THE CONCEPT OF COUNTRY IN ISLAM BY PERSPECTIVE IMAM MAWARDY
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https://doi.org/10.51498/putih.v1i1.7Keywords:
Al-Mawardi, Country in Islam, PerspectiveAbstract
Al-Mawardi is one of the famous Islamic thinkers, He is also a prominent figure of the Shafi'i school. he became Supreme Court Justice (Qadi al-Qudat) in the Abbasid government when Al-Qadir came to power. Yet he is a prolific writer. Quite a lot of his work in various branches of science: ushul fiqih, fiqih, hadith, tafsir, fiqih siyasah (constitutional). Through fiyih siyasah this name stands out. One of his famous works and referred to political science and government is his book "al-Ahkam al-Sulthoniyyah".
In his book Al Mawardi discusses the principles of statehood such as: the position of the caliph and his conditions, the manner of his appointment, the relationship between the state and the people, the basic foundation for a state to stand, and also about the dismissal of the caliph (when a caliph is derived from his position) and other issues related to the constitution.