معرفت اقتصاد اسلامی

In recent decades, the concept of hidden subsidies of energy carriers has included the claim that items such as gasoline are sold cheaply to the public; And because of this, consumers are given an unfair hidden subsidy. In this article, with an analytical method, we will examine the reasoning behind the hidden subsidy removal policy from the perspective of Islamic economics. According to the findings of the research, this policy contains two descriptive propositions (payment of hidden subsidies, benefiting more of the rich - overconsumption), one value proposition (distributive injustice - waste of resources) and one prescriptive proposition (price liberalization - giving direct subsidies). These propositions face problems such as false validity of subsidy term, no attention to hidden tax, error in highlighting consumption subsidy, and error in fair price theory. The said policy returns to the hidden claim that "the fair price of items such as gasoline is the price of other countries or the export/import price". This claim about fair pricing is not based on any theory of justice in Islamic economics. Contrary to the claim, the poor suffer more from the increase in the price of these items. Accepting this logic requires that the price of all goods and services be determined based on the price of other countries or the export/import price; a measure that is not practically realized, especially in the case of wages, and in practice hidden taxes have been taken.