Crises, reasons and

solution in Business a
glimpse from the Quran
and Sunnah
By: Sami-ud-Din
Department of Social Sciences

Human Reasons to Failure in

Business

)Shura:30
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Reasons to failure in a Business

1.

2.
3.
4.

Shortage of wealth.
Lack of experience in the relevant field.
Ignorance to Business trends.
Decrease of Market Demand.

Non fiscal Reasons to Business

Failure
1.

2.
3.

4.
5.

6.

Teasing others
Being Cruel towards others
Try to see the failure of competing
businesses
Pride and Prejudice
Unethical behavour with clients and
Vendors
Paying not Zakat , Ushr and Sadaqat

Noting Point
Some times all the measures are meeting
and we think that we will boost off our
business but still we fail to see our
business failing.
This is why?
Two reasons are there.
1. Lack of Tawkkul
2. Hikmat of Allah

Solution
In such cases of failure the solution is given
by the Holy Quran in these words:

( )2

Difference between Problem and

Issue

When a problem becomes chronic and

starts overwhelming effects then it can be
said as issue.
If an issue becomes a national problem
then it becomes a national Crisis or
(Qaumi Buhran)

Solution to National Crisis

Steps towards the solution:
1. To control the reasons to crisis
2. To control those forces that causing
crisis.
3.
Get experience from the controlling
measures
4.
Shut all the possible doors through
which it is expected that elements will
enter that will cause crisis in future.

Glimpse from the Seerah towards

Solution of Crisis
Economic Embargo in Makkah in Shab-e-Abi
Talib.
1. Measures adopted:
2. Eating leaves and skins of animals
3. Using the measure of relativism.

What we got from the first

Economic Embargo?
We learnt the first economic embargo:
1. How to preferred Akhirah on Dunya?
2. How to sacrifice our wealth in the way of
Allah?
3. These human banes are nothing before
the trust in Allah.

After Hijrah How the Economic Crises

)are controlled by Muhammad (S.A.W
Teachings from the Holy Quran

( )1 ()2
( )3 ( )4

( )5 ( )6

( )7 ()8

)(4:100

Salatul Hajat

( )152

()153

Muwakhaat
To meet the immediate needs of the
Muhajireen the Prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W) made a socioeconomic agreement
among the Muhajireen of Makkah and the
Ansaar of Madinah

Economic Measures adopted

Early to supply goods in Market
The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) advised his
companions to supply goods to the market of
Madinah earlier he said:

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Participation in all activities by

himself
The Prophet by himself participated in all
sorts of activities. There are hundreds of
examples of his active participation in
daily activities and in occasional activities
like war and building Mosque or deging a
tube for strategic war.

Getting lesson from all past

experiences
The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) instructed his
companions to get lesson from all fast
experiences and also enabled young muslims
to be vigilant not to be indolent.
The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said:

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Helping the needy and poorer

( )9

Avoiding superstitiousim

( )159

()160

Patience in Failure

()55

()51