Ma`rifat

Public services are activities carried out through public institutions or private institutions under the supervision of public persons to meet public needs. Today, "public services" are accepted as the main basis for the existence of the government's administrative apparatus and are subject to the principles that govern it. Using a descriptive-analytical method and promoting Islamic teachings and culture, the following paper explains and compares the "Theory of Public Services in Islamic teachings and public law." The research findings show that the concern for providing public services is the intersection between the Islamic perspective and the common perspective of public law, with the difference that modern governments seek its legitimacy in providing desirable public services; however, the Islamic government bases its legitimacy on the divine principles and considers providing services to the people as one of its goals and duties. Another difference is in the scope of examples. In Islamic teachings, the state is assigned duties that not only include livelihood, housing, freedom, security, and order; but the state is also the guardian of the culture of society and the development of moral virtues. Also, based on Islamic teachings in the principles governing public services, although the primary principle is the equality of citizens in benefiting from services and the principle of prioritizing the interests of society over the interests of the individual, absolute equality between citizens and absolute precedence of services and interests of individuals over the individual are not accepted.