Wang dan peranannya dalam sistem ekonomi Islam

Abstract

Di dalam sistem ekonomi semasa, wang mendapat tempat yang teristimewa dalam masyarakat. Mengikut Abu Saud, some its "By the definition arbitrarily given to it, it has become superior to man himself, it implies qualifications that are not supposed to be within jurisdiction and which have evolved and become as if they were really genuine, despite the fact that they have no physical existence".*1* Pemerhatian Abu Saud ini adalah hakikat yang berlaku di rata-rata masyarakat termasuk masyarakat yang beragama Islam. Wang menjadi tumpuan manusia. Bahkan status seseorang itu dalam masyarakat diukur dengan kemampuan seseorang itu memperolehi wang. Kadangkala kemanusiaan seseorang itu dipengaruhi oleh unsur wang. Anthony Trollope dalam bukunya Barchester Towers menggambarkan keadaan sedemikian. "Mrs. Bold has twelve hundred a year of her own, and I suppose Mr. Harding means to live with her". - "Twelve hundred a year of her own!" said Slope; and very shortly afterwards took his leave....Twelve hundred a year, said he to himself, as he rode slowly home. If it were the fact that Mrs. Bold have twelve hundred a year of her own, what a fool would she be to oppose her father's return to his old place. The train of Mr. Slope's ideas will probably be plain to all my readers ... twelve hundred a year...." *2* Islam tidak menafikan kedudukan wang dalam sistem ekonomi. Islam meletakkan kedudukan wang adalah semata-mata sebagai alat untuk digunakan dalam proses pertukaran.