Strengthening National Belonging in Islam and its Impact on Society

Abstract

National belonging is one of the most important values on which the renaissance of nations is based, and all institutions and governments seek to instill these values in their children; hoping to achieve the highest levels of benefit for the nation and society, and in the absence of national belonging, or its weakness, its results are dire for everyone, as some claim that there is a conflict between strengthening internal national belonging and belonging to Islam as a greater homeland, unaware of the directives of Islam, the actions of the Messenger-may God bless him and grant him peace-and his honorable companions, and the practical applications of jurists for this understanding in the various chapters of jurisprudence; which is a reason for the weakness of belonging and loyalty to their homeland, as the homeland loses a large part of its children in achieving the vision and mission adopted by the homeland. This research aims to address this apparent contradiction by clarifying the legal foundations on which national belonging is built, and the ways to develop and strengthen it according to legal controls. It also works to strengthen the relationship between civilizational development and legal thought; so that the research shows the legal foundations on which civilizational developments are based, and establishes the duality of the relationship between the homeland and the citizen in rights and duties, such that neither can do without the other. In achieving these goals, I used the descriptive analytical approach and the inductive approach, I looked at the verses and hadiths that dealt with the subject and derived some readings and rulings from them, and then I explained some of the positions of jurists in considering the homeland in ruling on some different jurisprudential issues. The research reached some results, the most important of which are: that love of the homeland is an innate matter that does not conflict with the true Sharia, but rather the teachings of Islam support and develop it. The research also showed that homelands have a place in the hearts of their owners that urges them to sacrifice and strive for the interest of the homeland. It also showed that a decent life and achieving development and prosperity for citizens increase their pride and belonging to the homeland and that everyone must try to advise their homeland, and work