Moskwiyyah's Political Thought

Document Type : Research Paper

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Abstract

Known as the Third Teacher, Abu Ali Moskwiyyah is
among the philosophers who cooperated with Ale
Buiyye political system, in 4th and 5th century (AH).
Civil wars and political crises made him put politics aside
and enter into the field of political thought to find
solutions for the problems of the time. In this way, he
formed a system of ideas in which sharia was , in fact ,
the reconstruction of an ideal system from which the
Islamic society had moved away. Moskwiyyah suggested
the "ethical purification" of the society to remove the
existing moral deviations. To benefit from everlasting
teachings, he recommonded seeking for "political
experience" in "history". He , also, included "Philosophy"
in his system of ideas, but what has an essential role in
this system is "politics". That is why we come across with
terms such as: "the political sharia", "civil ethics",
"political history", and "political philosophy in his
fromework of ideas . So, considering Moskwiyyah as a
"political philosopher" seems inevitable.