Assalamu Alaikum,
Is it allowed to use the term ‘Minister’ in the Islamic State even though this term has its reality in the capitalist system?
Tamer Al-jabuh
Answer:
Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatahu,
There is a difference between the concept of Minister and the Ministry in Islam and its concept in the Democratic system. Whereas the meaning used in democracy for the minister and the ministry is the predominant meaning over the people and if we use it, it will only be understood in the Democratic meaning. Therefore, to ward off confusion and to set the legitimate (Shar’i) meaning in of itself void of anything else, it is absolutely not appropriate without constraints to name the Mu’awen Khaleefah (Khaleefah’s Assistant) as Minister and Ministry, but to call him Mu’awen, this is its actual meaning, or place limitations with the term Minister or Ministry to ward off the Democratic connotation, and to set an Islamic definition itself as it called Wazeer Tafweed (Delegated Assistant).
Your Brother,
Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah
27 Dhul Hijjah 1434 AH
01/11/2013 CE
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