What is the Islamic concept of welfare state?

Answer 1

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However, Islam has never a had a state constructed similarly to Sweden where a large government bureaucracy organizes and supports medical care and sustenance for all of its citizens. As a result, nobody has a clear idea of how something like that would work in an Islamic context.

Islamic Perspective of a Welfare State

the idea of a welfare state is not new. Islam represented the concept of welfare state in fourteen hundred years ago which was fullypracticedduring the period of Righteous caliph's (Khilafat-e-Rashida 632-661 A.D).The Concept of Islamic Welfare State Includes :

a -Sovereigntyin Islam belongs to Almighty ALLAH. The state protects the life property and honour of its individuals. justice is for all with out any discrimination. All are equal before law. The superiority among the individuals is based on taqwa (Fear Of ALLAH).

b - It is is necessary for the one who runs the affairs of Islamic welfare state to adhere to the basic tents of Islam.he should be godfearMuslimand act as a trusty only.

c - The head of an islamic welfare state is the servant of the people. He always thinks about the welfare of its people. He lives a simple life like and ordinary man.

d - The Islamic welfare state is always accountable to its people. The ruler is not beyond question or criticism. Such a state develops a prosperous society , free of exploitation. it provides equal opportunities of progress to all the individuals. It provides all the basic facilities to the individuals including the non-Muslims.

Answer 2

An Islamic State is a very nebulous term as it describes any state that claims Islam to be its official state religion. What most people mean when they say "Islamic State" is "Islamist State", i.e. a State that governs according to Islamic Precepts. Such a state is bound to an interpretation of Shari'a or Islamic Law as interpreted by the highest ranking scholars in the particular country. While there can be some welfare for the lower classes, young, and elderly, Islamist States often have a very poor welfare system and rely much more on private, religious third parties to fill the vacuum.

A welfare state is a place where a large government bureaucracy organizes and supports medical care and sustenance for all of its citizens. Sweden is a good example of this. In welfare states, taxes are very high in order to pay for all of the subsidies and programs. Most welfare states today are non-religious or mostly secular. There is a current debate as to whether that is purely incidental or that there is a causal connection linking the mentalities that lead to a welfare state to secular liberalism.

Answer 3

Islam has never a had a state constructed similarly to Sweden where a large government bureaucracy organizes and supports medical care and sustenance for all of its citizens. As a result, nobody has a clear idea of how something like that would work in an Islamic context. The answer below is the general description of how an Islamic State should theoretically be run and I would reject the claim that during the Rightly-Guided Caliphate there was anything remotely similar to what we would consider a welfare state.

As concerns a welfare state, there are certainly Qur'anic interpretations that could be used to support the creation of such a state as well as both Sunni and Shiite customary law that would buttress that claim, but the actual operation of that state (i.e. what would be covered, how coverage would be extended, what the levy rate would need to be, how officers would be appointed to oversee the bureaucracy, etc.) are, as of yet, unclear.

Answer 4

differentiate between welfare state and islamic stae