Kuna aina tatu za mali: mali ya kibinafsi, mali ya umma na mali ya Serikali.

There are three types of property – private, public and State.

Ushahidi wa kila aina ya mali umetolewa kutoka Qur'ani na Sunnah, na kupitia uchunguzi wa kina wa aina zote za mali zilizotolewa kutoka kwenye dalili za Shari'ah. Uchunguzi wa dalili za Shari'ah kuhusu mali pamoja na ufafanuzi wa kila aina ya mali inayotokana na dalili ya Shari'ah, unaonyesha kwamba aina ya umiliki imewekewa mipaka katika zile tatu zilizotajwa katika makala hii.

The evidence for each type of property has been deduced from the Quran and Sunnah, and through close examination of all of the types of property deduced from the Shari’ah evidences. Investigation of the Shari’ah evidences regarding property along with the definition of every type of property deduced from a Shari’ah evidence, indicates that the type of ownership is confined to the three mentioned in this article.