In the name of God, all praise is due to God, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of God, his family, his companions, and those who follow him. The subject of the judiciary is one of the most serious and, at the same time, most important topics in the lives of individuals and communities. Through it, the rule of God Almighty is applied, rights are fulfilled, and injustices are redressed. The weak feel secure in their person, property, and honor, and the oppressor is restrained from his injustice and greed for the rights of others. Thus, justice prevails, tranquility spreads, and love and brotherhood reign among people, allowing Muslims to enjoy all rights and the means that ensure their happiness in this world and the hereafter. Their lives are untroubled and their rights unviolated. The judiciary can only achieve this importance and these results if its foundation is the truth, which is the Book of God Almighty and the Sunnah of His Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

Despite this, God Almighty knows human nature, with its inherent self-love, desires, greed for wealth, and tendency to slip from virtue to vice. Based on this reality, Islam has legislated ways to prevent this from happening and to address it if it does. It has guided the strong regarding the rights of the weak, ensuring that the oppressor does not usurp the wealth of the oppressed, and the immoral do not violate the honor of Muslims.

If people were to adopt these rulings and apply them to themselves, disputes would cease, as everyone would see their interest in pleasing God, unifying their goals and ending contention. However, they are not all like that, as they differ in their natures and instincts, and conflict and disputes are inherent to their character. Therefore, God sent His Messenger and supported him with clear proofs to refine these natures and curb those instincts. But He, the Glorified, knows that many of them do not adhere to His rulings or apply them to themselves. So God commanded that a leader from among them should compel them to follow His rulings, and He made obedience to this leader obligatory upon them, and made it obligatory for the leader to govern them and to judge between their disputes with justice, either by himself or through the rulers and judges he appoints.

• ISBN: 9789957167370
• Weight: 0.800 kg
• Dimensions: 17x24 cm
• Paper: White
• Pages: 376
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Binding: Hardcover