Imam Ali
Imam Ali
Imam Ali
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The Western Government
Definition of Imam
“Imam” is an Arabic term that means
Leader. This term is used in Islam for
denoting a person with special
qualities relevant to Islam. The term
is used 7 times in singular and 5
times in plural (a'imma) in Qur’an-e-
Kareem.
Imam, a channel for Allah’s Grace
The Imam is a channel for Allah’s grace irrespective of
weather or not they were chosen to rule and lead
Islamic society. Imamat and caliphate are inseparable
in just the same way that the governmental functions
of the messenger of God cannot be separated from his
prophetic office. Spiritual Islam and political Islam are
two parts of a one whole.
The journey to the rule in West begins with favors. Once the
candidate is elected, it is pay back time. Officials call it
contributions, but in fact they are anticipated bribes.
Bribery kills the very root of a justice system. It is thus
evident in today’s western society that very little gets done
for the welfare of an ordinary man and the law protects the
ones who have stakes in the government.
Successful Politics
A person studying Islamic history may be asking
himself if Imam Ali was successful in politics? No one
can say Imam Ali did not know politics. According to a
widely narrated tradition, the Prophet said, ‘the best
judge among you is Ali. Whenever the Muslim
community got into trouble after the demise of the
Prophet, it was Imam Ali who was consulted to save
the day through his wise rulings and counsel.
In West, the justice system starts with favors where judges are
elected based on their party beliefs and not the record of just
verdicts. Even though the west is a big advocate of the same
notion of “innocent till proven guilty”, it has given the powers to
the lawyers who have made the judiciary system a cruel game.
Wrong doers are not getting punishments for decades while many
innocents who are sentenced are proven innocent decades later
with the scientific DNA evidence.
School of Economics
Imam Ali was keen on seeing economic justice
dominating all aspects of life. For this purpose he
laid a plan to monitor the market in respect to
buying, selling, and the quality of the goods
offered for sale, so as to prevent shortfalls, price
fluctuation and cheating. He used to stop at each
market and call out to merchants to exercise
integrity and avoid making corruption on the
Earth.