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26 Political System of Islam (A Micro Analysis)
Means: “Muslims are those who, if we give them power in
the land, establish the system prayer(Salah) and
poordue(Zakah) and enjoin virtue and forbid evil”. 1
Muslim jurist agree that from an Islam legal point of
view, this revealed goal, by necessity, means a life that is
predicated upon Islamic ideals. In practice it means the
enforcement of the Shari’ah in all spheres and parts of
the state, 2 by virtue of which Islam becomes the way of
life. Asad said: “The foremost duty of such a state consists
in enforcing the ordinances of the Shari’ah in the
territories under its jurisdiction. Although such a code
must forever remain basic in the structure and the
working of an Islamic state, it cannot, by its very nature,
supply all the laws that may be needed for the purpose of
administration. Thus, we will have to implement the
Shari’ah stipulations relating to matter of public concern
by temporal amendable laws of our own making in the list
of the sources of Islamic law”. 3
Then, the enforcement of the Shari’ah being the
sole purpose if an Islamic state, may be subdivided for
analytical consideration into two separate but
complementary purposes, one of which is temporal while
the other is spiritual. The temporal purpose of Islamic
state includes: the maintenance of peace and order,
promotion of equity and justice, defence of the Ummah
and the faith against internal and external aggression, and
the enhancement of the spiritual and material well being
of its citizen. 4