Legitimacy and Political Obligation in Islam

The main question of the present paper is: what things are considered as the foundations of the legitimacy of Islamic government and political obligation of citizens from the perspective of Islamic political philosophy and religious resources in Islam? The discussion is based mainly on (philosophical-theological reasoning) and reference to Quranic verses. Legitimacy and political obligation are closely interconnected and legitimacy is considered as presupposition of political obligation. In Islam, divine guardianship is the origin and foundation of legitimacy of government. In order to express “gratitude to benefactor", it is necessary to accept the divine guardianship of God, divine prophets and infallible Imams. The guardianship of just jurists, its legitimacy and the necessity of obeying them can be understood in this context.