Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Philosophy, Concept, and Principle of politics in Islam

The concept of government and administration in Islam consist of great philosophy, concept, and principle of politics.
One of the philosophy of politics in Islam are authority and governance is possessed by Allah s.w.t. and that sees that Allah may give it to anybody he wishes and take it away as He wishes to do so,Whether the authority are in the hands of good or bad leaders. This philosophy also sees positions as a 'decorations' of life given by Allah s.w.t to test the obedience of His servants. Lastly, the philosophy strongly believes that position and authority can bring dignity to the leaders and degrade them at the same time if the leaders are a bad one.
There are three concept of politics in Islam, the first one being leaders(ulil-amr) are god's caliph on earth who hold the responsibility from Allah s.w.t to lead the people, administer and manage the resources given to them. In Islamic politics, leadership is related to the concept of imamah, where the features of an Imam leading the congreational prayers is look at. As mentioned in earlier point of the concept, authority is a responsibility bestowed to man by Allah s.w.t and has to be utilised and implemented correctly and according to the Shariah law.
There are four principles of Islamic politics, these are to uphold justice(al-adalah) and abolish oppresion(al-zulm), to enjoin good and to forbid evil(amal ma'ruf nahi mungkar), to bring prosperity and attain approval(redha) and forgiveness from Allah s.w.t, and lastly to stregthen co-operation, understanding and unity among the society and avoid misunderstanding and disunity.
The philosophy, concept, and principle of islamic politic are all created with the intention of sovereignity towards the Almighty Allah s.w.t and not towards man's desire.

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