Buyu' for Beginners

Al Ghazali, realizing the complexity of Islamic commercial law, decided to simplify it by selecting six relevant chapters. These aspects of the divine law affect nearly everyone’s life whether he is a brick layer or a wealthy supermarket tycoon building his empire. The manner one earns for his family and spends on them has a profound effect, not only on their physical being, but also their characters and deeds. Keeping these few monetary concepts in mind, one will have a basic idea on how to place wholesome and doubt-free food on the plate. Knowing the divine way of handling money will also save a person from unwittingly hurting others and trampling over their rights. As a simple guideline to earn a legal and pure income, this excerpt from Al Ghazali’s Ihya’ guides the reader from buying a loaf of bread to setting up a business venture with whatever hiring, renting and orders in between.