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The Rich and The Poor in Early Islamic Society
(Dinbilimleri Akad Arastirma Merkezi, 2006) Altinay, Ramazan
The rich and the poor have been formed, almost in all of historical periods, communities's two basic and striking fundamental social stratum / rank whic one were located in lowest and another one in uppermost level in society. Although Islam don't permit to be collected wealty in certain hands / individuals extravagantly and in a degree whic may cause damage to the social balance, this two ranks have been sustained every time to become basic and principal fact of Islamic societies. Here, in this our present study, we are going to examine mainly and focusing on the Umayyad periods, subjects which are connected with the rich and poor's states and criterion of wealty and poverty in early Islamic societies. Especially, we are going to try to determine that Umayyads had generalized social justice among their subjects or had not.