SOCIAL SECURITY DURING THE REIGN OF CALIPH ‘UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB

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  • Muhammad Junaid Nadvi Assistant Professor, International Islamic University, Islamabad

Abstract

The social security system in Islam has a different nature and approach in comparison to the prevailing systems like British social legislation, US social legislation, Scandinavian social legislation and the social legislation in the communist states. The contemporary social security systems are not new for the Muslim world because they already have experienced the excellent social security system in the early period of Islam. This article aims to present the portrait of the social security system of Islam prevalent during the reign of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, which was based on the Moral values.

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Published

2012-06-01

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Research Articles