Ma`rifat Siyasi

One of the political concepts common in political literature and religious culture is " advice to the Muslim ruler". This political concept is rooted in the narration " «ثَلاثٌ لايُغِلُّ عَلَيهِنَّ قلبُ عبدٍ مسلمٍ:...وَ النصيحة لائمة المسلمينَ...» " by the Messenger of God. Based on the Arab culture at the time of revelation, what is the meaning of " advice to the Muslim rulers" in this narration? The popular view among contemporary writers has extended the general concept of "advice" to the extent that it includes people's supervision over the ruler, enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, and even criticizing and objecting to him. In order to answer this question and evaluate the popular view, this article uses the descriptive and analytical method to investigate the use of "advice" in the texts of the revelation era. Criticizing the popular view, quoting the Quran, narrations and historical reports and taking into account the context of narration, the paper has reached the conclusion that the concept of "advice" in the narration is limited to support, sincere obedience, help and support of individuals, parties and various walks of the people in relation to the ruler of Islamic society in the general affairs of society, including jihad and defending the religion and the rule of Islam. In fact, in order to expand and establish the foundations of Islam, this hadith establishes a different principle for consolidating and strengthening the religious rule, which will be achieved through two ways of improving the relationship between the people and the ruler on the one hand, and improving the relationship of individuals with one another on the other hand. Of course, this principle does not negate the necessity of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, criticizing, objecting to and supervising the Islamic ruler