Serikali ina jukumu muhimu katika Mfumo wa Kiuchumi wa Uislamu.

The government plays an important role in the Economic System of Islam.

Uislamu unaifanya Serikali kuwa na wajibu wa kuwapatia kila mtu chakula, mavazi, makazi, elimu, huduma ya afya na usalama. Pia ni wajibu wa Serikali kuwawezesha raia walio na uwezo kupata, kwa juhudi zao wenyewe, mahitaji ya anasa pamoja na mahitaji haya ya msingi. Serikali hufikia lengo hili kwa kusimamia mali ya umma, kwa kutumia mapato kutoka vyanzo vingine, na kwa kutoa mazingira mazuri ya kiuchumi ili watu watimize mahitaji yao kutokana na ushiriki wao katika shughuli za kiuchumi.

Islam makes it the responsibility of the State to provide food, clothing, shelter, education, health and security to every individual. It is also the responsibility of the State to enable citizens with the means to get luxurious needs in addition to these basic needs by themselves. The State achieves this through the management of public property, through the use of income from other sources and through provision of a good economic environment so that people satisfy their needs due to their involvement in economic activity.

Sera ya kiuchumi isiyobadilika ya nchi, kama ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, hutokana na dhana ya jumla kuhusu ulimwengu, mwanadamu na maisha, yaani 'aqeedah ya Kiislamu na kila kinachotokana na 'aqeedah hiyo kwa upande wa kanuni na dhana. Kwa kuwa kanuni za Kiislamu hazibadiliki, na kwa kuwa zinatoa suluhisho kwa ustawi wa wanadamu, itakuwa ni kutofaa kwa ulimwengu wa Kiislamu kubuni na kupanga sera ya kiuchumi isiyobadilika, wala sera isiyo ya Kiislamu. Sera yake ya kiuchumi lazima itegemee 'aqeedah ya Kiislamu, yaani sera ya kiuchumi ya Dola ya Kiislamu isitegemee chochote isipokuwa sheria za Shari'ah zinazotokana na Qur'ani Tukufu na Sunnah, na chochote ambacho vyanzo hivi viwili vimeongoza kwake katika Ijma' ya Maswahaba (makubaliano ya Masahaba) na Qiyas ya Kimungu (kulinganisha kwa msingi wa sheria).

The fixed economic policy of a country, like the Islamic world, emanates from the general concept about the universe, man and life, i.e. the Islamic ‘aqeedah and whatever is derived from the ‘aqeedah in terms of rules and concepts. Since the Islamic rules are fixed and since they provide a solution for the case of welfare for mankind, it would be ineffective for the Muslim world to design and plan a non-fixed economic policy, nor a policy alien to Islam. Its economic policy must be based on the Islamic ‘aqeedah, i.e. the economic policy of the Islamic State should be based upon nothing but Shari‘ah laws derived from the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, and whatever these two sources have guided to in Ijma‘ of the Sahabah (consensus of the Companions) and Divine Qiyas (analogy).

Sera ya kiuchumi ya Kiislamu inalenga kushughulikia mahitaji muhimu ya mtu binafsi, ikimwezesha kuboresha mtindo wake wa maisha na kufikia ustawi kama mtu binafsi. Sera ya kiuchumi inampa mtu binafsi njia za kufanya kazi kuelekea kufikia ustawi, huku ikidumisha daima maadili ya hali ya juu (yaliyowekwa na Shari‘ah) kama kipengele kikuu katika mahusiano baina ya watu.

The Islamic economic policy aims at dealing with the essential needs of the individual, enabling him to improve his lifestyle and achieve prosperity as an individual. The economic policy provides the individual with the means to work towards achieving prosperity, by maintaining always the high values (laid down by the Shari‘ah) as the dominant factor in the relationships between individuals.

Kwa hiyo, sera ya kiuchumi ambayo Dola ya Kiislamu inapaswa kuifuata si kwa lengo la kuongeza tu GNP (Jumla ya Pato la Taifa), wala kuunda kile kinachoitwa ‘Haki ya Kijamii’, au ujamaa wa kiserikali. Sera inapaswa kuwa ya kuhakikisha usambazaji sahihi wa rasilimali miongoni mwa wanachama wote wa Ummah, hivyo kuhakikisha mahitaji ya msingi kwa watu wote, na kumruhusu kila mtu kukidhi mahitaji yake ya anasa kadiri iwezekanavyo, ndani ya mipaka ya Shari‘ah.

Therefore, the economic policy that should be adopted by the Islamic State is not with the aim of just increasing the GNP (Gross National Product), nor creating what is called ‘Social Justice’, or state Socialism. The policy should be to ensure the correct distribution of resources, amongst all members of the Ummah, guaranteeing thereby the basic needs for all people, and allowing every individual to satisfy his luxurious needs as much as possible, within the boundaries of the Shari‘ah.