Document Type : Research Article / Original Article

Author

• Ahmad Jahani Nasab

PhD in Political Thought Lecturer at Payame Noor University of Mazandaran, Sari Branch

Abstract

The article is trying to investigate the ideal society in the socio-political thought of Ibn Sina and Ibn Khaldun, based on Spriggan's model. Therefore, the research question has been formulated as follows: How did Ibn Sina and Ibn Khaldun think about the ideal society and how do they analyze the crisis of the political system and what ideal proposal do they offer to get rid of it? The present article, using a descriptive-analytical method and using library sources, has reached the report that Ibn Sina, in his attempt to connect politics and prophecy, considered the crisis to be the lack of centralized national power, which is the lack of prophetic policy and the lack of proper implementation of Sharia in has found In the design of the ideal society, he considered the best type of system to be a prophetic political system in which the Prophet or his successor is at the head of affairs. His ideal is the reconciliation between religion and philosophy, linking politics with Sharia and maintaining the unity of the Muslim society through the concentrated power of the philosopher-prophet. In fact, the plan of the ideal society in Ibn Sina's political-social thought is based on the divine nature of man and the maximum role of the state in the happiness and salvation of citizens in both worlds. While in Ibn Khaldoun's opinions, the formation and expansion of vast and powerful governments is related to the origin of religious principles and the role of religion and religion throughout the life of governments. He considers the state to be a fluid and perishable phenomenon that, like humans, has a natural lifespan from birth to death, and in this regard, in addition to tribal nervousness, religious nervousness can give stability to governments.

Keywords

• Ibn Sina
• Ibn Khaldun
• ideal society
• prophetic government
• Spriggan's research method
• nervousness
• divine providence

Main Subjects

• Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers