The book The Nature of Islamic Economics by Mohammad Bidarparchin Olya was published in 2025 by the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute. This 348‑page analytical work explores the theoretical foundations of Islamic economics and situates it within the broader framework of Islamic humanities.
The book is structured into four chapters:
- Chapter I: Conceptual investigation of terms related to the nature of Islamic economics.
- Chapter II: Distinction between positive and normative economics, and the interrelation of the components of Islamic economics.
- Chapter III: Presuppositions underlying the definition of Islamic economics, its relation to social governance, and the meaning of “Islamic science.”
- Chapter IV: The most significant section, devoted to examining the “doctrinal identity” and “scientific identity” of Islamic economics. The author first clarifies the place of the economic schools within the structure of Islamic economics and considers the possibility of doctrinal formulation. He then analyzes methods of compiling doctrinal propositions, provides examples, and examines their relation to the scientific structure of Islamic economics. The second part of the chapter addresses the evidence for scientific identity, methodologies of knowledge production, epistemic content, and the social function of Islamic economics, presenting a coherent vision of the feasibility and necessity of knowledge production in this domain.
