Social Justice Under Islam

Social Justice in Islam is a much talked about subject, still the high profile debates on this area of high concern are persisting in the socio-religious and intellectual spheres of our society. However, some of the major issues and problems in Islamic society are very often left unaddressed. As the debate goes on and books being published are from political or ideological points of view, very often this turns out to be biased and ambiguous. So, now a major chunk of people is left in dark in regards to the social justice in Islam. Only a succinct academic work on this contentious issue may help scholars and students to have a clear vision about social justice in Islam. The author of this work has written fastidiously about this subject and has left no stone unturned in addressing all the issues including those areas unaddressed so far. To begin with, the author lays stress on the basic concepts in Islam, which include fundamental issues, the roots and various issues concerned with this. Author also digs out, with precision, the very issues and problems linked with the social justice in Islamic society like basic issues, judicial perception, non-discriminatory attitude and various other aspects. Next, the author touches upon the areas which have not been addressed so far, in judicious manner. Of the basic freedoms, author elaborates the interesting areas such as freedom of being safe, the protection and different free acts. As for the rights in Islam, basic factors of this area like human relations, universal laws and ideals in Islam are elaborated. The protection given to community members is convincingly elaborated and explained by pinpointing the constitutionally guaranteed rights like individual liberties, religious liberties, basic rights and special rights. The book also speaks of the area of natural rights, which comprises basic rights, equality for all and condemnation of slavery. Concluding, the author puts his thoughts on law and social justice in the book, covering the jurisprudence, cultivation and evolution of laws in force and laws of society.