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Volume 7, Special Issue 5 (2026)

Published: September 30, 2026

Pages: 335-344

Research Article

Unemployment and poverty causes and treatments according to Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him)

Abstract

The problem of unemployment and poverty and their solutions، and then improving the level of community care and well-being, have become among the vital and important problems facing developing economies because reducing unemployment rates means increasing levels of employment and employment، especially among the skilled workforce, such as graduates of universities، institutes, and vocational schools، and the unskilled workforce، such as school dropouts. And the uneducated at all, and those who are of working age and are looking for it, as Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (science) identified the causes of the problem of unemployment and poverty, part of which is related to the person himself، the other part is related to the laws and systems applied, and the third part is attributed to natural resources and the way to invest and benefit from them. Including, and then caring for society and improving the economic and social growth rates of the country

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