Concepts of Social Justice: An Islamic Perspective

Abstract

Whole world is witnessing turmoil engulfed by an unending conflict and the causes may not be open to general public but it is largely rooted in the race for hegemony. This commotion will prolong till people don’t realize it and don not struggle to destroy the hegemony of evil doctrine. There are many avenues through which this doctrine can challenged and Social Justice is one such aspect which can shape the worldly affairs under one umbrella. But certain things are warranted too and it needs to be ascertained as what will determine Social Justice. The conception of Social justice finds its significance in every blissful society as no individual with human compassion would like to impair others. Different definitions and frameworks have been put forward to establish impartiality and that may govern the state of affairs of a county. But there still exist difficulty in shaping impartiality throughout the world. This paper in an attempt tries to explore the pros and cons of the manmade laws for developing impartiality and then finally outlines the framework proposed by the Almighty Allah, ‘The Lord of Lands”. The researcher has compared rules and penalties instituted by mankind and those revealed in the Book of Allah, “Al-Quran”. Also comparison has been drawn between US and Saudi Arabia with respect to statistical data determining offense in two countries where in manmade laws are predominantly exercised in US and those of Islamic laws in Saudi Arabia. Every effort has been made to epitomize the significance of supreme social justice and process of its accomplishment that would largely promote good to a common person.

Keywords: Fairness, Consistency, Impartiality, Globe, Social Justice and Al-Quran