Control Over Goods And Prices In Islamic Fiqh

This research was conducted by Faridah Hussein Taha Thaher and is supervised by Dr. Ma'moun Al-Rifa'I and is submitted as a completion of the requirements for a Master Degree from the Faculty of Higher Studies at An-Najah National University. The research is divided into four chapters and a conclusion. In the first chapter, the researcher defined financial control، its legitimacy, the objectives of the financial control system and the point of view of this system in Islam. In the second chapter, the researcher discussed the mechanisms and control methods in Islam from four different perspectives. She explained mechanisms and control methods in Islam, types of control over money (goods and prices) according to the time of the control process, types of control according to the kind of bodies that handle this task, and finally, the role of officials regarding the control process. The third chapter included the discussion of goods' provision and the role of officials in this respect. She also spoke about providing and increasing production, monopoly and its impact on the production of goods، the types of selling that are prohibited in Islam such as the kind of selling in which merchants would cheat those who come from foreign countries knowing that those people are ignorant when it comes to the local prices، and the kind of selling in which a certain good is being bid for the purpose of raising its price. In the fourth chapter, the researcher discussed pricing and the role of Al Hisba system in financial control. This included discussing pricing in Islamic Fiqh and the role of Al Hisba system in financial control. Finally، the researcher concluded the study with the most important and significant results and outcomes along with recommendations and a list of the resources to which she referred to conduct the research.