The Elections In The Eyes Of Islam

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In Islam  - Elections (elections) that took place in our country this beloved Republic every five years,
apparently got the legality of Islamic teachings. The election is a democratic process that was to be held to choose the leaders, both as representatives of the people in the legislature (ahl al-halli wa al-' aqdi) or head of State--the President and his Deputy--known as the Caliph.

For that every citizen is obliged to use his selection, and special rights for Muslims obliged to choose those that best fit the choice of conscience respectively, without any influence, intimidation of any political party, whether parnas nor did he parlok.

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Islam, with the totality of his teachings, organizes all aspects of human life, not only limited to regulate its relationship with Almighty God (worship), but also regulate human relationships with his fellow man (muamalah), including system settings Government and attempt to realize the benefit of the people in an effort to thoroughly and his erect values of Sharia-based justice on this earth.

When those values--the benefit and justice--for humans is ignored, then it really will happen to various forms of discrimination, oppression and despotism. Related to it, then set the Islam and stipulates that there must be a leader who will organize and supervise the Government.

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Related to this issue, certainly there must be also an institution that makes the legislation, perda or qanun, in addition to agencies that specifically enforce the rule of law. The Authority's third in terms of the theory of the modern State (saparation of power), consisting of the parties or the institution of legislative, Executive, and judicial.        

Though, how important a (State) Government in organizing and providing protection to its people, but Islam never gave a model or shape of a country. Therefore the emergence of differences among legal scholars and political experts, is something natural. Either the Quran or al-Sunnah, both of which are the main source of the teachings of Islam, appears to be no explicit hints about it.

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The Koran gives only a few foundations of principle, among others, "the basis of deliberation" in connection with the electoral process leader, demanding accountability and a lunch. This is as described in the Quran: "and for those people who received the appeal of his Lord and establish the prayer, their affairs are decided with deliberation among them and they spend most of the sustenance which we provide to them. " (QS. al-Syu'ara: 38).

On that basis, requires every leader (ruler), which won the trust of the people, to use the principle of deliberation in each task and decision making related to the interests of the people. The obligation of the Government to always pay attention to the benefit is closely related to the teachings of Islam about the relationship the Government and its people such as Imam al-Shaafa'i that Government's position in relation to its people is as the position of a trustee in relation to orphans.