Islamic Economics: A Short History

by Rodney Wilson and Ahmed El-Ashker

The study covers Muslim economic thought from the emergence of Islam, long before economics became a separate discipline with distinctive analytical tools. The economic environment in ancient Arabia from which Islam emerged is examined, and the economic concepts in the Qur'ān and Sunnah are discussed, as well as the thinking of early Muslim jurists. Detailed consideration is given to Islamic economic thought during the dynasties of the Umayyads...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004151346
• ISBN13: 9789004151345
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"