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Title پاکستان میں مروج زرعی نظام اسلام کے تناظر میں تحقیقی و تنقیدی جائزہ

Author(s) زاہدہ پروین

Abstract Agricultural system of any country plays a pivotal role in its survival as well as its development. A huge percentage of raw materials are obtained through this most important sector for other economic sectors systems such as industry, energy, food, etc. In today's world, various economic/religious systems are in use, but exact and precise solutions and just distribution of resources is not found anywhere. Every knowledgeable person knows that Islam is the only religion that offers reasonable solution to complete humanity and every field of life. Pakistan came into being in the name of Allah and to implement the systems of Islam. So it is the utmost requirement for the survival and development of the country that an agricultural system whose agricultural statutes and regulations are based upon the Islamic values and philosophies and where 80% of population is affiliated with agriculture. After emergence of Pakistan, unfortunately, the same faction of "Jagirdars" and "Zamindars" occupy the ruling class of the country and tried to run the same system which depicts the British unjust and cruel state of mind. Consequences of this unjust system can now be seen everywhere in the country. Because of this feudal system and unfair structure, agricultural development is not found anywhere; distribution of water resources has become a national problem; imposition of agricultural tax is a dilemma, etc. So the need of the time is that we have to develop and implement such agricultural strategy which not only strengthen our prevailing feeble agricultural system but also make it alive upto the level that really stand our country into the line of developed countries. So we have to put into practice the system of Islam. The said thesis is being presented to serve the same purpose. In the thesis, the undersigned has narrated the agricultural systems before Islam, how human beings knew about the soil and the blessing found underneath the earth. Then agricultural system in the era of Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H. and four Caliphs has been discussed. The revolutionary steps taken by Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H in the field of agriculture are of great importance, as a result of these measures, huge pieces of land were made useful. In the Chapter-III, I have thrashed out the rulings regarding land-lordship and strategies to colonize the lands. In this chapter, there is also a comaprison between the Islamic system and contemporary system. In the next chapters, the undersigned has also referred to the opinions of Islamic Jurisprudence. The importance of irrigation in agricultural system and Islmaic approach towards irrigation has also been outlined. Through these paragraphs, there is an effort to resolve the disputed issue of distribution of water in the country. Background of agricultural system of Sub-continent of Indo-Pak and its impacts on Pakistani agricultural system are talked about. In addition, there is a detailed discussion in the thesis regarding Islamic System of Agricultural Levies and Prevailing Laws of Agricultural Taxes in Pakistan. In the end, recent financial position of Pakistan and comparison between different taxpayer groups of agricultural land; feasibility of imposition of taxes on agricultural income; suggestions regarding reforms in agricultural system of Pakistan are also discussed in detail in the thesis.

Type Thesis/Dissertation PhD

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Islamic thought & Culture

Language English

Publication Date 2012-01-01

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