{"id":88553,"date":"2024-05-13T09:43:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=88553"},"modified":"2024-05-13T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:43:58","slug":"islam-and-politics-chief-justice-mufti-taqi-uthmani-%d8%ad%d9%81%d8%b8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/islam-and-politics-chief-justice-mufti-taqi-uthmani-%d8%ad%d9%81%d8%b8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam and Politics \u2013 Chief Justice, Mufti Taqi Uthmani \u062d\u0641\u0638\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Islamic Concept of Government<\/strong>
\nOne cannot understand fully the injunctions and guidelines Islam has given about politics and government until one has a correct understanding of the concept of government. Some of us may have, at some time, looked at and analysed various philosophers &#39;theories about the beginning and the purpose of government. However, the concept of government in Islam is not like any of those theories; and without understanding it, one cannot properly understand the basis of the Islamic principles and the injunctions regarding politics.<\/p>\n

THE FOUNDATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT:<\/strong>
\nSovereignty belongs to Allah<\/strong>
\nThe most important basic principle is that Allah \ufdfb is the true Sovereign of this universe, and
\nof all that is in it. Worldly rulers rule only as a consequence of this sovereignty, and in\u00a0 subservience. This is the basic principle which allows neither any difference of opinion nor Ijtihad of any kind, nor can it be ignored in any instance, nor can there be any negotiations on this point. This is the first and most fundamental article of an Islamic constitution, which has been stated more than once by the Holy Quraan in clear and unambiguous terms:<\/p>\n

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\nTruly [all] Sovereignty belongs to Allah. [Al An`am 6: 57]
\nIn another place we read:<\/p>\n

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So remember: To Him (Allah) Belongs all Sovereignty. [Al An`am 6: 62]<\/p>\n

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Truly His is the creation and the Ultimate Command. [Al A`raf 7: 54]
\nAll these beautiful verses show that sovereignty over the whole universe belongs to Allah and Allah alone.<\/p>\n

Secular democracy, however, presumes that the right to rule belongs to the people. Ruler-ship
\nor government means having the right to make decisions and issue edicts without being
\ndependent on anyone else.<\/p>\n

That right belongs to no one but Allah.<\/p>\n

If one considers anyone else as a ruler in this sense, one will be guilty of having ascribed
\npartners to Allah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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