Islam: Qur'anic perspective: All authority is vested in God
The political structure of the Islamic Ummah (or Umma), unlike other temporal political structures, is totally dependent on one's commitment to belief in God and following the moral code prescribed in the sources of Islam.
All authority is vested in God. No other authority is acceptable or obeyed by Muslims. God is the sole and only lawgiver.
No human being is permitted to prescribe his, or her laws ,to the Islamic community.
This is because humans are only held responsible by God. Belief and disbelief is a personal affair between man and God where freedom and will are exercised fully.
This vertical relationship is outside the control of the Umma. Communal relations on the vertical level are subject to Islamic legislation and representatives of the Islamic Umma can administer the limits of Shar‘ (Islamic Law) whenever the case applies.
If a person commits a crime punishable by Shar‘, the responsibility of this person is towards God, and punishment is administered by the Islamic community represented by the administration of Muslims.
The punishment administered by the representatives of the Umma should be strictly applied according to Islamic limits.
Legislation, if not prescribed in the sources of Islam, must stem from the sources and conform to its prescriptions.
Exegetes are obliged to infer legislations that conform to the spirit and form of Islamic Shari‘a before it is promulgated by the Umma.
The basics of the political aspects of Islam are mainly concerned with the Muslim's interrelations stemming from the Muslim's relation with God.
The notion of rule is non-existent in Islam since man is held responsible only to God.
Obedience to those who are chosen, by Muslims, to administer the affairs of the community is maintained in public affairs as long as administrators adhere strictly Islamic laws and precepts.
Any infringement by the administrators from Islamic precepts renders Muslims free from obedience to these administrators until the administrators apply Islamic shari‘a.
The system of checks and balances is strongly held, applied and controlled by the whole Muslim Umma.
In Islam Man obeys God only. What we see throughout the ages is that man bows down to man instead of God. He obeys man's law and man worships himself, rather than God!!
The political structure of the Islamic Ummah (or Umma), unlike other temporal political structures, is totally dependent on one's commitment to belief in God and following the moral code prescribed in the sources of Islam.
All authority is vested in God. No other authority is acceptable or obeyed by Muslims. God is the sole and only lawgiver.
No human being is permitted to prescribe his, or her laws ,to the Islamic community.
This is because humans are only held responsible by God. Belief and disbelief is a personal affair between man and God where freedom and will are exercised fully.
This vertical relationship is outside the control of the Umma. Communal relations on the vertical level are subject to Islamic legislation and representatives of the Islamic Umma can administer the limits of Shar‘ (Islamic Law) whenever the case applies.
If a person commits a crime punishable by Shar‘, the responsibility of this person is towards God, and punishment is administered by the Islamic community represented by the administration of Muslims.
The punishment administered by the representatives of the Umma should be strictly applied according to Islamic limits.
Legislation, if not prescribed in the sources of Islam, must stem from the sources and conform to its prescriptions.
Exegetes are obliged to infer legislations that conform to the spirit and form of Islamic Shari‘a before it is promulgated by the Umma.
The basics of the political aspects of Islam are mainly concerned with the Muslim's interrelations stemming from the Muslim's relation with God.
The notion of rule is non-existent in Islam since man is held responsible only to God.
Obedience to those who are chosen, by Muslims, to administer the affairs of the community is maintained in public affairs as long as administrators adhere strictly Islamic laws and precepts.
Any infringement by the administrators from Islamic precepts renders Muslims free from obedience to these administrators until the administrators apply Islamic shari‘a.
The system of checks and balances is strongly held, applied and controlled by the whole Muslim Umma.
In Islam Man obeys God only. What we see throughout the ages is that man bows down to man instead of God. He obeys man's law and man worships himself, rather than God!!
