Chapter : 4
Individual Decision
Saving deposit is a decision that is
taken by an individual. Saving is a part of income that is kept aside for spending to a later time. Islamic Finance give particular importance and care to saving deposits.
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for avoiding un-necessary spending of income and use saving for better purpose.
Saving distinguish a commitment that
define individual of realizing his own interest and the betterment of economic activities.
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requirements and means of incentives that give individual to practice saving application. It do not neglect individual and guided to lead his saving motives as a caution to ensure safety for himself for future. It raise to the individual standard of living. They caution towards wastage and guide to make profit.
To apply the directives Islam called for in Holy Quran what means
IX, 34 Chapter the Regret
And as for those who store up gold and silver and do not spend those in Allahs cause announce to them a painful destiny
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saving motives of saving. It does not stick on to Islam and nature of human beings and their character. It make clear to individual step by step as when he makes his saving interest . It exercises a practical devotion of worshipping.
focus all efforts on class of savings. It does not care about size of savings that is conventional system practice of discourage savings which are below a minimum limit. It stress on the continuous and timely investment savings that are collected in any size of amount.
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community and does not remain to make profit at all ways through funds colleted. It care saving conduct and not the individual interest by guiding the ways and benefits of saving. Saving and Spending is the social conduct and un-necessary saving is discourage and moderate spending is encourage.
System and provide individual to take part in shaping its individual character to adapts himself for welfare of Community as a whole. More saving activity becomes a habit, it expands large number of community balance to community requirements and increases community in becoming strong and number of needy persons decreases.
offering interest on savings rather Islamic system does not offer any interest Risk free investment Easy to investment in any form and in any product and services.
savings Multi currency conversion of saving funds Compounding of return that increase the volume of saving returns. Need no obligation on declaration of details of saving results.
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form. Compounding of saving return are prohibited. Savings are invested on Profit & Loss Basis. Restricted saving products available .
products and practices. Savings results are transparent, short tenure and with clear understanding of Profit & Loss. Human ego avoid pain whenever it finds the way to that.
higher participation in investment and lesser in receiving in return. Savers are less important in in saving operation whereas the savings are the real players that generate the interest. Conventional system restrict higher ratio of saver on the saving return and allow higher return to the saving fund operators.
spreading saving conduct, are there are economic reasons in which Islamic Financial play great notice to spread the saving conduct. Voluntary individual savings as a part of individual income for which he temporarily postpones his spending. The saving he made help in financing the economic activities for socio economic development .
INVESTMENT
There are common apprehension & economic principles which can be taken as guiding rules of the Islamic Financial System for investment
Rule of Profit & Loss sharing is Participation. Loan leads to seeking price of money that increase in capital. Financing is made on principle of safety for capital and obtaining profit. Expenditure is deducted from profit and not from capital. Profit which can be distributed is net profit and not gross profit.
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in Joint Stock Companies or Limited Liability Companies from its accounts or can participate in a part of the capital of existing companies Financing working capital in projects at short term financing with participation which is not lent at interest.
through money from the money owner and work close of participator at a common purpose among each participant for earning profit. Riba Free Financial House can may be the money owner and saver the participator or vice versa.
permitted to be a participator from employer to re-participate with the previous participated funds on a Profit & Loss basis. The Riba Free Financial Houses can be the second participator if it receives participation from the first participator.
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The Riba Free Bank may be the second participator if it receives participation from the first participator. The Riba Free Finance House as money owner bears loss alone as long as the participator does not exceed his role. If the Riba Free Finance House works as a participator it does not bear loss as is sufficient that the Riba Free Finance Houses effort and work are of no return.
It is allowed that the profit between money owner and participator is pre agreed. But if it is determined sum of principal amount of money with the condition of no loss then participation becomes null and void. Riba Free Finance House can trade its funding precious stone and in foreign currencies on its conditions written down in the exchange contract. Investment in financial securities is only valid in shares and not in debentures.
In Conventional System traditions do not approve the Finance Houses or the lenders to perform investments by itself whereas Riba Free Finance House break the tradition in three stages.
