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Islamic System & Ethics

Islamic economic concepts, governance structures, ethical teachings, and Muslim scientists — as tested in real FPSC MPT papers.

Islamic economic system

  • Mudaraba: a profit-sharing arrangement between investors (capital providers) and entrepreneurs — not a fixed guaranteed return or hoarding of wealth (2024)
  • Zakat is the core redistributive pillar of the Islamic economic system:
    • Nisab of gold = 7½ tola
    • 8 heads of Zakat expenditure specified in the Qur'an
    • Full rules and Fiqh context: Pillars & Beliefs (2022, 2023, 2025, 2026)
  • Jizya (tax on non-Muslim subjects under Islamic rule) was imposed in 9 A.H. — part of the state's revenue system alongside Zakat (2023). Historical context: Seerah (high yield)

Islamic governance

  • Pakistan's constitutional Islamic advisory body is the Islamic Ideology Council (not the Pakistan Sharia Council or an "Islamic Economic Council") (2022)
  • Muawiyah (RA) was the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty (2022) — see Seerah (high yield) for the succession of the early Caliphate
  • The Ottoman Empire (a major later Islamic polity/caliphate) lasted six centuries (2023)

Ethical teachings

  • Sila-e-Rahmi means "Ties of Kinship" — maintaining family/relational bonds is an emphasized Islamic ethic, not merely generosity or a form of boycott (2022)
  • Salah is highlighted as the key method of self-purification in Islam (2024)
  • A Momin (true believer) is described as being more honorable than the Kaabah itself in status before Allah (2025, 2026)

Muslim scientists & their contributions

  • Ibn-un-Nafees is credited with the early concept of blood pressure / pulmonary (lesser) circulation — asked verbatim in both 2025 and 2026, one of the highest-confidence repeats across all five years
  • Musa bin Nusair led conquests into parts of Africa (2024) — an example of the rapid geographic and administrative expansion of the early Islamic state

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