And if they did not come to you...

And if they did not come to you; therefore do not go to them until they come to you.”[^2] Surely it was incumbent on the Muslims to yield to the family of their Prophet and to resort to them, that they might judge among them with what Allah had revealed and to return them to the clear truth and to the straight path. However the world deceived the people, and the authority cheated them.

So they followed their ambitions and their mean desires, and they turned away the authority from its men and placed it in a place other than its place, and that led to hard ordeals and black misfortunes with which the Muslims were afflicted throughout their ages. The Ideals As for the high objectives and ideals that raised and adopted in all the fields, they are as follows: [^1] Muhammed ‘Abda, Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 2, p. 18. [^2] Asad al-Ghaba, vol. 4, p. 31.

Justice The Islamic policy in all its concepts has adopted justice, absolutely believed in it and focused on its lights in respect of all its aims. It has demanded the rulers and the governors to establish it on the arena of life, and that the decision that issues from them should not result from a mean desire and the rest of purposes that has nothing to do with justice.

Allah, the Most High, has said: “And that when you judge between people you judge with justice”[^1] and “O Dawud, surely we have made you a ruler in the land; so judge between men with justice and do not follow desire, lest it should lead you astray from the path of Allah.”[^2] The Muslims have unanimously agreed that if the judge deviated in respect of his judgement, it is incumbent on the ruler to remove him from the office.

Imam Ali, the Commander of the faithful, removed one of his governors when Soda, daughter of ‘Imarah al-Hamadaniya, told him that the judge was not just in his decision.

The Imam wept and said: “O Allah, You bear witness as to me and as to them that I have not commanded them to wrong Your creatures or to leave Your right!” Then he immediately removed him.[^3] Imam al-Sadiq has said: “Fear Allah and be just, for you criticize the people for their being unjust.”[^4] Surely the happiness and progress of a community depend on the justice of their rulers.

When the rulers turn away from justice and become unjust in their decisions, the country is liable to crises, chaos and trends spread over it. Islam takes great care of that the government should be in the hands of the righteous and the trustworthy.