TY  - JOUR
T1  - Islamic Work Ethics: An Appraisal of the Quranic View on Work Ethics
AU - Ahmad, Shukri AU - Rofie, Mohamad Khadafi AU - Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 5
SP  - 437
EP  - 444
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.437.444
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.437.444
KW  - Work
KW  -ethics
KW  -Islam
KW  -Quran
KW  -scholars
AB  - The issue of work ethics or what could be referred to as the 
  value systems associated with work has captured the attention of scholars for 
  some time. Scholars from the Judeo-Christian background and to a large extent, 
  modern Western societies have contributed immensely to this field of thought. 
  However, the fact that many other religions, societies and ethnic groups throughout 
  the world have achieved economic prosperities and tremendous advancementsin 
  their history shows that their contribution to this issue could also be meaningful 
  if properly harnessed. The Islamic view of work ethics which has either been 
  misunderstood or not widely studied in the field of organizational studies falls 
  in this category and thus, there is a need to bring it into light in the cotemporary 
  where Islam is now becoming a force to reckon with in many societies. Thus bearing 
  the above in mind, this study is an analogical deduction of work ethics from 
  the pages of the Quran. Using the method of textual analyzes, it deduced what 
  the Quran has to say about the concept of work ethics for the Muslim and mankind 
  at large. To fulfill its aim, the study examines some concepts through which 
  the Quran talks about work and highlight the ethics that could be deduced from 
  this. It starts by scanning the passages of the Quran in order to understand 
  how it sees work and its relationship with ethics; the concept of time and how 
  important this is as it concerns work how work is related to the concept of 
  wealth and gaining wealth. Finally, it concludes on the note that if properly 
  studied, the Quran is a rich fountain for ethics which are related to work and 
  which if properly harnessed, could help the Muslims and mankind in general in 
  overcoming the issues of corruption, exploitation and other vices which are 
  inimical to the economic well being of the human societies.
ER  -