The Economic Problem in Jordan (1999)

مقدمة / Introduction

Researching the economy of a country involves two things: First, the economic substance, which is the wealth within it, whether goods or services, in terms of developing it or ensuring its creation. This matter is the subject of economics, researched by specialized scientists, each according to their specialization. It is a study of the means and methods that would develop wealth, whether agricultural, industrial, or human. Improving agricultural lands and combating desertification, or adopting gas instead of petroleum in generating electricity, or preparing industrial and agricultural crews, are all scientific and universal matters taken from any source, as the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You are more knowledgeable about the affairs of your world."   Second, is the distribution of wealth to the members of society, so that each individual can acquire or benefit from it in order to satisfy their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter, and then enable them to satisfy their luxury needs. This matter is the subject of the economic system emanating from the nation's ideology. The reality of the economic problem is the distribution of wealth to the members of society, while the pursuit of wealth is a manifestation of the instinct for survival, to which a person is driven instinctively on their own, whether a system exists or not.   However, after the demolition of the Caliphate and the imposition of the capitalist system on most Muslims, there was confusion between economics and the economic system. Added to this for Muslims was the fragmentation of their countries into multiple statelets, out of the disbelievers' desire to weaken the Islamic nation and impoverish it in order to eliminate it. If natural resources are available in some of these statelets, they do not have sufficient human energy to exploit these resources. And if there are workers, engineers, and inventors in some others, resources are scarce, and their sons migrate from them to others in search of livelihood.   What made matters worse in the actions of the disbelievers was the appointment of rulers over these countries, strangers to the nation's ideology and the systems emanating from it. They were guardians of the disbelievers and their beliefs and ideas, so they applied the rulings of disbelief to Muslims, to distance the Islamic nation from its ideology in which lies its renaissance and glory.