Wilayat al Mazalim (Redressing Public Grievances) Under Shariah & Law

The book is about the institution of the Ombudsman i.e. was called in the Islamic history as Wilayat al Mazalim (Redress of Public Grievances). The author begins with discussing its theoretical foundation in Islamic Law and then discusses its implementation in various stages of Islamic history until the last Muslim empires of Ottoman and Mughals of India.The discussion comes down to the contemporary world and cases of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom are discussed. The basic aim of the work is to show that the current governance systems were introduced by the Muslims in their hey day something that lead to the harmony of contemporary apparently Western systems of governance with the Islamic Shariah. An effort has been made to look into the original sources of both the legal systems. Key Words: Complaints, Justice,Redress of Grievances, Abuse of power, Governance administrative systems,