THE PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ISLAMIC ECONOMY: A THEORETICAL APPROACH

Recently, two main subjects in economics literature which is a branch of social sciences attract an intense interest of the researchers. One of these subjects is the Islamic economy and the other is women entrepreneurship. The main reasons for this are that the resources on which the Islamic economy is based are completely different from the current and applied sources of the traditional economy and that the increasing gradually contribution of women to working life. In this study, both the concept of entrepreneur according to the Islamic economy and the evaluations of the Islamic economy for women entrepreneurs are examined. In order to make these investigations in this study, the concept of entrepreneur is firstly explained in terms of both traditional and Islamic economics. Then, the study was continued by considering the role of women in Islamic Economy and was ended by trying to explain the place and importance of women entrepreneurs. Besides at the end of the study,according to the Islamic economy which is the Qur'an and the Hadith; It is determined that there are no obstacles to the participation of women in the working life and their contribution to the economy as entrepreneurs. In addition, Another result is that women are encouraged to take part in working life