Relationship Between Authority and Public Opinion in Al-Rashidun era

Abstract

The Study of relationship between authority and public opinion is considered one of the most important studies in Islamic history particularly in Al-Rashidun era for the particularity of this era because of its proximity to the prophecy era and because it is the founding era. The researcher found out that the study of such relation can be done through the focus on division of public opinion  about power transformation and the effect of this division on illegality and opposition , as well as the importance of public opinion in the view of authority and the necessity of taking it in consideration , in spite of its exclusion from political arguments because that from the beginning authority was limited to a limited number of karishi personalities  under what is called Karishi caliphate down to the role of symbol in shaping the public opinion.