And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth .

And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth ...” Holy Qur'an (100:6-8) “And those who made their abode in the city and in the faith before them love those who have fled to them, and do not find in their hearts a need of what they are given, and prefer (them) before themselves though poverty may afflict them, and whoever is preserved from the niggardliness of his soul, these it is that are the successful ones.

”Holy Qur'an (59:9) “Therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah as much as you can, and hear and obey and spend, it is better for your souls; and whoever is saved from the greediness of his soul, these it is that are the successful. ”Holy Qur'an (64:16) The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.w.) is reported to have said: “Refrain from doing injustice, for it is the darkness of the Judgment’s Day. Avoid misery, it was misery that cut down those who were before you.

It made them shed their blood and do haram (what is forbidden and harmful)”. And the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) is also quoted to have said: “Two fierce wolves entering a pen of sheep are not as much harmful as avarice and love of a social rank to the faith of a Muslim.” [^1] Examining these quotations and compile their content, the following conclusions can be reached: In the first quotation, the Qur'an blames man for causing his own problem.

Corruption, be it political, economic or moral, is only man's making. Man encapsulates a host of stimuli and desires and he himself is spurred on to extremes in peculiar proclivities, to cause corruption, injustice and tyranny under which humanity suffers greatly.

“Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of people have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return.” Holy Qur'an (30:41) Quotations 2,3,4 and 8 emphasize that man's selfishness, avarice, his excessive love for property and wealth and his tendency to amass them, is the main cause of all his daily problems, in general, and his economic problems, in particular.

Quotations 5,6 and 7, from the Qur'an and holy Prophetic traditions, how that avarice itself which is a vice used with great eagerness and desire to obtain and keep wealth away from the bands of others, is the latent, effective factor behind man's greed and his predilection to monopolize wealth and deprive others from it.