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Obedience to those charged with authority isconditioned
by their own obedience to the Law of God and the Tradi-
tions of His Messenger. In one of his conclusive statements
Muhammad said that:
"There is no obedience or loyalty to any
human being, ruler or otherwise, who is
not himself obedient to God and bound by
His Law".
The early successors of Muhammad understood this
principle very clearly and declared in their first statements of
policy that they were obeyed and helped by the public as
long as they themselves obeyed God, and that they had no
claims to obedience from the people if they were to depart
from the Way of God.
6, The rulers and administrators must be ehosen from
among the best qualified citizens on the basis of their own
merits of virtue, fitness and competence. Racial origin or
family prestige and financial status do not in themselves
make any potential candidates more or less qualified for
high public offices. They neither promote nor hinder the
merits of the individual. Every candidate must be judged on
his own merits, of which family prestige, wealth, race and