The Relationship between Ethics and Politics from the Perspective of Islam; with Emphasis on the Political Life of the Holy Prophet and Imam Ali the Commander of the Faithful (PBUT)

Moralizing politics means regulating political, social, economic and cultural relations based on ethics and justice. Political ethics seeks to bring moral dos and don'ts into politics. Using an analytical-descriptive method, this paper deals with the relationship between ethics and politics from the perspective of Islam, and through this reviews the political life of the Holy Prophet and Imam Ali the Commander of the Faithful (PBUT). Institutionalizing ethics in politics, this paper explains the transcendent view of Islam on ethics, which, in particular, has been clearly observed in the political life of the two Infallibles who have ruled. From the governmental and political life of these two Infallibles, it can be concluded that the Holy Prophet and Imam Ali the Commander of the Faithful (PBUT) institutionalized the unity of morality and politics, since the political power in Islamic is based on morality and humanity. Various manifestations of the integration of ethics and politics can be seen during the fifteen years of the rule of the Holy Prophet and the Commander of the Faithful (PBUT).