Economic Policies of the Alavi Government

معصومه سادات حسینی کلهرودی

doi:10.5281/zenodo.5575357

Published July 7, 2021 | Version 12

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Economic Policies of the Alavi Government

معصومه سادات حسینی کلهرودی¹

1. Alzahra university

The role of governments in the economy has undergone considerable changes over the years. The place
of governments in the economy is of a great importance, and so those governors who sought to
domineer people have always looked after themselves and their relatives' interests. However, Imam
Ali shaped and implemented some economic policies in the Alavi government with the purpose of
observing human beings' dignity, welfare, and security, protecting human rights, and realizing divine
values.
The present research aims to introduce economic policies of Imam Ali's government in order to help
Muslims set their economic plans in the framework of the Alavi government, and so they would
achieve welfare, as well as divine and human dignity thanks to piety and materializing divine values.

Notes

With regard to its liabilities towards divine instructions, the Alavi state sought to bring Muslims happiness, and so the government was in achieving this goal. 2) Justice, the major objective of the Alavi government, acts as the best context to elevate people. The Alavi government was the representative of people. It is worth noting that relations were based on mutual rights and the public state had a guardianship liability. 3) The government do some duties in both spiritual and material things, including to redress the balance for the poor, fight against cruelty and heterodoxy, provide people with proper education, offer muslims social safety, as well as provision of welfare and increase production by the private sector. 4) The Alavi government collected taxes and public fund, with the result of that it did not allow people to waste it. ...

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