Masyarakat Islam dalam Pandangan Al-Mawardi

This book gives another perspective of the figure Abu Hasan Ali Al-Basri Al-Mawardi (364 H - 450 H/974 M - 1058 M), a statesman, justices, Shafi'i jurist, and author better known by his works in political Islam (fiqh siyasah), namely the ideas and thoughts on the development system society that comprehensively covers the economic, social, cultural, and political. Intellectual and religious experience and political career and academic mobility Al-Mawardi in the middle of the dualism of power and leadership among the Abbasid-Sunni dynasty and Buyid-Shiite emphasised the importance of a moderate path for every individual and society as a characteristic medieval view of life at that time. Even this book rejects the idea of Islamic rule or building Islamic country at the present time. The main part of managing the life of the world is important is to be moderate and tolerant in public life (adab al-dunya), while balancing the religious practices of religious life for every citizen (adab al-din). This is initiated by al-Mawardi, that each person required to be Muslims Perfect, in the form of awareness about life balance which aims to achieve worldly life and the Hereafter based on the moral values of nationality and religion (Adab al-dunya wa al-din).