Foundations and Impacts of the Principle of Transparency from the Perspective of Islamic Political Thought

Meaning the disclosure and availability of information for investigation and monitoring, transparency is one of the key issues in macro governance discussions and reform of public administration. From the viewpoint of Islamic political thought, religious democracy is not based on the raw and unconscious ideas of the people, but on the essence of the people’s consciousness, and as a trustee of the people, the task of the Islamic governor is to share the issues of society with the people transparently and clearly. The authors try to answer the question of how is Islam’s approach to the issue of transparency. This paper is based on the assumption that the transparency of the Islamic government is one of the topics of interest in religious teachings, so that the tradition and living way of the innocents (holy persons) also affirm it and its many principles have been emphasized effects throughout Islam.