Islam and Scope of International Law

Islamic law has almost described all issues of human beings in a very organized and systematic manner. Islam has given some rules and regulations to lead life for personal and public affairs. Likewise, Islam has also given some international rules and obligations. It has told us how to rule and govern the states and how to manage state affairs with other states and nations. Muslim rulers must follow the rulings of the Holy Quran regarding international affairs and they also emulate the ruling methods of Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) and his successors. Islam has particularized its own structure of public international law. In the initial days of Islam, the term “Siyar” was used to indicate the law linking to war, concord and impartiality and was trained as a portion of Islamic fiqh in all the Muslim organizations.

With the passage of time, Muslim attorneys and historians organized and developed this branch of law as an independent field and subject. It was the Muslim academics who advanced a science of international law and dissociating it from political science and general law and ended it an autonomous topic. In the start the Islamic law of nations was rule which ruled the behavior of war and partitions of booty, but later this idea was used in the wider sense which contain in its realm peaceful relationships, making of agreements and travel of persons from one state to another for profitable determinations etc. likewise, when we perform Umrah or visit holy places through December Umrah Packages, we are bound to follow rules and regulation of Saudi Arabia.
There are some certain objects of drafting international rules which must be implemented at each step of political life. The primary rule and basic purpose of international law is promotion of peace and brotherhood among different countries. Combats and conflicts musts be removed completely from the international politics. Freedom of national interests of each and every nations and their sovereignty is also aim of Islamic international law and rules.

Moreover, Islamic laws regarding international politics also speaks about provision of justice at state level. It the moral and legal reasonability of Islamic states to ensure justice and equality between non-Muslims and Muslims members of the society. The chief object of Islam is to secure peace instead of war excluding the religious one i.e. for the defense of religion, that is way from the very onset, Islam entered into peaceful agreements with its adjacent states with a set of instructions and practices.

There are some sources from which international law can be laid down. Like the normal laws of the land, Quran is also the main source of Muslim global law. The Holy Quran says at once place Manhood were one community Allah directed prophets as carriers of good things and as warner. Sunnah is the another source of Muslim global law all the performances and proverbs of Holy Prophet (Peace be Upon Him) is compulsory on Muslim public. Ijma or agreement of opinion of Muslim jurists to a specific point of global rule is requisite on all Muslims. The judgement of Muslim jurists on dissimilar proposals of international law are also regarded as basis of Muslim international law. These separate opinions may be originated in judicial choices or some work. Custom and practices of the pre-Islamic Arabic are accepted by Islam which are sensible and just and those duties and usages are basis of Muslim worldwide law.