This book is an English rendering of a popular Arabic book entitled Mushkala al Faqr qa Kaifa 'Aljiha al-Islam written by the reowned Muslim Scholar 'Allama Yusuf al Qardawi. In this book the learned author has favored us with the basic principles of the Economic System of Islam in the light of the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah. It also offers a comparative study of the economic systems functioning under the three ideologies viz, Communism, Capitalism, and Islam, contrasting them objectively and establishing the superiority of the latter with convincing arguments.

This book has been rendered into English for the benefit of those English-knowing people who are anxious to know about the Economic System of Islam. We hope, it will serve the purpose for which it has been translated.