Some Issues In Risk Management and Insurance In a Non-Muslim State

Introduction This paper is not intended to be a discourse on whether or not insurance is permitted under Islam. The subject is controversial and, hence, there are at least five different viewpoints on the subject which are: 1. Insurance is permissible (mutbuh). 2. Insurance is prohibited (haram). 3...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:367e366695c547bb872bdd0bfec9db872021-12-02T17:47:11ZSome Issues In Risk Management and Insurance In a Non-Muslim State10.35632/ajis.v5i2.27172690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/367e366695c547bb872bdd0bfec9db871988-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/2717https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Introduction This paper is not intended to be a discourse on whether or not insurance is permitted under Islam. The subject is controversial and, hence, there are at least five different viewpoints on the subject which are: 1. Insurance is permissible (mutbuh). 2. Insurance is prohibited (haram). 3. Insurance is not permitted in an Islamic state (dar-ul-Islam) . 4 . Insurance may be permissible between Muslim policy holders and non-Muslim insurers in a non-Muslim state where Muslims have religious freedom and security (dar-ul-amn), and in an enemy state (dar-ul-harb), if required to do so. 5 . Insurance provides important social benefits which are otherwise not available at all. However, some features and/or practices of modem insurance companies are undesirable and, hence, they must be changed before insurance can be permitted. The controversy on insurance is quite understandable. There was no such institution in existence at the time of the Prophet (on him be peace) or the ... M. Raquibuz ZamanInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 5, Iss 2 (1988)
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Some Issues In Risk Management and Insurance In a Non-Muslim State
description Introduction This paper is not intended to be a discourse on whether or not insurance is permitted under Islam. The subject is controversial and, hence, there are at least five different viewpoints on the subject which are: 1. Insurance is permissible (mutbuh). 2. Insurance is prohibited (haram). 3. Insurance is not permitted in an Islamic state (dar-ul-Islam) . 4 . Insurance may be permissible between Muslim policy holders and non-Muslim insurers in a non-Muslim state where Muslims have religious freedom and security (dar-ul-amn), and in an enemy state (dar-ul-harb), if required to do so. 5 . Insurance provides important social benefits which are otherwise not available at all. However, some features and/or practices of modem insurance companies are undesirable and, hence, they must be changed before insurance can be permitted. The controversy on insurance is quite understandable. There was no such institution in existence at the time of the Prophet (on him be peace) or the ...
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