An Examination of Meritocratic Criteria in The Light of Islamic Law

Abstract

The aim of writing this article is to establish the constitutional criteria for the employment of persons at the governance; of course, compliance with this criterion on the one hand ensures justice and on the other hand, ends deterioration! Therefore when it comes to third-country societies we can see that to be deferred and comply with these standards causes joblessness, corruption, and poverty. Because there is no job field for professional and expert persons, people are hired without any system and ideal criteria, as if they inherited these positions, which causes a gap between the government and the people. Therefore, we discuss the Shari'a standards regarding recruiting in the system to express that the subject of Islamic Sharia is to bring about reformism. Therefore, we examined these criteria to overcome this deadly pain that the Islamic society is suffering from; Find a cure. We have stated here that government officials are employed in the system, they must be Muslim, depositary, and involve experts with physical strength, therefore, those who do not have this character are not legitimate from the point of view of Sharia, similarity, and we mention an example. Competency has been mentioned in the prophetic covenant and caliphate, and we have summed up our argument with conclusions, suggestions, and bibliography. The research method used in this article is descriptive and analytical.