The neglected approach to poverty alleviation

Tahir, Ibrahim Nuhu (2019) The neglected approach to poverty alleviation. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 27 (1). pp. 41-82. E-ISSN 2462-1420

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Abstract

According to different studies the world is suffering from chronic poverty, with around 3 billion of its population living below $2.50 per day and 80% living below $10 (Shah, 2014). The effects of poverty indiscriminately cut across race, nationality and religion. Governments, non-governmental organizations and international bodies have tried numerous methods to at least remove hardcore and extreme poverty if not eradicate poverty completely. Unfortunately, regardless of the immense financial and human resources dedicated to this effort it has failed except for a few instances. The key cause of this failure is the dichotomy created between Sharīʿah and worldly knowledge. This has led to abandonment of the methodology used by the early generations such as the era of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Al-ʿAzīz (raḥimahullāh), who fully depended on the Qurʾān and Sunnah in his administration to tackle the issue. In Islam poverty is described as a disease affecting the heart hence requiring a spiritual cure. Therefore, Islam recognizes spiritual and physical poverty. This is contrary to the popular secular view that poverty is merely a material deficiency. This is evidence of the disparity between Islam’s position on poverty as a trial and the secular view that it is a situation to be resolved only physically. This paper addresses poverty alleviation through the Islāmic Spiritual Approach and the Islāmic Material Approach which are based on crystal clear divinely guided injunctions from Qurʾān and Sunnah.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7005/73043
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Poverty, Īman, Dhikr, Tawakkul, Zakāt
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Economics
Depositing User:	DR Ibrahim Nuhu Tahir Nuhu
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2019 16:33
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2020 16:02
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/73043

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