In terms of employment relations, Muslim scholars are divided into two camps: the idealists who view management-workers relations as a harmonious, and the pragmatics who treat the relationship as adversarial. Al-Faruqi appears to represent the idealist camp in his emphasis on normative Islamic teaching pertaining to equality and just conduct without probing the reality in the marketplace. This is especially true as Al-Faruqi fails to take note of the fact that a world of unequal power and widespread inequality, the less powerful players, the workers, are not in a position to get fair and just share of their contributions. Indeed, his statement that all employees, be they rulers or ditch diggers, are “equally obligated to fulfill what their employers and society have hired them to do” (Al-Faruqi and Al-Banna, 1985, p. 16) may weaken workers’ position relative to employers.