The Relationship between Individual and Societyfrom the Point of Islam

The Muslim scholars have been paying attention to the subject of individualism and socialism over the past few decades. Some of them have taken (hold) a moderate position and given authenticity to both and some others have totally rejected socialism. Although both parties have presented evidences and proofs for their claim affirmation but this issue has remained as a problem by now. Therefore, the aim of the present note is determining the position of individual and society and their relationship from the perspective of Islamic teachings. According to this, the questions of this study are: 1.from the view of Islam, which of individual or society contains authenticity? 2. Based on Islamic teachings, what role and position can we consider for society? The method of the present study is analytic- deductive. The results show that according to the Islamic teachings at last the individual is principle (the principle of individual is accepted by Islam). But society also has an effective role. This effectiveness acts as groundwork and at the end the favorite groundwork has been argued from the view of Islam.