In such political landscape, politicians never think how to take care of public affairs. Therefore, they never present in the midst of society, when they are needed. They were far from their people. They had approached, or rather close to the people, when they need people for their political interests. Hence, their acceptance in the midst of any society is low.
However, instead of they watching and taking care of people with a sincere interest, they prefer a shortcut. At such times, they were bribing people, and anyone who can be bribed with money from the opportunist politician. People who live in the corrupt political culture and economic difficulties were finally enjoy that dirty money.
Landscape and political culture like this grow in the capitalist political system. As long as the foundation, standards and political outlook is still built on secularism and the principle of benefit, then the political landscape and culture like this will continue to live and flourish. To stop this kind of political practice, we need a fundamental change. Secularism, which became the foundation of opportunists political should be discarded and replaced with Islam. Similarly, the standard and benefit perspective, should be thrown away and replaced with halal-haram (the rules in Islamic perspective that determine all things which are allowed and which are prohibited) .
The question then, what guarantee is if Islam is applied, then landscape and the corrupt political culture, including money politics, can be removed? The answer, first, the guarantees exist in Islamic theology that became the foundation of life, including political systems. Adherents of Islamic faith have made every obedience have devotion to God in all aspects of life, so that it appears self-control in them. With the same devotion, the community also has a social control, so that the obligation to advocate doing good and abstaining from bad deeds can work well and effectively in the midst of society. With the belief in Islam as well, none of which are run by state law, unless the laws of Islam. State did not provide different treatment in enforcing the law against all people.
When Abu Hurayrah was sent by the Prophet Muhammad pbuh. as head of state to take taxes from some citizens, they are trying to bribe Abu Hurayrah with jewelry collected from their wives and their children. They said, "We have been collecting jewelry from our wives and daughters to you, so you can reduce the amount of tax that you take from us." With a firm, Abu Hurayrah was refused. Upon hearing the answer to Abu Hurayrah, they stated, "If all state officials have similar manner like you, surely the heavens and the earth will be made to stand forever." Abu Hurairah can act decisively because of his obedience to God, so he has a very strong self control, and could not be bribed.
When Caliph Mu'awiyah cursed Imam 'Ali in the pulpits of mosques, Asma' bint Abu Bakr, came to him and advised him not to engage in unethical acts like that. Not only Asma ', the people were leaving him for not listening to him curse' Ali (al-Ya'qubi, al-Ya'qubi chronicle, 155). When Caliph al-Mansur ibn Ja'far went from Baghdad to the holy land with the group, then a scholar standing advising him and questioned the fund that is used by the caliph to dispatch the group. That scholar is Sufyan as-Thaury (Ibn Qutaibah ad-Dainuri, Al-Imamat wa al-Siyasah, Juz II/172). The other good example could be learned from Izzuddin bin Abdussalam, when he saw the mistakes in the policy of their political rulers, he do not hesitate to expose and correct these mistakes in the speech pulpit. When asked by his pupil, if he was not concerned with that action? He emphatically stated, "When God is present in my heart, then the ruler just like a cat in my eyes." (Fauzi Sinnuqarth, Taqarrub Ila-Llah, p.. 161). Again, obedience to Allah form the social control in Asma ' , Sufyan as-Thaury and Izzuddin Abdussalam.
This is just a bit of an example, that Islam is a guarantee from the growth of a clean landscape and political culture in the community. In addition to the above three factors, Islam also has a clear mechanism so that the political practices of the dirty and corrupt it can be cleaned.
Islam, for example, by expressly prohibiting bribery, briber (ar-rasyi), recipient of bribes (al-murtasyi) and the bribery intermediary (ar-Ra'is bainahuma). Not only the bribe is prohibited, but a gift given to the ruler is also forbidden. In addition to proscribe bribery, Islam is also closing the gap for the growth of dirty practice like this. Because generally, bribes and gifts is related to the interests of briber who want to be fulfilled, while the interest is related to the paperwork and bureaucracy, Islam built administration and bureaucracy with three basic principles: (1) simple bureaucracy (an-nidzam basathah fi); (2) faster in the process and completion (sur'ah fi injaz), and (3) is handled by experts and obedience to Allah ('Abd al-Qadeem Zallum, Nidzam al-hukm fi al-Islam, p.. 211-213) .
The third addition to the above characteristics, bureaucracy and public administration are not centralized, but decentralized. In every town there are small or large administrative bureau, which allows local residents to complete their paperwork is in the area, do not necessarily have to refer to the center. Management was developed by following the development of facilities and infrastructure, or the latest technology. Not only that, these agencies also led by experts in their fields, and have trustworthy manner, sincere, pious to Allah (Muhammad Husayn 'Abd Allah, Dirasat fi al-Fikr al-Islam, p.. 86).
With such a system, opportunities for bribery and corruption can be closed. If the opportunity is closed, but corruption still occur, then the law will be enforced strictly, without exception. Islam also establish sanctions to be applied to them, where the level of sanctions will be determined by the judge.
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