Agricultural and urban land rent, sharecropping, and land reforms : a suggested Islamic economic agenda

Abstract EN

As the distribution of income is the central focus of Islamic economics, the nature and contribution made by di erent factors of production, their ownership, and rewards must be revisited in light of the guiding principles of Islam.

This paper attempts to set a land reform agenda for an Islamic economy while discussing a case study of land reform in Pakistan.

It is observed that whatever steps were taken towards the land reform in Pakistan have remained largely unimplemented.

Moreover, the ensuing debate about their Islamicity failed to consider the fundamental goals of an Islamic economy.

It is argued that in the presence of conflicting ah.

¯ad¯ıth on land, land rent, and sharecropping, it is imperative to formulate judi- cious principles for a possible agenda for the reforms that transcends beyond the agricultural sector to the residential and commercial land.