S5:E7 - Flat Broke: How Sharia Bridges the Wealth Gap

The Podcast Team is joined by Shaykh Taha Abdul-Basser. 🟣 Support us: Patreon.com/SSPOdcast 🔵 Take classes: Arkview.org 8:29 Secrets of Zakat 9:40 When wealth is a good thing in the sight of Allah 13:00 Economics is a big part of deen (religion) 23:00 False signs of success 34:20 Who truly owns wealth? 44:45 Umar's metaphor of taqwa 48:20 How everything in Islam is connceted 49:00 Laws are of no value without a spiritual teaching to discipline nafs 57:35 Islam's concept of property ownership 1:06:00 The goals & purposes of the economic system in Islam 1:10:00 Power hierarchies are about wilaya, responsibility for others 1:20:00 The Sharia cares so much for the hearts of the poor 1:30:00 Can the Islamic state tax its people? 1:50:00 The Genie Coefficient 2:00:00 The enormity of riba 2:15:00 Is interest the same as riba?? There are only three economic systems in the world: Capitalism, Socialism, and Islam, with economics being merely one facet of its larger world-view and philosophy of life. In this episode, we contend that both Capitalism and Socialism funnel wealth away from the people in an unhealthy manner that breeds dissatisfaction and injustice. We explore the specific manner in which the Sharia counters these imbalances.