Do you think

[Med911]

Re: Do you think

@psyah

Peace Med911

I’ve abridged your post for ease:

Thanks for this response … To further discuss the points you have raised … I sincerely hope that you understand that we should not criticise another when the position we occupy has the same deficiency.

On this basis let’s look at

9. Disagree - a capitalist model is based on greater rights to ones own at the price of others - they depend on disparity.

10. As mentioned before there is no wisdom in the Western model, just clever selfish intent. Scholars will not ever make a single model to fit all, but will apply things in different contexts … Islam fits well with culture, history should show you that.

11. Two things … the road to hell is paved with good intentions … may be so … but this is not an all encompassing statement … there are caveats … which are

• so long as ends are used to justify the means
• and we seek not from God protection from evil elements

then yes … **the road to hell is paved with good intentions

Otherwise … the road to paradise is the good intention followed by cautious treading seeking help and advice all the way.**

9. A capitalist system assumes that people will in general, always look out for their own self interest at all costs. I agree. While there are individual exceptions, on the whole, people look out for themselves and their own. But accepting this reality of human nature, the capitalist system aims to use this negative aspect towards the greater good. In that sense, capitalism is a force for good. Examples abound of capitalists producing wealth for themselves, while also producing wealth for others, or do you think the company you work for, assuming you work for a company, hired you because they like you personally? You have a job because you serve the intrests of the company and her owners. That you gain an advantage through this exchange is the hidden advantage. The company is not altruistic, but the result is such that they might as well be.

10. There is selfish intent in all societies, even those governed by Shariah. The difference is that the West accepts this reality of human nature and harnesses it, while the system you advocate denies it.

11. The road to hell being lined with good intention is only cautionary statement. Sometimes even the most good intentioned can be leading you blindly to your demise. The road to paradise is an ambiguous one, and whether you are truly following it is best left to god. Those of whom you seek help and advice are mortal just as you are, and their knowledge of whats at the end of the road is as fuzzy as yours. I think we should be very cautious of those who claim to know whats down the road, or whether we are the right road to begin with, when their insight is as limited as our own.