Ethical Teachings of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali: Economics of Happiness

[...]this book assists in exposing Al-Ghazali as an economic thinker and adds this capability to the list of his intellectual mastery. Al-Ghazali linked individual economic behavior with moral laws aimed at attaining eternal happiness in the Hereafter. [...]the author managed to motivate the research on the ethical teachings of Al-Ghazali to revive the importance of ethics in Islamic economics. According to Al-Ghazali, both purification of soul and righteous participation in economic life are essentials to achieve salvation. [...]money is seen as a means to an end that should be used to benefit society.