Spending Efficiency and its Controls in the Prophetic Sunnah An Objective Study

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Associate Professor - Department of Sunnah and its Sciences - College of Sharia and Fundamentals of Religion - King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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This research addresses the topic of "Spending Efficiency and its Controls in the Prophetic Sunnah" through an objective study that sheds light on the prophetic directives related to spending. It seeks to achieve several objectives, including: clarifying the concept of spending efficiency in light of the prophetic Sunnah, as well as determining the legal controls for spending according to the prophetic texts. This research also attempts to answer several questions, including: What is the concept of spending efficiency in the prophetic Sunnah? What are the controls and standards set by the prophetic Sunnah to achieve balanced spending? To answer these questions and achieve the desired objectives of this research, the researcher followed the analytical inductive approach; To achieve the purpose of this goal, the research was organized into an introduction, a preface, three chapters, and a conclusion. The Sunnah emphasized the importance of balance and moderation in spending, as it called for avoiding extravagance and waste on the one hand, and stinginess and miserliness on the other hand, which achieves financial and social stability. The prophetic texts showed that wise spending is a means of achieving social solidarity, and contributes to enhancing social justice by directing resources to serve public interests and support needy groups. The study explained that good financial planning, as stated in the prophetic guidance, is the basis for achieving economic sustainability,

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