السّياسة فنّ وممارسة قضيّة الإمامة بين ضوابط الشّريعة وفنّ السّياسة

Abstract

Samir Kittany

The current state of the Arab world, specially some of the Middle East regions, has influenced the motivation for writing this article. The ruler's image dominates the agenda, whether in people's daily talk or  the media. The ruler's prestige occupies a great position in most discussions and debates that stress the political, religious, economic, theological and ethical aspects.

The heritage of Arab thought in the Middle Ages had dealt with these numerous aspects concerning the controversy about the ruler's image. There were some proposals and perceptions. The political debates were taken as a way to engage in the issue of the ruler and his image and all this gave way to delving into the depth of the Islamic Shari'a as a framework for political and ethical act in Islam.

In this article, we will shed light on the conceptual framework through which the characteristics and features of the ruler within the Islamic caliphate, aiming to observe the ruler's image in the Arab intermediate heritage among each of the shari'a theorization, political theorization, the level of reality, and practical practices