伊斯兰并不否认对物质和财产的所有权，但它也不允许人类自行决定财产的获取和使用方式。在哈里发制度下的生活，将极大地改变人们看待物质的方式。在伊斯兰中，财富是来自造物主的托付。因此，唯有安拉（SWT）决定什么可以买卖，什么不可以买卖。这与今天的情形不同：今天一个社会的是非对错，任由市场力量和供求规律摆布，产品的商业可行性优先于该产品存在所造成的对社会的有害影响。这是一个由商业利益资助或游说“民主的守护天使”——政治家的世界。

Islam does not deny ownership of material or property, however it also does not allow humans to dictate the way it is acquired and used. Life in the Khilafah will offer a dramatic change in the way material is viewed In Islam wealth is a trust from the Creator. Consequently it is Allah (swt) alone who decides what can and cannot be bought and sold. This is unlike the situation today where the rights and wrongs of a society are at the mercy of market forces and the laws of supply and demand and where commercial viability of a product takes precedence over the detremental effects on society that are produced as a result of the product’s existence. Such is a world where business interests fund or lobby the ‘guardian angels’ of democracy - the politicians.

因此，我们看到英国最富有的人，其财富是建立在色情业之上的。人们并不关心色情内容以及对男性和女性的其他各种剥削所造成的破坏性影响。走在街上时遭受的不怀好意的目光；工作场所里不受欢迎的注意；强奸。相反，人们对人的关切主要是从经济角度来看待的。

Accordingly, we see that Britain’s richest man has based his fortune on pornography. There is no care for the damaging effects of pornography and other forms of exploitation of man and woman. The unwanted eyes when walking the streets; the unwanted attention at work; rape. Instead, concern for humans is viewed in economic terms primarily.

在伊斯兰教中情况并非如此,“荣誉”是一个至关重要的问题。在伊斯兰国中,不会有利用男女性征进行强势推销的广告,不会有“top-shelf”杂志,不会有色情录像,也不会有网络性爱。

This is not so in Islam, where ‘honour’ is a vital issue. There will be no advertisements using the sexuality of men and women for the hard sell, no ‘top-shelf’ magazines, no pornographic videos and no cybersex would be found in the Islamic State.

同样，哈里发国家不会考虑酒类消费的商业利益，也不会考虑当今所讨论的将其他毒品合法化可能带来的利益。在伊斯兰教中，公开饮用致醉物是被禁止的，从根源上消除了酒类等物质所引发的诸多问题：家庭暴力、普遍的犯罪，以及对医疗资源的消耗（互助小组、受害者支持小组、医疗服务等）。在哈里发国家之下，将不会有酒吧，不会有酗酒者，也不会有“酒后驾车”。

Similarly, no regard would be made for the commercial success of alcohol consumption, or the potential success of legalising other types of drugs, as is being discussed today. In Islam public consumption of intoxicants is forbidden, killing from the root the plethora of problems that things like alcohol contribute to: domestic violence, crime in general or the drain on health resources (self-help groups, victim support groups, medical services etc.). There would be no pubs, no drunkards and no ‘drink-driving’ under the Khilafah.