所有权是人从事经济活动的重要动力之一，因为财富的所有者有权使用或处置其财富。获得此类权利的途径，是伊斯兰经济制度实现其目标所依据的基本原则之一。

Ownership constitutes one of the important incentives for engaging into economic activity as the owner of wealth has the right to use or dispose of it. The means of acquiring such rights is one of the fundamental principles through which the objectives of the Islamic Economic System are achieved.

在伊斯兰经济制度中，人们理解财富的真正所有者（创造者）是安拉（SWT）。我们对财富的"拥有"，只是以托管者的身份代为持有。我们中有些人通过参与生产过程获得财富，因而直接接触财富，这些人包括伊斯兰所界定的生产要素的提供者。另一些人则间接接触财富，仅仅因为作为财富真正所有者的安拉（SWT）已经规定，通过参与生产过程而直接获得财富的人必须将其中的一部分交给他们，正如安拉在《古兰经》中明确指出的那样：

In the Islamic Economic System, it is understood that the real owner (Creator) of all wealth is Allah (swt). We only ‘own’ wealth by proxy as guardians. Some of us acquire wealth by engaging in the production process and hence have a direct access to wealth. These include the factors of production as defined by Islam. Others have an indirect access to wealth simply because Allah (swt) as the real owner of wealth has stipulated that those with direct access to wealth through engagement in the production process must pass some of it on to them as He made clear in the Qur’an:

“你们应当施舍安拉赐予你们的财产。”{24:33}

“Give to them from the property of Allah which He has bestowed upon you.” [TMQ 24:33].

这通常表现为天课（zakat）、赎罪金（kaffara）、开斋施舍（sadaqat al-fitr）、遗产继承等形式，这些财富被分给穷人、贫困者以及后代。政府有责任依法确保此类财富得到妥善转移。

This usually takes the form of zakat, kaffara, sadaqat al-fitr, inheritance, etc. which are given to the poor, the needy and later generations. It is the duty of the government to ensure that such wealth is duly transferred by law.