Insurance in an Islamic Economy | Islamic Finance, Takaful & Shariah-Compliant Insurance Guide

“Insurance in an Islamic Economy” explores the concept of insurance within the framework of Islamic law (Shariah). The book provides a detailed analysis of conventional insurance and examines its compatibility with Islamic principles.

It introduces the concept of Takaful (Islamic insurance) as a Shariah-compliant alternative, based on cooperation, mutual assistance, and shared responsibility. The author explains key issues such as risk, uncertainty (gharar), and interest (riba), helping readers understand the differences between conventional and Islamic financial systems.

This book is ideal for students, professionals, and anyone interested in Islamic finance and economics, offering clear insights into how financial practices can align with Islamic teachings.

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• Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi

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INSURANCE IN AN ISLAMIC ECONOMY
Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi
The Islamic Foundation
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Introduction
One of the measures adopted in modern times for the organisation of economy and finance is insurance. It has a key role in present industrial development as well as in large-scale organisation of commerce, industry and agricul- ture. In certain respects, it is even more important than banking. There is a continuing surge of commitment to revive the Islamic way of life. The reorganisation of finance and economy is a part of that commitment and involves tackling the problem of insurance like that of banking. This study addresses itself to the question of what our position must be in regard to the present system of insurance when the whole economic and financial system is refashioned in the light of Islamic principles. We shall try to identify the basic principles of insurance, and see if they can or do not fit into the Islamic system of life, and also assess the possible advantages accruing from their adoption. We shall also review the methods of application of these principles in modern times and see how to safeguard against the ills associated with the present insurance system. Finally, we shall make some suggestions regarding the organisation of insurance under the Islamic system. The whole discussion, however, will be confined to principles only, without any consideration of technical details of the insurance system or details of the changes that might be necessitated during its reorganisation.
Insurance is based on the discovery of a useful social- scientific principle, according to which, after a small invest- ment, individuals can be freed from incurring financial losses as a result of perils and accidents, whose incidence can be measured fairly accurately in relation to large human groups. This principle, like all other scientific discoveries, is a blessing from God. To take advantage of it is not only desirable, it is indispensable for the progress of civilisation.
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Contents
Foreword Khurshid Ahmad
Foreword to the Urdu Edition
Introduction
Chapter One: Risk and Uncertainty in Human Life.. Business Risk and Uncertainty
Pure Risk
Gambling
Law of Large Numbers
Nature of Insurance
Economic Importance of Risk Reduction/Elimination
Insurance and Gambling
Prohibition of Gambling
Insurance and Interest
Other Possible Evils Associated with Insurance Insurance and Public Interests Recognised by the Shari'ah
Chapter Two: Insurance, Gambling and Other Evils
Chapter Three: Insurance in the Capitalist and Socialist
Systems
Insurance Under the Capitalist System Insurance Under the Socialist System
Chapter Four: Insurance under the Islamic System Social Security Under an Islamic System Proposed Scheme of Insurance
Index
Insurance and Indian Muslims
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MUHAMMAD NEJATULLAH SIDDIQI, born in 1931 at Gorakhpur (UP) India, was educated at the Muslim University Aligarh and Darsgah Jamat-e-Islami, Rampur. Before joining the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, as Professor of Economics in the International Centre for Research in Islamic Economics, he was Professor and Head, Department of Islamic Studies and for some years Reader in Economics at Aligarh University. During his early academic career he launched and edited a quarterly research journal Islamic Thought. Presently an Editor of the Journal of Research in Islamic Economics (Jeddah), he has authored and translated over a dozen books on Islam and Islamic economics. Some of these are: Economic Enterprise in Islam, Some Aspects of the Islamic Economy, Muslim Economic Thinking, Banking Without Interest, Issues in Islamic Banking, Partnership and Profit-Sharing in Islamic Law, Islam's Theory of Property (Urdu), The Road to Islamic Renaissance (Urdu), Urdu translation of Qadi Abu Yusuf's Kitab al-Kharaj and Sayyid Qutb's al- 'Adalah al-Ijtima'iyah fi'l-Islam. These contributions won Dr. Siddiqi the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 1982.
INSURANCE IN AN ISLAMIC ECONOMY discusses the nature of risks that are covered by insurance as distinguished from gambling which creates its own risk or involves one in a risk not accessary to economic activity proper. The possibility of reorganising insurance in accordance with Islamic principles so as to avoid interest, gambling and other corrupt practices and the desirability of doing so are discussed in the context of man's contemporary need. Briefly tracing the development of insurance under capitalism and the way this need is fulfilled in socialist countries, the study outlines an integrated scheme of social security and insurance in a modern Islamic economy.
THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION is an educational and research organisa- tion devoted to make Islam a living reality in our age. For this purpose, it aims at improving human communication and developing a better under- standing of Islam among all people of the world, Muslim and non-Muslim, so as to galvanise man to the message and ideal of One God and the unity of mankind, as brought by all the Prophets of God throughout the ages, last of whom was the Prophet Muhammad (blessings of Allah and peace be upon him). An important aspect of the Foundation's multifarious activities is the publication of literature on Islam.