SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROPHETS’ S.W.S. SUNNA

Abstract

UDK 28-42

This article analyses a doctrinarian dimension of the teachings of Islam concerning the justice in a society pointing out the fact that the Muslim viewpoint of the issue of social justice varied throughout the history depending on the interpretations of the main sources of Islam – the Qur’an and the Sunna. The perspective of the Prophet’s s.w.s sunna offers a great deal of authentic directions for the Revelation, considering the fact that it is it’s supreme commentary, but it also gives us a relevant interpretation that helps us to form a coherent perception of the Islamic model of organising society and social justice in the full capacity of its teachings. Educational reform and the reform of upbringing system, bringing up brave and learned personalities that will not accept the existing situation but will, inspired by the life of their Prophet s.w.s., for justice and equality relations in their societies is certainly going to have a significant echo in contemporary Islamic world. Only morally aware and brave individuals are capable of shedding off the models of negative thinking and changing the existing injustice in the society – these are perhaps the most significant messages of the Prophet’s s.w.s. Sunna in the context of social justice.