The following criteria can be derived from the Quran for electing or appointing people in authority: (1) integrity (taqwa)[1], (2) honesty[2] & trustworthiness[3] (amanat), (3) knowledge (ilm)[4], (4) wisdom (hikma)[5], (5) sound judgement (hukman) [6], (6) decisiveness (fasl-al-khitab)[7], (7) safeguarding of national interests (hafeez)[8], (8) physical capacity (jism, quwat)[9], (9) good intelligence quotient (istimbat)[10].

People in the executive authority should be conscious of Allah’s commands and not prone to follow their personal desires instead of the will of the Almighty[11]; they should not be extravagant[12]; they should not be disbelievers and deniers of the Islamic belief system nor be hypocrites[13]; they should not be liars, habitually swearing to win public trust[14]; they should not be slanderers or calumniators of their rivals or peers[15]; they should not be involved in any illegal or criminal activities[16]; and they should not be uncivilized or ignoble[17]; No one has the right for any authority just because of their affluence and virile progeny[18].

People need to be educated well that they should vote in elections based on the above given criteria, instead of considering wealth, property, lineage, race, color, kinship, language, ethnicity or tribal affiliations of the candidates. Elected representatives as well as the appointed officials should be based on merit according to the criteria given above. Meritocracy is a fundamental feature of the Islamic Political System. Any kind of monarchy, dynastic rule or nepotism is against the basic principles of Islam.