Political Justice of the Qur'an and Traditions’ Perspectives: A Reflection on Political Equality

Authors : Mahmood SHAFIEE, Hamid SALIMI

Pages : 102-124

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Publication Date : 2017-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Normal 0 21 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normal Tablo"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} T he present study aims to investigate the relationship between political justice based on Quran doctrines and narratives, and the political equality posed by democratic systems. The answer to this question is that t he popular equality in democratic systems within three arenas including philosophical (which begins and underlies political equality), political, and non-political (the necessity of political equality) arenas is in line with the spirit of religious teachings. In the meanwhile, the religious interpretation of political equality, as well as non-political equality consistent with political equality, has minor differences from the popular equality in democratic systems. In order to prove this hypothesis, the two theological and jurisprudential teachings ( Ibaha or permissibility and non- Wilaya or non- guardianship ) are taken as the basis of Quranic-narrative analysis. On the other side of the principle of Ibaha is the legitimization of social agreements of citizens of a religious community to regulate the public rules of the society, and that state laws are legitimate when, in addition to complying with clearly stated religious laws, they come from the will of the people, Moreover, the non-Wilaya principle expresses the maximum participation of a nation in the political administration, the lack of government interference in the private sector, and peoples' monitoring of the political decisions. The Quran verses and narratives consistent with the two aforementioned principles confirm the inherent equality of human beings; they differentiate the political equality of sovereignty from that of government and in the social and economic equalities, religious teachings not only confirm the equality popular in democratic systems, but they also go beyond that and firmly demand a broad extent of responsibilities from both society and government.
Keywords : Political Justice of the Qur'an, Political Equality, Traditions Perspectives