Thesis

This study focuses the teachings the Prophet pertaining to economic policy, particularly regarding the alleviation of poverty. The thesis begins by analyzing terms found in the Qur'an, including

This thesis examines aspects of the law of sales and establishes basic rules for them, and aims to produce useful knowledge about how medieval jurists approached this subject matter. Certain transactions containing elements of risk, ignorance, uncertainty and ill-will in their structure were forbidden by the

Increasing levels of competition have forced banks to take greater interest in consumer banking and to pursue more aggressive marketing techniques to better promote their services. Consumer banks should strive to provide retail bank services that best serve customers' needs. Bankers need better methods to evaluate and understand the consumers' market and needs. Banks need to recognize the attitudes that affect consumers' evaluation of bank services. This thesis evaluates marketing techniques incorporated by Saudi banks, as well as consumers' attitudes towards the banks.

This thesis examines the operations of the Saudi Industrial Development Fund, a development bank founded in 1974 as an effort to expand the Saudi economy and decrease dependence on oil revenues. This program provides private industrial groups with interest free loans and offers managerial and technical assistance to these companies. The study provides framework knowledge regarding Islamic economies in general, then more specifically on the Saudi economy, as well as outlining development bank operations and Islamic investment systems.