Islamic law has preceded – and rightfully so – man-made laws in laying the necessary foundations for preserving the group’s money, which is equivalent to public money at the present time, whether that is through choosing workers (employees) over the group’s money, or in imposing penalties on those who prove unfit for this job, that is, in imposing punishment.
Public money is considered an entity of the Islamic State, and it is not permissible to own it privately because people’s interests are attached to it, such as bridges, castles, fortresses, roads, and all public facilities and utilities, the interest in whose existence belongs to all members of the state. At the same time, Islamic law does not criminalize private ownership. Article 10 of the book Murshid al-Hiran stipulates that “archways, open roads, and public streets that are not the property of a specific person, no one may “He is exclusive to it and does not prevent others from benefiting from it, but rather it remains for public benefit.”
The Qur’anic verses came explicitly urging everyone to emphasize the importance of money and its benefit to the individual and the group, even though the Qur’anic words that came in these texts were general and included public and private money alike. Likewise, the noble hadiths in the Sunnah of the Prophet were confirming and clarifying what the Qur’anic texts stated in this regard.
According to explicit Qur’anic texts, money is God’s money, and it also includes private money, as some jurists saw that the percentage of money to people, in some verses, is metaphorically relative, and that is in the Almighty’s saying: “And in their wealth there is a right for the beggar and the deprived,” “Al-Dhariyat: 9,” and His Almighty saying: “Indeed, Allah Bought from The believers themselves and their wealth that theirs is Paradise,” “Al-Tawbah: 111.” Among the verses that indicate that wealth is the wealth of God Almighty, whether it is general or specific, is the Almighty’s saying: “And let those who do not They even find marriage God will enrich them of His bounty, and those who seek the Book from what your right hands possess, so write to them if you know what is good in them and give them from the wealth of God which He came to you and did not Force your girls into prostitution if they want to be chaste, seeking the comfort of the life of this world. And whoever forces them, God is Forgiving after their coercion. “Merciful”, “An-Nour: 33”, and among the verses that indicate that God has made whoever possesses this money a successor in it is the Almighty’s saying: “Believe in God and His Messenger, and spend of that in which He has made you successors. So as for those of you who believe and spend, Reward “Kabir”, “Al-Hadid: 7”.
God Almighty has commanded us to protect the public money that He has made us successors in, and He has forbidden assault on it. Because it is the foundation of life, and one of the reasons for worshiping God and performing His duties.
One of the prominent manifestations in the modern era is the assault on public money by some employees, whether it belongs to the state in its moral capacity, or to a group of people. An example of this is the money of associations, bodies, civil centers, unions, and the like.
Examples of attacks on public funds include theft, embezzlement, breach of trust, lack of proficiency in work, wasting time, profiting from one’s job, exploiting public funds for worldly purposes (political, partisan, sectarian, etc.).
Among the reasons that lead to attacks on public funds are: Weak faith, ignorance of what is permissible and what is forbidden, failure to implement the provisions of Islamic Sharia, and the negligence of those in charge of carrying out the trust that God has entrusted them with. Assault on public funds results in serious crimes such as social, economic, and political corruption that afflicts people and society. Rather, the entire Islamic nation, and life has become without security and stability. I sensed this imminent danger (the assault of public funds by some employees).
We Muslims today are in great need of exercising control over public funds, so that things can be restored to their proper order, and the attacks on public funds should be reverted, so that it begins with the person monitoring himself first, then the ruler monitoring his workers, and then the people monitoring everyone else. However, we do not find these types of oversight applied in Islamic countries. Which increased the spread of corruption and attacks on public funds. On the other hand, we find infidel states applying some of these methods to presidents and officials. When they discover a violation, the media does not have mercy on anyone, and judicial prosecutions take place until they recover what was taken from public funds.
