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the will of the ruler and the These questions indicate
actions of the government flows. that in any society, according
to the common beliefs in that
12. Legitimacy society, only a few people
Legitimacy in the word means have the authority to rule, and
“legality” and “in accordance if they enact or command a
with the law”, and although its law, it is due to their right and
lexical root is derived from the obedience of the nation is
“sharia” and is also rooted in due to their belief. It is to the
words such as “sharia”; but it qualification and dignity of
is not dedicated to the their governing actions.
followers of religion and
sharia and is a term in the 13. Political Power
philosophy of politics. Political power is one of the
Legitimacy refers to “rightfulness” most basic conditions for the
and is the rational justification existence of a state-country;
of the actions of the As the state-country can be
government by the ruler, in defined as follows: It is an
other words, a feature in the organization with a normative
system of government by power that can rightfully
which the ruler considers his possess the exclusive means of
rule to be correct and people using physical coercion and
consider it as their duty to apply it to the human group
obey the government. within the borders of its
Legitimacy is the answer to territory. (Ghazi, 2019, Vol. 1:
the question of why some have 207-212)
the right to rule and others are Power, according to Andre
obliged to obey them, and Hauriou and Lucien Sefez, is
what characteristics and the force of will that exists in
qualifications should a ruler those who rule over a human
have in order for his ruling to group, and rulers of government
be effective? can use their qualification to
impose themselves on all
