Open AccessObedience to Head of State
Author(s) -
Niaz Muhammad Hussainkhil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.3.9.6
Subject(s) - obedience , obligation , law , state (computer science) , milgram experiment , political science , order (exchange) , moral obligation , ruler , business , physics , finance , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
Mankind is a social being. In order to regulate his/her life and social affairs, this requiring the existence of laws and regulations. Therefore, establishing a system and a state is an obligation. Each system or state needs to have a leader, a caretaker, a manager, a supervisor, and in a word, the head, Amir or Khalifa. This is the ‘head of state’ who has vast and serious responsibilities and at the same time, a sequence of rights and privileges. Among them is the right of law-abiding citizens. Obedience to the leader is only obligatory when the laws or orders made are good and moral, there is no obligation for obedience where the laws are sinful or wrong. Obedience to a tyrant ruler is permissible in order to prevent any bloodshed, riots, and civil unrest as a result of the rebellion; such obedience is an act of self-sacrifice and prioritizes the public’s interest over the individual.