The state should ensure that access to courts and lawyers...

The state should ensure that access to courts and lawyers must be easy and affordable. This also entails that no one is entitled to exercise his rights in a way that is detrimental to others or public interests. The judges of courts are not to execute laws and regulations of the government which are in conflict with Islamic laws. Social security and equitable distribution of income and wealth.

It is the duty of the Islamic state to ensure a respectable standard of living for every individual who is unable to take care of his own needs and hence requires assistance. Imam Ali emphasized the gravity of this role: "Beware!

Fear God when dealing the problem of the poor who have none to patronize, who are forlorn, indigent and helpless and are greatly torn in mind - victims to the vicissitudes of time." "For God's sake safeguard their rights; for on you rests the responsibility of protection. Assign for their uplift a portion of the state treasury, wherever they may be..." For no excuse will be acceptable to God.

"Make such provision for these poor people as shall not oblige you to offer an excuse before God on the Day of Judgment." To harmonise international relations and ensure national defence Islam has come to all nations and to all peoples. Therefore the Islamic state is not hostile to any nation and it has friendly relations with those who want to have friendly relations with it. This humanistic leadership is expected from all nations and governments.

Struggle and defending of human rights is an important role of the Islamic state regardless of borders. Under the Islamic leadership the two principles are applied: "Be neither a wrongdoer nor a wronged". The struggle is the stand of the right with the wrong and it has no end. The state's foreign relations policy is based on the principle of protecting the freedom of the people, independence, interests of Islam and the Muslims.

Therefore if another country accepts that, then the Islamic state will act on mutual respect. Imam Ali (a) has cautioned: "Bear in mind that you do not throw away the offer of peace which your enemy may himself make. Accept it for that will please God. "…Under the peace treaty if you have accepted any obligations these are to be discharged scrupulously.

It is a trust and must be faithfully upheld." Imam Ali (a) exhorts to exercise extreme vigilance so that the enemy does not lull the state into a false sense of security.