The Islamic traditions have described a large number of...

The Islamic traditions have described a large number of natural resources as public property. According to one tradition, a question was put to imam Ja`far al‑Sadiq (P) in this respect. In reply he said: "Water‑courses, hills, forests, fallow lands left by their owners, are all public property. Furthermore, there are certain other kinds of wealth which, though not included in natural resources, are from the Islamic point of view, a part…