The practical practice of Islam has laid down many principles regarding the financial system. The greatest misfortune of humanity is that Islam has to face distortion and disaster in its early days due to the Umayyad rulers. However, Islamic history has shown that many of the ideologies of Islam have been put into practice.
Poor people are more entitled to the money of Baitul Maal than those who are advanced in Islam. It has been narrated in Musnad Ahmad that Adi Ibn Hatim has narrated that I used to go to Hazrat Omar Ibn Khattab with some people of my tribe. He was therefore fixing an allowance of Rs 2,000 for some members of the tribe. Adi said, I came and stood in front of him again. Yet he did not flinch at me. I stood in front of him again but he ignored me. I said, Amirul Muminin! Do you know me Hazrat Omar Ra. Khil Khil laughed. Then he said, by God! I know you well. You believed when everyone was unwavering in disbelief. When others were retreating, you moved forward. You showed your loyalty when many were cheatingI remember well the first meaning of zakat Rasulullah SA. And the Companions. Their faces shone with joy, that was the zakat money of the tribe. I am the money of the Prophet. I brought it to the court. Then Hazrat Omar. He started making excuses by saying that from this money I have fixed the allowance only for those people who are suffering from hunger due to not being able to feed their pets. Because they are the leading people of the tribe.
One class of society will be swept away by the reckless current of boundless abundance and the other class will be deprived-poor-proletariat, Islam is not ready to tolerate this at all. Islam empowers the government to take appropriate action to rectify such situations. It is a principle that historically Rasulullah SA. Proven from. He distributed the entire meaning of 'Fay' collected from Banu Nazir only among the poor Muhajirs - so that at the first opportunity a little balance was established in the Islamic society. He included only two poor Ansar with them. Then the Qur'an comes forward to support this historical parable so that wealth does not circulate only among your pious community.
This parable is very meaningful and important. In the light of this, the Muslim rule governing according to the provisions of Allah always has the power to help the needy and the needy from Baitul Maal to the appropriate extent in order to establish economic balance in the Muslim society. It is the duty of the government to take appropriate measures to ensure that there is no inequality among the people at different levels of society.
Hazrat Omar in the year of famine. He did not send an employee to collect the zakat - but postponed the collection until the famine was over. At the end of the famine, he sent collectors and demanded double zakat from the able-bodied. The second of a year of famine this year. He forgives the disabled. He then instructed the collector to bring a portion of the double of his collection to the disabled and bring the remaining one to the capital.
It was forbidden to use force or to deprive anyone of the basic necessities of life. Hazrat Ali Ra. He instructed one of his employees, "When you approach them, do not sell their summer or winter clothing, food, and riding animals to collect taxes. No matter what. Because we have only been instructed to collect extra money from the public.
In addition to the principle that "every person should be given in proportion to his sacrifice", it is essential to implement the principle of "every person in proportion to his needs". Nabi Kareem SA Ganimat earmarked one part for the unmarried and two parts for the married. This proves that in determining the allowance, it is necessary to pay attention to the needs along with the hard work. Otherwise, it is known that in jihad, married and unmarried people have to work equally. Arrangements have been made to give her double allowance only because her needs are double. This also proves that only ‘necessity’ and Islam can be a separate means of gaining ownership. This principle is very important when it comes to social security.
Provision of social security for every disabled and needy person. Hazrat Omar Ra. He fixed a scholarship of one hundred dirhams for each newborn. If the child was a little older, he would be given two hundred dirhams and more when he became an adult. One hundred dirhams for the recovered child and an additional allowance for the caregiver, the infant's feeding and other expenses were borne by Baitul Maal, and when he grew up he received the same allowance as the other boys.
The zakat system did not cease even in that darkest period of history ঃ although that period was thrown far away from the lifeblood of Islam. Hazrat Abu Bakr Ra. Since the beginning of the war against the apostates at the beginning of its era, not a single person has so far verbally or practically denied Zakat. Only in our era when Western civilization has taken the seat of conqueror. As a result, the last of the Islamic principles, zakat, disappeared from the real life of Muslim society.
General social security system: According to this system, the people of each town are held responsible for any person who dies of starvation there. This responsibility falls on them according to the criminal rules. For the person who dies in this way, all the people of the concerned town have to pay wholesale fine i.e. ‘diyat’. Because everyone in the society is convicted of killing the person who died of starvation.