Lit: Poverty, need, want. Tech: A condition of
unfulfilled basic needs. It also refers to a condition of lack of
contentment, leaving one in a state of greed. But it has a
positive connotation as well: indifference towards material
endowments despite ability to possess. A natural corollary of
alfaqr is rough and simple living by one's option (and thus to
transfer the surplus to the needy and the poor). In this sense,
alfaqr is an economic value of Islamic society.
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