Why People Obey the Laws?
Every law becomes prevalent in a particular way. We should like to state two such ways: (i) Ignorance and Stupidity: People sometimes obey the laws because of their ignorance and stupidity. Allama Iqbal said very aptly: “Man has become a slave of a man like himself because of ignorance. He had within himself the ego of self-respect but he threw that precious pearl under the feet of despots like Qubad and Jamshed. He then after acquiring the slavish mentality became a creature worse than a dog for I have never seen any dog bowing down before another dog”. Islam does not approve of blind following. Many of the Qur’anic verses severely criticized the ways and means of the idolaters, who justified their action on the ground that their ancestors did the same thing. Their only plea was that their elders did the same thing. The Holy Qur’an says: When (the faithless) commit indecent acts they say, ‘We found our ancestors used to do so, and Allah has commanded us to do the same! (Surah al-A’raf
