The Basis of Political Ethics in Islam

Although in the modern ages, the difference between ethics and politics is highlighted but due to the main return of religion to the world’s politics, a new approach to ethics has been created. According to Islam, ethics and politics are very much related. The relation between ethics and politics can be observed from many perspectives each based on some special bases. This article will investigate the bases of political ethics according to Islam’s political thought. These bases are studied in three main fields: epistemology, ontology and anthropology.