The Extent of Emulating the Prophet's Character (PBUH) in Politics

Abstract

This research paper is meant to contribute to the correction and removal of confusion that has been associated to one of the of Sharia political fields, which is specifically represented in considering the scope of following the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) being a ruler in the political sphere. As the political sphere is subject to development, change and renovation, not a doctrinal or religious field that would be stable, and between finite texts and infinite practices, Islam gives the sound mind activity and Ijtihad to bring about the process of conciliation and harmony. This paper provides a balanced compromise between a secular path that deviates revelation from political life and a rigid religious path that requires the presence of revelation in all parts of life and cancel the mind so that the specificity of political law dissolves. This paper pushes the mind to plan its activities under the guidance of the purposes of Sharia to define a scope for the political aspects from the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).