By Rabita Islamic News Agency
Domariya Ganj (UP): Several distinguished Ulema within the country and abroad have expressed the opinion that allowable efforts for economic progress do not defy religious-mindedness; rather it is a virtuous and reward full deed in itself. In a seminar on the theme topic of "Economic Issues And Problems", organized under the auspices of Qur’an Academy at Safa Shari’at College, Domariya Ganj (U.P.), Ulema said Muslims should make labour, hard workmanship and honesty in various economic fields their distinction mark, but the young generation should remain watchful so that in the lust of easy money, they would not overlook the divergence between what is allowable and what is prohibited.
The seminar was presided by Dr. Wasiyyullah Abbas, professor at Jame’ Ummul Qura, Makkah Mukarramah. The distinguished guests who addressed the seminar include Sheikh Mohammad Aziz Shams (Makkah Mukarramah), Maulana Waris Mazhari (Delhi) and Maulana Sultan Ahmad Islahi (Aligarh).
The seminar demanded the management bodies of Madrasas to include economics as a subject in their syllabus and make arrangements for industrial training so that earning livelihood would become easier for their students after the completion of education. The distinguished Ulema participating in the seminar have advised Muslim students to acquire distinct expertise in various branches of economics and take Islamic economics as their field of research activities.
Participants of the seminar unanimously agreed that eradication of economic backwardness among Muslims shall be possible only when Muslims will put Islamic guidance regarding economic behaviour in their practice. The seminar has demanded the government to implement the recommendations of Sachar Committee Report honestly and sincerely, and establish new industrial units in Muslim dominated areas so that unemployment among Muslim youths may be reduced in those areas.