Tribute in Islamic Thought

Abstract

(Abstract Research)Tribute in Islamic economical system was considered one of the matters that took great importance where there put for it many jurisdictions that organize its work and the tribute was considered one of the permanent income for the state and the tribute had direct benefits for the life of the people where with the increasing differences in the individuals incomes and put an end for phenomenon of monopoly for some goods that was submit to tribute tax. The scientific necessity for the subject of tribute in the Islamic thinking to divide the research into three inquiries.In the first one: we tackled the definition of tribute in language and in idiom and the legality of tribute in the Islam and the beginning of tribute in Islam. As for the second inquiry: we tackled the bases of tributes and their conditions and the amount of tribute and their periods and persons who pay tribute.And in inquiry three: we tackled the tribute outcomes and paying tribute was not punishment.Through the study we reached to fix facts: -Tribute is an important income for the house of funds -We showed the educational, advanced and economical dimensions for imposing tributeCaliph Omar (Allah may satisfy him) had put special legislations that facilitate the work of the tribute people.