicate that the Shari’ah has left to the people the matter of extracting the property and improving man’s effort.

It was narrated that the Prophet said in the issue of manual pollination of date trees: “You are more aware of the routine issues of your daily life (amr dunyakum).” It is also narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) sent two of the Muslims to Jurash of Yemen to learn weapons manufacturing.

These examples indicate that the Shari’ah has left the matter of production of wealth to the people, to be produced according to their experience and knowledge. Thus, it is apparent that Islam focuses on the economic system and not economic science.