The Prophets biographers have kept records of the letters the holy Prophet (a.

The Prophets biographers have kept records of the letters the holy Prophet (a.s) sent to Khosrow, the emperor of Iran, Caesar, the emperor of the Byzantine, Muqawqas, the king of Egypt, and Najashi, the Abyssinian king as well as to many other rulers of the time.

Certain scholars have collected most of the letters in their books.[1] To further the Islamic aims and to solidify the foundations of the Islamic government, the holy Prophet appointed heads and rulers for most of the clans and towns, an example of which is the following letter: a) The Noble Prophet appointed Rafa`ah ibn Zayd as his representative to the tribe he belonged to and instructed him as follows: In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

This is a letter from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Rafa`ah Zayd. I am sending him (as my representative) to his own tribe and those joining (the tribe) in order to invite them to Allah and His Messenger.

Then, whoever accepts (the call), he will be among the partisan of Allah and of His Messenger, and whoever turns away, he will be allowed only a two-month grace period.[2] Such measures taken by the Prophet leave no room for anyone to doubt that he was, from the very beginning, pondering the formation of a powerful government as a channel through which the universal precepts of Islam could penetrate the nooks of the human community.

Can concluding agreements with the influential clans, laying the foundations of a mighty [1] Muhammad Hamidullah's al-Watha'iq al-Siyasiyyah; `Ali Ahmad's Makatib al-Rasul. [2] Makatib al-Rasul, vol. 1, p.144. army, dispatching of the envoys to various countries, warning the kings and the rulers, writing them letters and dispatching governors to towns and regions of far and near be called anything except politics in the sense of managing the social affairs ?

Besides the Prophets deeds and words, there is evidence for Muslims in what the Rashidun Caliphs did, and for Shiites and Sunnis in what the Commander of the Faithful `Ali ibn Abi-Talib (a.s) did at the time of his reign. These all testify the concomitance of religion and politics. Scholars of both of the Islamic sects have presented extensive proofs from the Book of Allah and the Prophets Sunnah concerning the need for the establishment of a government and the running of the social affairs.