Zakat On Shares —- Follow Up Question 3
Investment and production of means are two different things. they have different names and are treated differently in economics and finance. Making them the same through using analogies does not change the fact. For example, Riba and Trade are two different things, but some people insist based on some resemblance between them that they are the same. In both, something valuable is given and in return, some profit is earned. The Quran says: ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبَا ۗ وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا This is because they have said: “Trading too is after all like interest and how strange it is that God has permitted trading and forbidden interest.” Investment and means of production stay different despite having some resemblances.