3. Political system

Category: Qur’an Source: Surah al-Nisa (4), ayah(s) 59. Status: identified text; complete verse(s).

Published English translation — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end.

Relevance / context: Both authority and a higher reference for contested matters occur in the same verse. Identification of “those in authority” and limits of obedience require exegetical and Hadith evidence. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah al-Shura (42), ayah(s) 38. Status: identified text; complete verse(s).

Published English translation — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): And those who answer the call of their Lord and establish worship, and whose affairs are a matter of counsel, and who spend of what We have bestowed on them,

Relevance / context: Explicit evidence for consultation in communal affairs. It does not specify an electoral formula, voting threshold or complete constitutional design. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah Al Imran (3), ayah(s) 159. Status: identified text; contiguous excerpt.

Published English excerpt — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult with them upon the conduct of affairs. And when thou art resolved, then put thy trust in Allah.

Relevance / context: Links consultation with forgiveness and subsequent action in the aftermath of Uhud. Administrative procedure derived from it is an interpretation, not a verbatim constitutional clause. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah Sad (38), ayah(s) 26. Status: identified text; contiguous excerpt.

Published English excerpt — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): (And it was said unto him): O David! Lo! We have set thee as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow not desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah.

Relevance / context: The direct addressee is David. Extension to later holders of authority is a principled application; the text does not endorse any particular later office-holder. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah al-Hajj (22), ayah(s) 41. Status: identified text; complete verse(s).

Published English translation — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): Those who, if We give them power in the land, establish worship and pay the poor-due and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity. And Allah's is the sequel of events.

Relevance / context: Identifies religious and moral responsibilities accompanying power. Procedures and jurisdiction for enforcement are separate juristic questions. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah al-Anfal (8), ayah(s) 61. Status: identified text; complete verse(s).

Published English translation — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it, and trust in Allah. Lo! He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

Relevance / context: Direct evidence relevant to peace-making and treaty policy. Conditions of particular treaties require their own contextual analysis. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah al-Maidah (5), ayah(s) 1. Status: identified text; contiguous excerpt.

Published English excerpt — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): O ye who believe! Fulfil your indentures.

Relevance / context: A general foundation for fidelity to valid commitments, relevant to public undertakings and private contracts. It does not make every unlawful condition binding. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Qur’an Source: Surah al-Tawbah (9), ayah(s) 4. Status: identified text; complete verse(s).

Published English translation — M. M. Pickthall (Tanzil): Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a treaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you. (As for these), fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty (unto Him).

Relevance / context: An explicit treaty exception within a passage announcing disavowal. Omitting it distorts the scope of the surrounding conflict passages. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Hadith Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 7138; Book: Judgments. Narrator: Abdullah ibn Umar. Grade: Sahih — included in Sahih al-Bukhari (standard Sunni classification).

Checked English excerpt — Sunnah.com: Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges:

Relevance / context: The narration applies accountability to rulers and households alike; its historical reference to slavery describes an existing institution, not a contemporary policy prescription. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

Verification: Collection text & number | Urdu access text

Category: Hadith Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 7144; Book: Judgments. Narrator: Abdullah ibn Umar. Grade: Sahih — included in Sahih al-Bukhari (standard Sunni classification).

Checked English excerpt — Sunnah.com: if an act of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed one should not listen to it or obey it.

Parallel citation: Sahih Muslim 1839a. Counted once.

Relevance / context: The report qualifies obedience. The Urdu access page misnames the narrator as Ibn Mas‘ud; the Nafi‘–Abdullah chain identifies Ibn Umar. No modern political choice is inferred. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Hadith Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 7150; Book: Judgments. Narrator: Ma‘qil ibn Yasar. Grade: Sahih — included in Sahih al-Bukhari (standard Sunni classification).

Checked English excerpt — Sunnah.com: he does not look after them in an honest manner,

Translation limitation: published Urdu wording was not verified for this entry. The Urdu note below is editorial explanation, not a Hadith translation.

Relevance / context: The full narration warns a ruler entrusted with people against dishonest neglect. This is a moral warning, not an assessment of a named contemporary official. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

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Category: Hadith Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 3166; Book: Jizyah and truces. Narrator: Abdullah ibn Amr. Grade: Sahih — included in Sahih al-Bukhari (standard Sunni classification).

Checked English excerpt — Sunnah.com: Whoever killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims, shall not smell the smell of Paradise

Translation limitation: published Urdu wording was not verified for this entry. The Urdu note below is editorial explanation, not a Hadith translation.

Relevance / context: Strong protection for the life of a person under covenant. The legal category is historical; specific contemporary citizenship applications require explicit juristic reasoning. Best use: Textual evidence / argument

Verification: Collection text & number

Category: Tafsir Author/body: al-Qurtubi Work: al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran Locator: Commentary on 3:159; issues 2–3 under consultation

Scholarly position / paraphrased argument: Al-Qurtubi transmits Ibn Khuwayz Mindad’s distinction between consulting scholars on religion, military specialists on war, and administrators on public affairs. He also records differing explanations of the consultation command.

Source status: Arabic digital text checked at King Saud University’s Quran portal; no print pagination claimed.

Relevance / context: Useful for differentiated expertise; no single modern constitutional model is specified. Best use: Example / critical analysis

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Category: Juristic codification Author/body: Ottoman Majalla commission Work: Majallat al-Ahkam al-Adliyyah Locator: Introduction, Part II: Maxims; Article(s) 58

Checked English quotation from the accessed text: “The exercise of control over subjects is dependent upon the public welfare.”

Scholarly position / paraphrased argument: The code makes the exercise of control over subjects dependent upon public welfare.

Source status: Historical Hanafi codification; English access text hosted by IIUM. Print translator/edition not independently established. Not asserted to be current law or unanimous doctrine.

Relevance / context: A juristic control on official discretion; it does not itself prove that a proposed policy produces welfare. Best use: Example / critical analysis

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Category: Classical scholarship Author/body: Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun Work: Al-Muqaddimah Locator: Book I, chapter III, section 43: في أن الظلم مؤذن بخراب العمران

Scholarly position / paraphrased argument: He argues that seizure of people’s earnings undermines expectations of benefit, discourages work and can damage settlement and public revenue.

Source status: Arabic primary text, Wikisource transcription, part III. Section numbering follows that access text; printed pagination not asserted. Historical analysis, not a Hadith or an empirical estimate for a modern economy.

Relevance / context: Use as an attributed explanation of consequences, not as independently verified proof of every anecdote later in the section. Best use: Example / critical analysis

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