"Shari‘a" y finanzas islámicas
ISSN: 0214-834X
Año de publicación: 2022
Título del ejemplar: La shari'a o ley sagrada de los musulmanes
Número: 20
Páginas: 119-125
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Awraq: Estudios sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo
Resumen
This contribution provides a summary of a specific type of legal debate —that which discusses economics and, in particular, Islam’s prohibition of charging interest (riba)— that has taken place within the framework of Islamic law throughout history, from medieval times to the present, insofar as these discussions continue to occur in relation with the development of Islamic banking, above all regarding certain transactions whose legality was already discussed by Muslim legal scholars centuries ago. The different methods used to attempt to attenuate the prohibition of riba are be analyzed so as to paint an accurate portrait of the flexibility and adaptability which characterize Islamic law.