The Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs From Islamic Perspective

Abstract

Islamic Entrepreneurship has its own guidelines in describing the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. However, in terms of focus and emphasis among scholars in the birth of Islam and the West, there are significant differences in outlining the characteristics. Generally, there are obvious similarities between them. Differences occur is not creating a big disagreement. Instead, it is seen to obtain benefits in a characteristics symbiotic form of successful entrepreneurs with a holistic and sustainable. This study used literature research methodology based on the Qur'an and Sunnah, and discussions by scholars associated with the concept of the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. Findings from this study shows that the conditions specified values are configured based on the needs of the mu`amalah focused on Islam and the current realities of human needs. In fact, the values expressed were also seconded from the perspective of conventional entrepreneurship. What is clear, Islam gives awards to businessmen to look alive on maximizing all the resources that are awarded within the scope of which is justified to avail the benefit of humankind. In addition, it also serves to activate the potential that exists within the entrepreneur to continue resilient and competitive. Thus, indirectly when these values are fully digested it could produce a brilliant individual entrepreneurs to organize all available resources such as manpower, skills, experience, capital, raw resources and so forth to provide added value in the market and introduce innovations for the benefit of the society.