ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE ISLAMIC ECONOMY: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS

The religion of Islam, not only points to the relationship of the devotee with the Almighty Creator Allah and the worships that the devotee is obliged to but also includes the regulatory principles for all aspects of life itself. Therefore, it would be a correct inference to say that the verses in the Holy Qur'an as the source of the religion of Islam, and the Sunnah which are thought to expresses the actions and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad as the prophet of the religion of Islam have drawn the framework of Islamic economic structure for social and economic activities as well. On the other side, the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, which is one of the fundamental dynamics of social and economic life, is among the subjects of interest of researchers interested in the Islamic economy as Islam encourages entrepreneurship. In this context, in the study, where the qualitative analysis method was adopted and descriptive analysis technique was used, since they contain the basic values on which the religion of Islam has built, the principles of entrepreneurship in the Islamic economy are interpreted based on the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah. According to the findings, which are detailed by taking into account the business functions such as i) supply, finance, and accounting ii) production and service iii) marketing iv) human resources v) research and development as well as vi) social responsibility vii) consumption, saving, and investment themes, it is concluded that the religion of Islam has some binding principles on entrepreneurship regarding all these themes.