Life and Teachings of the Prophet Muhammad
4. The Concept of the State in Islam
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character based on justice. When the number of these just people
grows into a large group, then they desire to lead their lives based
on justice at the congregational or social level. Thus when this
social life manifests itself in the form of an organised social
institution, it is called the state in Islamic terminology. This action
(the desire to lead a just life) will be called just character from the
individual point of view and this same action at the social level will
be the mainspring of the just state.
