The Just ruler

In this article, we have contented ourselves with two positive examples of the just king in the Qur’an and what they did

  1- Dhul-Qarnayn - who is mentioned in all heavenly religions

A - Our Master Yusuf Al-Siddiq, also known in the three heavenly religions

Allah says

( إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ تَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُمْ بِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا ) [النساء 58].

( God commands you to give trusts to their owners and when you judge between people, judge with justice, Indeed God commanded you with good with preaches upon you with, Indeed, God is Hearer, Seeer.) [An-Nisa’ 58].

Allah says

( يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَى فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ (٢٦)

(O David, We have made you a caliph on earth, so judge between the people with truth, and do not follow inclinations, lest they lead you astray from the path of God, Indeed, those who stray from the path of Allah will have a severe punishment because they have forgotten the Day of Reckoning (26)

We benefit from the noble verse

1 - God’s guardian on earth is neither me nor you, but rather the ruler who rules justice among his subjects, and God Almighty equals rights in the afterlife, and you in this world judge what God has entrusted to you - Glory be to Him, - Children - employees or perhaps people) You are a caliph, and what does a caliph do? He follows the same approach as his successor, doesn't he? Therefore, judge when God has commanded you to do what God Almighty does, not favoring anyone, Even if he is a Muslim. the qur’anic verses were revealed that absolved the Jew of theft and instead accused a Muslim contemporary of the Messenger - in which the Qur’an would be recited for the Day of Resurrection.

2- In the land: a metaphor for expanding his rule - David - peace be upon him -

Judiciary with truth - does not follow passion. A brief message for those burdened by the reins of power.

Allah says

"وشاورهم في الأمر"

“And consult them about the matter.”

It is not a tyrannical rule, advice is an essential of justice, as you have a prolific mind, and your sub-branch has minds and opinions, God created human beings with diverse, enlightened minds, and taught the best types of education, It is not an autocracy. Advice is one of the basics of justice. You have a rich mind, and people have minds and opinions, So draw them close to you and consult them so that they may come out with goodness. All these minds - God - the Most High.

Dhul-Qarnayn

Allah says

( قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا، ءَاتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا ، فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَنْ يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْبًا ) [الكهف 95-97].

(He said: Whatever my Lord has empowered me with is better, so help me with strength, and I will put a barrier between you and them, bring me strong pieces of iron, even when the two sadfeen:"the high thing like mountain" are equal, He said, "Blow it out," until when he made it fire, he said, "Come to me, and I will pour copper over it, so, they were not able to ascending it, and they were not able to break it down.” [Al-Kahf 95-97].

1 - They offered him money to save them from the oppression of Gog and Magog, so what did he say (what my Lord empowered me is better) Their little money and whatever its price, He is king and He isn't involve himself in such little things (work of kings)

2- Help me strongly? What power did he ask of them if he turned away from money? He wanted to change the way they think about things, not relying on Him and waiting for relief, no, but rather strength: their forearms are what they have been given of physical or scientific strength or anything with you that you can arm yourself with in the face of life, so kings have the right to use talents in full swing, and this is an enforceable matter. Look (help me with strength, I will put a bridge between you and them) and the bridge will not come between them and Gog and Magog Except by the strength of their arms. did he not have strong soldiers? Of course, he is a king, the king of the East and the West, but he kept his soldiers aside and used those who brought him the injustice.

3 - They used the power of knowledge with their arms (what science had reached at that time) that if iron was heated with copper it remained a strong metal like a diamond, but it is soft because it is polished so they cannot climb it, and they cannot break it.

Mr. President/King

Use your flock's talents aggressively and relentlessly to meet their demands - help with the power of knowledge and weapons you possess after helping your people with themselves.

Joseph, peace be upon him

Now, Let us review here two main ideas about our Master Joseph, peace be upon him

The idea of our Master Joseph - peace be upon him - Al-Hafiz: ( the keeper) the Knowing

Allah says

( قَالَ اجْعَلْنِي عَلَى خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ (55) )

(He said, “Put me in charge of the treasures of the earth. Indeed, I am a keeper, Knowing.” (55))

How to benefit from the Noble Verse

1- It is possible for a person to elect himself to a leadership position in a society when he possesses the keys to the power of this position

2- Egypt was called “Treasures of the Earth” during the reign of Joseph. God restored its glory

3- When our master Joseph - peace be upon him - said these two descriptions specifically, let us begin The keeper: It is self-evident that Joseph - may God bless him and grant him peace - received prophecy while he was in prison for nearly forty, the one who keeps his covenant and his words to God is the easiest for him to preserve the inheritance of peoples and nations.

We review his life PBUH - since he was thrown into the well in a quick review:

 First: He was thrown into the well at about 12 years of age or older, which is the age of compulsory education. Nothing was known about it except painful life experiences: Then he is bought like a slave from one to another until he reaches the Egyptian Al-Aziz (the king of Egypt at that time was called the Aziz of Egypt) And here the knowledge begins. We say from about 12 years to the age of twenty, or about thirty years or more, because some scholars said that he was imprisoned for 9 years, therefore, he was about 31 years old when he entered prison, so the period ranged from 12 to 31 years. where ? In the king's palace, right? Was he close to the king? who usually sits with the king (senior statesmen and rulers of other countries) Then our master Joseph grew up in his youth in the midst of the political kitchen of the largest country in the Middle East at that time (the treasures of the earth) He knew how government was administered and He PBUH tasted injustice early so that we would not be exposed to injustice later.

Reviewing some of the qualities of a just ruler

The Justice

mediation between excess and negligence - equality - the impermissibility of truth and injustice - just say what he did: equality between them - modifying one thing for another: adjusting the plank with the axe.

Mediating between extravagance and negligence: The just ruler is intermediate in ruling the subjects (small or large people). He is accountable to God - the Most High - for everyone under his hands, do not overpay them, or unfairly increase prices, such as taxes, or be lenient with them if the country is going through a financial crisis and borrow in order, to please people. It is a great feature to mediate between this and that.

The equality

God - the Most High - created us unequal, between us the rich and the poor, between us the ruler and the ruled, and among us many, but equality in injustice is justice,   So what about those who are not equal in it? Rights and duties among his people.

On the authority of the Prophet

may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said: (The justice of a Hour is better than the worship of seventy years).

Look, Mr. President: What the Messenger of God says - just an hour - just an hour in which you straighten out the crookedness of people’s conditions - is better for you than prayer, fasting, reading the Qur’an, and giving alms. etc, don't you see that it is good, we are all negligent in worship, and life is fast-moving, and the back is full of burdens, so lighten your burdens on the Day of Resurrection by just an hour.

Some of Omar bin Abdul Aziz's workers wrote to complain to him

From the devastation of his city, and they ask him for money, which he does not return. So Omar wrote to him: I understood your letter, so if you read my letter, fortify your city with justice, and cleanse its roads of injustice.

It came in a hadith

(If you wish, I will tell you about the emirate and what it is?) What, O Messenger of God? He said: The first is punishment, the second is punishment, and the third is punishment on the Day of Resurrection, except for those who are just.

Peace be upon him

“Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The Imam is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock.”

Saying, may God bless him and grant him peace

“There is no prince who follows the affairs of the Muslims and then does not strive for them and advise them except that he will not enter Paradise with them” (Sahih Muslim: 1/88).

.. Peace be upon him

((Three supplications are undoubtedly answered: the supplication of a father for his child, the supplication of an oppressed person, and the supplication of a traveler)).