Understanding Islamic finance
By: Muhammad Ayub
Series: Wiley finance; Wiley finance series
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780470030691
Subjects: Finance -- Islamic countries; Finance -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-508) and index
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals. Introduction; title: Distinguishing features of the Islamic economic system; title: The main prohibitions and business ethics in Islamic economics and finance; title: The philosophy and features of Islamic finance; title: Contractual bases in Islamic finance. Islamic law of contracts and business transactions; title: Trading in Islamic commercial law; title: Loan and debt in Islamic commercial law; title: Islamic financ; title: products and procedures. Overview of financial institutions and products : conventional and Islamic; title: Murabaha and musawamah; title: Forward sales : salam and istisna's; title: Ijarah; title: leasing; title: Participatory modes : shirkah and its variants; title: Some accessory contracts; title: Application of the system : financing principles and practices; title: Sukuh and securitization : vital issues in Islamic capital markets; title: Takaful : an alternative to conventional insurance; title: An appraisal of common criticism of Islamic banking and finance; title: The way forward