Deliberation on the Scientific Qualification and Expertise of the Agents in Islamic Government

A society can take a course of development and perfection when the choice and appointment of its agents is made according to their qualifications and merits. For one of the most important factors in leading societies to happiness is to have competent rulers. In the history of human beings there are nations which have fallen into decline and destruction under incompetent rulers and kings and which have experienced happiness and welfare under competent rulers. One of the huge gaps in the world’s political systems is the lack of attention to the scientific qualification of the people who undertake to rule a nation or administrate governmental organizations. Drawing upon a descriptive-analytic method and on the basis of the principles in the Islamic Law, the present research has sought to explore the condition for the scientific competency and expertise of the administration in Islamic government. Having put forward the scientific capability and expertise as the necessary condition for choosing and appointing the administration of the Islamic government, it also has made a critical analysis of the present condition of the choice and appointment of the agents and administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The article comes to its end by pointing out the necessity of making revision of laws and regulations and of formulating comprehensive bylaws to regulate the management of the governmental organizations and institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran.