The lamp of the kings

Siraj Al-Muluk Meaning: The Scientific Committee at Dar Al-Minhaj Center for Studies and Investigations Author of the book: Shariah Policy Year of publication: 1446 AH - 2025 AD Second edition number First edition Number of volumes: 1 Number of parts: 1 Size: 22 cm Number of pages: 736 pages Type of paper: Fine Shamua Type of binding: Artistic cover Number of print colors: Two ISBN: 978-9953-62-081-7 Siraj Al-Muluk (22 cm) Imam and role model, Maliki Sheikh Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Walid ibn Muhammad al-Turtushi al-Maliki (451-520 AH) First printed and published with verification on seven valuable manuscripts Introduction to the book: This is Siraj Al-Muluk and the Caliphs, and the path of the governors and princes, and the management of the kingdom and states, a concise extract from the Noble Quran, the news of the prophets peace be upon them, and the policies of the kings of Arabs, Persians, Romans, Fars, India, and Sindh. This book is a theoretical political formulation related to the matter of sovereignty and the Sultanate state, outlining some of its basic and essential features. It presents a unique model that reveals the dialectical relationship between the social-political existence of the jurist and the political theorization of that existence. In this book, an enlightened reading uncovers the inherent relationship between political thought and the societal reality that commands that thought. It includes issues of Shariah politics, governance in Islam, the philosophy of human society, the conditions of politics, the hierarchy of authority, the pillars of the state, the relationship between the ruler and the ruled, and the relationship of the Islamic state with other nations. Al-Turtushi, may Allah have mercy on him, was among the pioneering jurists to explore topics of public law and organize them, especially constitutional rules for authority and the sultan. This book contains binding rules for defining and controlling authority so that its actions follow a responsible constitutional approach. Whenever the state and the ruled deviate from adhering to and implementing these rules, the result is the weakening and fall of the state and the imbalance of its systems. This book contains political thought governed by the logic of Shariah, the concept of maqasid (objectives), and the balancing of interests and harms. It responds to those who claim that Islam is incapable of organizing matters of governance, ruler, and ruled, with the same emptiness of Western theories that, through their false democracy, practice the harshest forms of injustice and oppression. The author, Abu Bakr al-Turtushi, arranged the chapters of his book well, concluding with a chapter containing scattered wise sayings, thus presenting it in the most splendid form. When Dar Al-Minhaj saw these noble meanings in this valuable book, it wanted to present it to people in this time, especially amid the current social and political circumstances. Perhaps Allah will benefit the entire nation, rulers and subjects alike. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.