IEC 635 - Islamic Economic Thought and History

This course is designed to teach students the Islamic economic history, in the light of the decrees imposed on economic life in the time of our Prophet (saw) and the Rightly Guided Caliphs (ra) which determines the basis of Islamic economics and its scope, together with the fundamental literatures, works and practices that emerged by Muslims in classical and contemporary periods.

In addition to the examination of the works written in basic literary genres such as fiqh, hadith, tafsir, tafsir and zuhd, which are under the umbrella of Islamic sciences tradition within the scope of the classical period, especially the sub-literary types of the fields such as fiqh and ethics, kharâj, amwâl, hisbah, kasb, adab. It is also aimed to examine the works written within the framework of literature such as commerce, ahkâm al-sultâniyye, nuqûd, siyâsatnâme. However, it is the subject of the study of literary genres such as Islamic economics, Islamic finance, the history of Islamic economic thought and the history of Muslim economic thought, as well as literary genres such as political economics, which emerged as a result of the changes in the 19th century, when breaches from the Islamic science tradition were experienced. takes. The course ultimately includes the discussion by revealing the fundamental differences between classical and contemporary types of literature in terms of concepts, methods and themes discussed.