Economic strength depends on lifestyle changes

How to promote Islamic lifestyle in the year of economic saga
Since the first suitor comes to the home of girl, all concern of her mother become to buy a certain brand of refrigerators and washing machines, or that bed services and that certain famous furniture and such Czech service crystal that their daughter does not become ashamed in front of the neighbors and as the saying goes in front of the family and her cousin who are recently married. And on the other hand, the lady bride's concern is only to buy the best famous brands to be able to get some prestige for herself through them. And when she enters to the house, all equipment must be uniform and none of them must have deficit.
Right from when the consumerism and the Westernization came to the lives of our family, and since television series with the help of satellite networks with deceptive advertising of the luxury and unnecessary suites attracted the attention of viewers, especially women to itself, it was at that time which the Islamic lifestyle gave its place to the aristocracy and luxurious life, but it was in some lost families and so-called wealthy one.
Youth and marriageable couples to curb the rate of divorce, the prevention of violence and family conflict due to wealth and luxury suites at the start of their life requires a good example of the life of the infallible Imams (peace be upon them). The holy Fatimah Zahra (peace be upon her) who was the daughter of the Prophet of God, started her life in the house of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) with a simple rug, one grinding mill and several pieces of crockery and how sweet and cute they lived.
Islamic lifestyle in the year of economic saga is not only depend on the equipment and home appliances, but also in different fields of production and economic, social and political according to the intentions of the Supreme Leader should be placed on the agenda of all officials and people.
So about this subject for realizing the economic epic, explained the Islamic lifestyle should have the role.

A built up World, A productive otherworld

Islamic economic system is based on two factors; building up the world and build up a productive otherworld.
What is the fundamental difference between the Islamic economic system and Western business schools, is this that the foundation of the economic system of Islam is on the afterlife and prosperity of the world is to achieve afterlife, and all systems which we have in Islamic economics as Khoums, Zakat, charity and dedication is to accomplish it.
Doctor Mohammad Reza Karami, a university professor in interviews with the Keyhan reporter pointed out that if someone earn annual income more than it that he require to it, must give one fifth of it to the poor people and also for propagandizing the religion, says: “Also, if someone is active in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, giving the Zakat is obligatory for him. Both of these categories, in addition to have economic benefits for society, place as a divine duty behind prayer.” He said that one of the issues that in the Islamic culture and especially Shia has been very productive and effective is the dedicated culture, Says: "This dedication means that we put a part of their property for public use. This good tradition does not need to wealth and abundance. One of the old traditions has been the dedication of book which one person had been dedicated even one or a few of books for spreading of knowledge. "
According to the believe of this professor of the University, if the dedicated tradition be revived to community and based on public benefit and small dedication, the culture of dedication will be revived in the community and lifestyle changes can also be started from the same point.
I say to the doctor Karami that while a majority of Youth and Family are thinking only to their livelihood and no one is thinking about these tradition, how we can expect that these traditions come true and cultural and economic problems are resolved with the help of these traditions, he answered me: "We must believe that the well-being of the world will mean with the happiness of the hereafter and we must use a part of the well-being of the world to achieve the happiness of otherworld.
His pointed to the low action which is in this field and says, "Unfortunately low action has been in the field of informatics for the development of Islamic lifestyle."

When all things ends to the luxuries!

What factors led to become far from the style of religious life and instead of religious manifestations, put the Western values for the pattern of our lives? Why some young couples could not model the holy Zahra (peace be upon her) and rather than paying attention to the Hereafter and the way to arrive to happiness in this world and the Hereafter, only look at the luxury? Is it right that our parents at the beginning of their lives had full of well-being that now kids expect to begin living in a house with full of modern luxury and non-essential equipment and supplies?
Doctor Fereshteh Rouhafza, professor and director of the project program and policy formulation of the Women's Cultural and Social Council in an interview with the reporter of the Kayhan newspaper presents a detailed explanation in this regard, according to many studies that have been done on this issue.
She says: "The financial problems of the people are closely related to their life style. When it is supposed that a one-child family provide separate bedrooms with private facilities to only their kids, and send him to variety of classes, buy the branded clothes to cover him, it is natural to do not think about first, second and third children, and secondly immerse themselves to the difficulties to provide for him false well-being.
In this situation, parents worry about additional costs and do not have other children. So the Western lifestyle among our families must be changed. "The doctor Rouhafza adds:" leisure time of children is not defined with parents in the modern lifestyle, we define costly leisure time it means that the parents work until the children have peace. This work shows that the Western culture has changed the model of the people's lives and this approach should be modified."
Director of project, program and policy formulation of the Women's Cultural and Social Council said that we have various categories about lifestyle in terms of our attitude, points to the lifestyle on a scale of individual, family, scale of social, economic, the Islamic government and international scale and says that "Each of these measures requires a separate discussion that may need to the several issues to be reported. But the important thing in lifestyle is the consumption patterns that should be improved."
According to the doctor Rouhafza, in the style of Islamic pattern of life, if our work is solvent, it will be measured and if it is unlawful, it will have punishment.
We see at the lifestyle from the Islamic perspective which the opposite of us locates the Western lifestyle that defines identity with luxuries. It knows identity with Furniture and the arrangement of the home decorations.
We put a 45-inch TV in a house with 40 square meters and with foreign branded products achieve prestige.
This university professor said: "In the consumption pattern which is the gift of the West people, maintaining ties with family will be cut in our lifestyles and because we cannot pay too much money for luxury thing, we leave this action."
Doctor Rouhafza with an emphasis on this point that in the society and In the Islamic financial system, there is a special look at issues such as Khoums and Zakat and Waqf, said: "This look is not about taxes. Many people who do not pay tax but their income reach to billions, while in the religious lifestyle, the people pay khoums and Zakat of their property themselves, pay charity, and donated their belongings, but we must not allow these traditions to be forgotten and unfortunately we do not perform a comprehensive work on the cultural invasion about the economic debate."
This university professor, based on the speech of the Master of Martyrs, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), which states if you do not have religion, at least be a free man, points out: "The type of work in terms of security community that the people pay khoums and Zakat or dedicate their financial, has especial standing and shows that Islam has a superior word on this field and according to the speech of the supreme leader we must do a heroic action in the economic field.”

How the economic saga is attained?

I tell him how this heroic action will form, and what should we do? Doctor Rouhafza gave my answer as this: "People have to be convinced in this case, if all of us have religion and we have good reason, we will have a safer society, everyone should be responsible rather than the poor people and their neighbors and replaces the altruism for self-centered and individualism."
Doctor Rouhafza in continued noted to the life in economic scale and says: "In the Islamic lifestyle, we have Islamic ownership, Islamic banks, interest-free and interest-free banking system, but in the Western system the usury system, and permanent debt to the bank is promoted. Islamic lifestyle in God's provision and systematic destined to save the maximum and credit costs in our model of Western life. Islamic economic system should be created that has been created in the community." In Islamic lifestyle, the aliment was ordained and the system of God is located against saving the maximum and spend credit system like this that is in the Western life. We should create Islamic economic system that has not been created in the community until now.”
According to the doctor Rouhafza, opinion of the Supreme Leader in the economic saga is the economic comfort that can be achieved with a correct economic planning."

Damage to religious lifestyle

Doctor Mohammad Karami in an interview with Kayhan refers to damage to the Islamic lifestyle and discusses to the result of going away from religious life. He said this point that in the religious arena after the revolution we are experiencing two crises, says: "the first crisis was strong tendency to religious life style and lack of scientific accountable in this area. This has caused that some people based on interests and sometimes with strong deviation offer a definition of religious life that was far from the reality of religious lifestyle. Groups such as Forqan is an obvious example of this crisis and this flow can be comparable with the flow of Salafism which are in these days.” The university professor and expert on cultural issues, says: “another crisis arose when we learned a large number of religious education that can respond to today's generation in the field of religion and lifestyle, but they does not provided a communication channels for transmission.
Unfortunately virtual space, groups with the same age person, the media and other factors was caused that the voice of religious scholar cannot be heard by contact despite mass production of products in the today's society and we are unaware of understanding of a true life."
I ask him to talk about solutions in order to fulfill the intentions of the Supreme Leader, said: "Today, if anyone can connect a messaging system where the content of the religious life style can be achieved by the intended audience, it is not less than jihad in the war and certainly is effective in reviving the tradition of devotion and enjoyment in change the model of life.”
According to this university professor, "If we know the ultimate goal of Islam are the prosperity of the individual and life for the spirituality, each of these efforts can be meant below the target and it clos person one step to God.”

Decades of progress and justice

In the year of economic saga
Due to we are at the decade of progress and justice and the year of economic saga with the approach of the Supreme Leader which has on the economic issues, we should use from the great capacity of dedicated action.
Hojjat al-Islam Gholam Reza Mohammad zadeh, Director General of Endowments and charity work in the Tehran Province in an interview with the reporter of Kayhan newspaper about how to use the capacity, says: “one of the capital which has a very high capacity and also has impressive numbers, Is the endowment that has been remained by benevolent donors over the years to this day for the us. So one of the most important issues is poverty reduction that the endowment can be very effective in this area."
How to move in the direction of support from national production and Iranian work and capital and the realization of epic economic and explanation the ways of employing from the tool of dedicated in The Framing of economic activities in the country was the topic that I ask a question about it from Mr. Mohammad zadeh. He expresses that one of the functions of dedicated in above issues is the improvement of human capital for providing the needs of society with an emphasis on interior talent and says: “The main role in the development of a community and infrastructure of national development is training of human resources and human capital and the dedicated system is one of the examples that in this field plays the role both in mosques and religious site and also based on intentions of the people who do this act.”
"For example, there is a lot of the letter to write the dedication about libraries, universities, schools and scientific and educational centers in the country, and this is in order to train the human capital.