Financial disclosure statement

Financial disclosure is internationally recognized.
It is the most prominent title among developed countries in the fight against corruption.
Through it and other tools, they were able to curb corruption and narrow its paths, which resulted in accelerating their development and progress and increasing the income of their people.
Such as:
Singapore, Finland and others.

The financial disclosure statement is a declaration that requires every official to submit the movable and immovable property owned by him, his spouse and his children, including stocks, bonds, shares in companies, bank accounts, cash, jewelry, precious metals and stones, their sources of income and the value of this income, as well as their debts. Through this disclosure statement, which discloses what each person who assumes public responsibility owns before assuming it, the concerned state agencies monitor his wealth if it swells after he leaves office.
The concerned state agencies monitor his wealth if it swells after he leaves office and hold him accountable if he slips up or sins against his country.
In this way, the public office is protected from being traded and exploited.
The fear of exposure and punishment takes root in the heart of anyone who holds it.

It is worth mentioning here that Islam established this principle more than 1,400 years ago.
This principle, which was not recognized by states and nations until the modern era, was intended to protect public money from those in charge of managing and spending it.
Islamic law considers public money to be more inviolable than private money.
This principle has been recognized by states and nations until the modern era, and its purpose was to protect public money from those who are in charge of managing and spending it, as the Islamic Sharia considered this public money to be more inviolable than private money.

The Islamic Shari’a does not stop there, but has taken the means and foundations that limit the financial corruption of employees, the most important of which is achieving faith education and instilling a religious conscience in the souls of the members of society.
which scares them of the torment of the hereafter as well as the loss of blessings in themselves and their children as a result of ill-gotten gains.
There is no doubt that the existence and development of religious conscience is a fundamental basis for fighting all types of corruption and mischief.
This is because many cases of financial corruption are carried out secretly and in highly skilled ways that may bypass legislation and laws against it.
Thus, the role of building and spreading religious values in society in combating and eliminating corruption is clearly evident.

One of the means and foundations is Islam’s establishment of the principle of accountability of officials in general and their accountability for public funds in particular.
The basis for this is what the Prophet (peace be upon him) did in his dealings with employees and officials through the principle of “Where did you get this from?
In one of the narrations of the hadith of Ibn al-Lutbiyyah, who brought zakat claiming that some of it was his
The Prophet – may Allah bless him and grant him peace – said:
“One of you will say, ‘This is mine and this is yours.
If he is asked, “Where did you get this from?
He said:
It was given to me.
If he was honest, he would have been gifted to him while he was in his father’s or mother’s house.
Umar ibn al-Khattab – may Allah be pleased with him – established this principle of where did you get this from?
Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) established this principle by recognizing the financial responsibility of his governors and employees, and even their relatives.
It is recorded in his biography that he wrote to two of his governors