Year Of Economic Jihad

The current year, according to the supreme leader, is the year of economic jihad. We intend to review the cultural content of this entitlement.The supreme leader in his New Year address said it was not enough to pursue the normal mobility in economic field, rather, “we should have a leap forward” in this connection,which needs a jihad-like morale and will.The economic mobility of any society primarily depends upon cultural infrastructures indeed. Islamic cultural scheme creates inherent motives for the individual and society intheir economic activities. This approach associates economy with ethical and humane values and considers poverty a product of inequality not lack of Divine blessings. Theinstructive school of Islam says that man must be deeply involved in the scene of life for progress and development. Scientists have put forward various factors behindeconomic underdevelopment of the world of Islam. Seyed Mohammad Bagher Sadr believes that Muslims’ alienation from the concept of Istikhlaf (man as the caliph or successor of God on earth) is the cause of their underdevelopment. He is of the opinion that Muslims can put behind underdevelopment only when the Islamic ideals are revivedin their hearts to lead them toward realization of that ‘greatest ideal’.