Political Obligation in the Avicenna's Political Philosophy

The present paper, using an analytical approach, investigates Avicenna's view of political obligation, and focuses on political obligation which defines "justice" as the philosophical and moral basis of authority. According to Avicenna's political and philosophical thoughts, man is civil by nature and needs interaction. Interaction needs law, and the law must be "just" so that it can meet man's real interests. A “divine just law" is a real and complete source of and criterion for "justice", because it is the product of the Knowing, the Just, and the Wise God. However, society and just religious law require a just executer and supervisor. A just prophet or imam represents the perfectmodel to execute just religious law correctly and honestly. "Justice" is people's moral evidence for obeying just Islamic government or ruler.