Equity and Social Justice

Social Justice is an important issue of contemporary relevance and has been put into debate in academia to ensure a happy and peaceful social order. It is an important branch of Justice, the concept which is vehemently presented in the teachings of Islam as the basis of faith and of a true Muslim civilization. It the concept of Justice that encourages mankind to constitute a balanced human community where each individual must feel that he forms with others a compact and solid unity, based on fraternity, social solidarity and equality of rights and duties; and where unjustified gain at the expense of other members of the community is considered an attack against the system as a whole. The present study is an attempt to revisit and explore the Islamic scheme of social justice with regard to economic stability in the society because it is usually referred to economic justice and distributive justice. The paper shall also analyse how social justice prescribed by Islam entails social interdependence, sense of duty and responsibility towards his society and taking pragmatic actions to help the needy in the society to the degree that sufficiently covers their basic needs.

AL-AFKAR: Journal for Islamic Studies Vol. 6 No. 4 (2023). P-ISSN : 2614-4883; E-ISSN : 2614-4905 , 2023

Islām is the religion of peace and justice. The Islāmic Sharī'ah is principally based upon the benefit of the beings. Hence it is against class conflict and establishes fraternity and brotherhood in the ranks of the Ummah. As such, the Law of Islām holds that initially and essentially, all beneficial actions are legitimate, and all harmful ones are illegitimate. Justice is the fundamental principle existing in every commandment of the Sharī'ah. That is why every rule of the Sharī'ah bears witness to this generalisation when it considers human nature and its general weaknesses and basic needs. Justice is central to all the teachings and legal commandments of Islām. This paper explores the meaning of social justice. It analyses the fundamental ideals of Islām that can be considered to promote social justice, especially in societies governed by the legal system of Islām. It offers a conceptual framework primarily in light of the teachings of the Qur'ān. It also discusses the peculiar characteristics of the Sharī'ah in light of the Islāmic Concept of the relationship between God, man, and the universe and the concept of divine justice manifest at all levels of the universe.

Social Science Researcher, 2019

Rights and justice are the most important socio-political values or constitutional principles which Islam has confirmed, both in the Quran and in the Sunnah. The word Justice is Allah’s attribute and to stand firm for it. Justice in Islam requires a place of such paramount importance that being just is a necessary criterion for the pious and the Allah-fearing. The concept of justice as formulated in Islam is comprehensive and encompasses all aspects of human life. It governs all kinds of relations in life including those between the ruler and the ruled; between husband and wife; between parents and children and between individuals in their private relationships. Hence we can say it is not only an ethical value but an essential principle of government in Islam. Islam believes that all human beings are equal and form one universal community that is united in its submission and obedience of God. Islamic concept of human rights has been elucidated to a great extent by the discussion of the Sovereignty of God; man’s abiding by the code of conduct of life given by God, the accountability for one’s deeds in the hereafter and the abiding reward or punishment according to the good or bad record of these deeds. The historical concept of human rights in Islam is as old as man himself. The Study is an attempt to analyze social justice and human rights in Islam with the comparative logic and modern pragmatism.

AL-AFKAR: Journal for Islamic Studies Vol. 6 No. 4 (2023). P-ISSN : 2614-4883; E-ISSN : 2614-4905 , 2023

Abstract. Islām is the religion of peace and justice. The Islāmic Sharī‘ah is principally based upon the benefit of the beings. Hence it is against class conflict and establishes fraternity and brotherhood in the ranks of the Ummah. As such, the Law of Islām holds that initially and essentially, all beneficial actions are legitimate, and all harmful ones are illegitimate. Justice is the fundamental principle existing in every commandment of the Sharī‘ah. That is why every rule of the Sharī‘ah bears witness to this generalisation when it considers human nature and its general weaknesses and basic needs. Justice is central to all the teachings and legal commandments of Islām. This paper explores the meaning of social justice. It analyses the fundamental ideals of Islām that can be considered to promote social justice, especially in societies governed by the legal system of Islām. It offers a conceptual framework primarily in light of the teachings of the Qur’ān. It also discusses the peculiar characteristics of the Sharī‘ah in light of the Islāmic Concept of the relationship between God, man, and the universe and the concept of divine justice manifest at all levels of the universe

The establishment of social justice has been an age-long desire of human societies. Yet, because of the intricacies of human nature and the inherent weaknesses of man, manifested in his ignorance, greed, selfishness and arrogance, the attainment of this fundamental objective has continued to elude most human socio-political entities. The history of mankind has recorded numerous social upheavals, conflicts and wars of great magnitude and with serious destructive consequences to the human race. The causes of these events and happenings are varied and numerous, but in general, all are attributable to the factor of social injustice from within and without the socio-political entities established by man. This paper seeks to explore Islamic principles regulating good governance, particularly the establishment of social justice. It argues that Governments in contemporary Muslim societies and particularly in Nigeria should evolve the most appropriate machinery that will re-invigorate all the segments of the society, harness and redirect all the potential resources of the state, and ensure the establishment of social justice and a comprehensive societal development. The Islamic principles and approaches in establishing social justice are recommended as relevant and viable options.

2019

The sharia (Islamic) activity has seen a rapid development, not only in its impact on growth in the international community, but also in the history and development of Islamic Law, which is part of The Living Law. Therefore, prompt actions are needed to oversee the growth using the concept, theory, laws and regulations, which are part of the Islamic Economic Law and being part of the National Legal System. One of the legal system principles is the concept of justice that constitutes the supreme goal of the Law, and the Quran promotes fairness and forbids partiality in any transactions. This paper emphasizes the importance of justice which is the goal of law and in the qur'an, justice matters are mentioned in various dimensions. Meanwhile, the concept of justice in the economy is defined as social justice or al mashlahah. Defining Al Mashlahah as social justice in economic dimensions justifies that God's purposes to reveal various rules including rules implementing economic activities is to achieve justice for all parties. Islam puts Mashlahah as the central idea of maqashid ash shari'a as the justice philosophy in the Islamic perspective is a universal and comprehensive justice. If the ultimate goal in establishing various economic policies is to maintain consciousness of justice then the decision makers should always institute justice for all as the basic policy in implementing al maslahah in economic activities especially in Indonesia.

This research paper is an attempt to understand the different perspectives of social justice. It was found that all the theorists have overlapping views and but their contribution cannot be undermine as it forms the base of human rights and social policies framed all over the world. This paper also attempts to probe on the ancient sources of social justice and comparative analysis of the same in response to changes. Content analysis method was adopted to compare the various definitions and meanings to understand the concept in depth.

Seattle Journal for Social Justice, 2018

Suraj Punj Journal For Multidisciplinary Research, 2019

Justice is the most important and influential fact in the life of a human being that can solve the problems of society in a peaceful manner and in Islam it is the fundamental principle of thought and practice. The Constitution of this world is based on the revealed guidance and for the introduction, implementation and promotion of these regulations Almighty Allah sent His Messengers to frame a society based on social justice, fairness and obedience towards the Creator. Islam is the religion of peace that emphasizes on equality before law and promotes the notion of universal brotherhood to establish a peaceful and rewarding society. Islam teaches rectitude and never encourages its followers to vituperate and humiliate anyone in the society. Human Rights have acquired an unprecedented importance in the modern world. It has become not only a criterion for judging the socioeconomic performances, conditions of civil liberties and political freedom of the nations, but also a tool of global affairs. In Islam distinct laws have been set up based on social justice for the diverse forms of crimes. Justice in Islam deals not only with human rights but has secured the rights of other creations as well. There is no place for violation, unjust, tyrannical attitude and oppression or repression in Islam. It emphasizes the whole humanity as a peaceful society and eliminates the perspectives and perceptions of social evils. So this paper will examine the concepts and perspectives, role and implementation of Justice and Human Rights in Islam, as there are various conceptions and misconceptions of Justice and Human Rights in the Human history.

Poverty and impoverishment in the world currently continue to increase as a result of distributive justice systems and its principles that became the basis of contemporary economics did not succeed in allocating and distributing resources justly. Based on this problem, this study aimed at describing the Islamic response to the problem of distributive injustice, and how necessarily the state played a role in upholding distributive justice. Through the thematic-induction method and the synthetic analysis, the study finds out several findings as follows. Firstly, Islam formulated three principles of distributive justice as follows: 1) the Distribution of natural and the environmental resources was in the framework of participation; 2) the Redistribution of the wealth and the income were joint responsibility of ascertaining social security, the increase in the capacity and the authority for them who were disadvantage; and 3) the Role of the state was certainty that was complementary for the ethical market in order to guarantees the sense of justice and the achievement of public welfare. Secondly, according to Islam, the process of the redistribution of the wealth and the income aimed at giving social security on the fulfillment of basic needs for the poor; strove for the increase in the capacity through education and skills; and increased the poor's bargaining position through their participation in decision making that was linked with their interests and the control on its implementation. Thirdly, the intention of IJIMS, Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, Volume 2, Number 2, December 2012: 241-266 242 establishing justice was to gain both individual and public welfare and the happiness (al-fala> h} ).