AL-Hisba Institution in and the role of its mechanisms in Combating the economic Corruption in the market "the Umayyad state in Andalusia as a model"

Abstract

In the sake of fighting the economic corruption, the Umayyad State in Andalusia established many legal plans such as control bodies to prevent and fight corruption. These bodies include the justice and complaints office, the police, and other ones. However, the most prominent was al Hisba that was an administrative institution that monitors the various social activities and directs the economic behavior. The Umayyad rulers focused on it and made it at the top of the religious functions. In this regard, this study aims at knowing the methodology of the Umayyad State in Andalusia to manage al Hisba through legal procedures based on virtue and rejection of vice. Besides, the study sheds light on its organizational bodies, tasks, and prerogatives in controlling the markets and the traders' behaviors to promote the economic performance of the state.