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Firstly
Rule known to us that every person is taken
by his words. Allahs word revealed in written form and by traditions of Prophet (May Peace be upon him) as considering Riba Free Finance Houses and their systems are the blessings and in purity which cannot be break, provided these are followed in according to its pure soul.
Secondly
With no doubt Finance Houses with their
present forms and existing functions rose up in response to different environments and non Islamic philosophies in their present form and they serve these environments which are not necessarily convenient for serving Islamic communities in achieving the Rules approved by Almighty Allah
Thirdly
Riba Free Financial System guide to perform direct
investments or financing by participation and stop all practices of other nature that deviate to its system. In case if continues its operations in style of usurious banks and follow the lending of saving funds by covering its administrative expenses from these funds, this damage the investment and create a difference between the two system.
(banks) capital of productive project becomes a partner in the ownership project, partner in management, running and supervision and partner in all what it yields from profit or loss according to proportions agreed upon. The Investor (bank) can sell its share to a limit restore only the price agreed upon in the selling contract either it is less or more than its capital.
exploitation as in the case of loan at interest where the lender obtains all its capital completely with an increase in its capital equal to the mount of interest either the project which borrowed makes a loss or profit. Participation should exist on joint liability between the financier and the financing in case of loss and in case of profit.
financing on the condition to accept loss or profit as the condition of participation. From here comes the glorious reference and great wisdom, thus this participation in the two cases (loss and profit) obliges the two partners (every of them) to make the project prosper, and to do every effort to supervise it to participate in its success and therefore the efforts of the two partners should be faithfully directed to its development
PARTICIPATION
Participation operations lead at the end to an ownership that is applied in projects or transactions. Islamic Financial System through its Banking System contribute in solving the problems.
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leading at the end to ownership. In participation were the financer or bank gives the partner the right to replace it by ownership. It is either at once or in parts according to preagreed conditions on a basis of organized arrangement by keeping a part of income as an installment to repay financing.
once or in installments financier has no right to obtain any privilege because of the increase in prices. The financier or bank invest in project with the capital and therefore it is treated as a partner in the transaction either equally or in part and any change in the value of the transaction the working partner has always the choice either to sell and earn profit or buy himself according to market price.
construction on the land then rents the housing units. The land owner pay the ownership and rent and finally become an ownership to its hirer after a period of time. Rent installment includes a calculated part of costing.
conditions that specify investment and profit in proportion of each partner and instruct two matters:
The First: The participator should keep accounts for the business operation. The Second: The accounts of the participation transaction should be checked by the expert accountant to approve their results.
Islamic Finance has a social target. Participation through financing for the purpose to
enlarge economic base and opening doors for every one desiring in work and in production. For small worker who needs a small financing forcing him to keep accounting books is asking him impossible act which could makes him reject financing. Keeping accounting books and auditing exceed the value of the financing. The expense of this checks are treated as the cost of the transaction.
share according to the rules of participation contract. The Second Stage: By preparing Profit & Loss account of investment operations and determining the portion resulting from participation transactions and from the results of investment projects which the financier operates alone.
profit and loss of investments among the group of investors and the financier or bank and everyone according to his share in investment, as the shares with a sum of its funds in transactions. After that it is distributed among every one of investors.
agreed terms as regards to investing operations. By mixing of total fund participated or deposited by the investor in the bank to the time: For the period in which the fund has being invested. Mixing leads to a fair distribution as regards the share of investors from profits distributor.
sake of eliminating the possibility of loss from investment operations. Keeping such possibility there are ways to keep investors secure and in banking provisions are made for the purpose of safeguarding such possibilities by way of .
projects before their execution. The qualitative and geographical distribution of investments. The refusal of conditional investment in a certain project that have whole operations of is a distribution of risk. Formation of appropriate provisions and reserves
encounter probable loss or to strengthen the financial standing. The reserve is of the right of the profit owner from which the reserve is deducted. Reserve or provision made to encounter losses and are deducted from investment profits before distribution. Reserve are the right of investors and the bank (participators) together.
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participation is a natural matter. Casual problem is seen on withdrawal In order to investment operations without disputes, the bank make a reserve or an investment provision from the proportion the bank charges in return for its efforts and for managing investments. Therefore this reserve is employed to encounter any emergency and the balance is still be owned by the bank.