Al-Siyasa al-Shar'iyya fi Islah al-Ra'i wa al-Ra'iyya
| Author | Ibn Taymiyyah |
|---|---|
| Original title | السياسة الشرعية في إصلاح الراعي والرعية |
| Language | Arabic |
| Publisher | Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Publication date | First edition, 1418 AH |
| Publication place | Damascus |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 136 |
Al-Siyasa al-Shar'iyya fi Islah al-Ra'i wa al-Ra'iyya (meaning: The politics or policy of the Shariah (Islam) in purifying the ruler and the ruled)[1] is a book written by Ibn Taymiyyah which he wrote about political aspects of Islam in the form of a letter to a guardian of Islamic authority. It covered what a Muslim ruler should do in fulfilling his trust and ruling among the people justly within the limits of Islamic law.[2] It included explanation of just politics and the righteous guardianship of the ruler was given as Allah sees it from every ruler.[3]
Kadızade Mehmed translated the book into Ottoman Turkish with additions and comments, called it "The Crown of Letters and the Path of Ways", and presented it to Murad IV.[4]
Volumes and chapters
The book is written in two volumes:
- Book 1: Penalties Concerning the Violation of Rights due to Allah
Chapters:
- Nature of a Limit (Set by Allah) and of a Right (Huquq) (due to Him)
- Punishment of Muharibin and Highwaymen
- The Duty of the Muslims if the Ruler Pursued the "Warriors Against Allah" and the Highwaymen but they Evaded his Pursuit
- Penalties on Theft
- Penalties Concerning Adultery
- Penalties on Drinking and Defaming
- Forms of Disobedience not Provided for in the Legal Penalties, and the Legal Flogging (Concerning Them)
- Jihad and Decisive Fight
- Book 2: Penalties and Rights Belonging to a Certain Human Being (Private Law)
Chapters:
- The Souls (Retaliation)
- Wounds
- Dishonouring Others
- Forging Lies
- Matrimony
- Transactions
- Counsel
- The Necessity for Authority
References
- ^ المكتبة الشاملة https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041622/http://shamela.ws/index.php/book/31237
- ^ Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm Ibn (2005). The Political Shariyah on Reforming the Ruler and the Ruled. Dar ul Fiqh. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ goodreads.com/book https://web.archive.org/web/20171111070909/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9911980
- ^ Kouri, Muhammad Dawud (2017). Abdul Haq al-Turkmani [in Arabic] (ed.). The Call of the Reformist Group of Qadi Zadeh in the Ottoman Empire: Before the Emergence of the Call of Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the Rise of the Saudi State (First ed.). Beirut: Dar al-Lulu’a. p. 101. ISBN 9781513619507.
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