Islam is the Religion of Justice

Justice is rewarding those who make good deeds and punishing those who commit a crime. Justice is assigning the convenient duty to who is worthy of it, repaying to workers for their efforts, and protecting the justice, equality and balance between humans. Justice protects humans’ dignity, pride and rights as well as the peace and harmony of the society.

One of the names of the Almighty Allah is “al-Adl” which means “The owner of infinite and firm justice.” He ^(swt) built the universe with a magnificent balance, recompenses for the tiniest good deed or evil deed without any deficiency, and always rules among His servants justly. Although some blessings or difficulties look like they may not have been distributed equally among the people in the world, life in the world should be regarded as an eternal process together with the life in the Hereafter. Because Allah tests every person separately and recompenses them accordingly in the Hereafter, thus, securing the justice.

Allah commands His servants to behave in compliance with the standards of equity in administration, jurisdiction, and all humane relations. He strictly prohibits oppression, the opposite of justice. According to Islam, all humans are equal before the law regardless of their ethnicity, breed, social class, color, language, etc. The only way superiority in the presence of Allah is to have taqwa and behave with a deep awareness of responsibility towards Him.

Islam acknowledges that the lives, properties, dignity and faith of humans are inviolable. In fact, the Almighty Allah invites Muslims to behave justly toward their enemies as well with the following words: “O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, And do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.”³¹

Justice is the most fundamental principle of morality that supports the society and reassures people. If justice is not secured, oppression, injustice, insecurity, chaos and sedition will rule the society. Therefore, Muslims should give beneficiaries their dues, and look out for the rights of those working under them. Islam commands parents to treat their children fairly, rulers to be fair, judges to decide fairly, employers to organize the workplace fairly and people to provide equality between men and women.