Amāna
Definition
Amana in commerce means honouring commitments, delivering what was promised, not concealing defects in goods being sold, being transparent about prices and terms, and never exploiting the ignorance or vulnerability of the other party. Al-Ghazali presents amana as the central virtue of the Muslim trader — it is what distinguishes commerce as worship from commerce as merely legal but spiritually neutral economic activity. He cites the prophetic description of the honest merchant as being with the prophets and the truthful in the Hereafter — an extraordinary ranking that underscores how seriously Islam takes commercial honesty.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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