Concept of democracy in Islam for selecting leader to rule the country or nation.
Support IslamQA Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Islamic politics Related topic Concept of democracy in Islam 05-02-2015 Question 98134 I heard that the word democracy is derived from Islam. Is that true? What is the ruling on promoting democracy? Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly: Democracy is not an Arabic word. Rather it is derived from the Greek, and it is a composite of two words: demos, meaning the masses or the people, and kratia, meaning rule. So what is meant is the rule of the masses or the rule of the people. Secondly: Democracy is a system that is contrary to Islam, because it gives the power of legislation to the people or to those who represent them (such as members of Parliament). Based on that, in democracy legislative authority is given to someone other than Allah, may He be exalted; rather it is given to the people and their deputi...