Professional Independence of Judges in Enforcing the Law in Court According to an Islamic Legal Perspective

Abstract

Judges are one of the most important elements in the judiciary. He plays a very important role in implementing Islamic law and is the person most fully responsible for maintaining and maintaining Islamic law.  The judge's duties are so heavy, of course not everyone is able to carry them out. This is what causes the importance of providing special criteria and separate screening for people who will be appointed as judges. This aims to ensure that the person holding this position is truly authoritative and qualified.  In addition, a judge must be able to carry out examinations, assessments and ultimately provide a decision on a case submitted to him. Such authority is called judicial power. The approach method used is normative juridical or legal research which only examines library materials so it is also called library legal research. Another approach used is the Analytical Approach.   This research was analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis methods. For this reason, in this simple paper, we describe the requirements for becoming a judge and what their competencies are. So that the discussion regarding the requirements and competence of judges in this article will be explained from the perspective of Islamic justice and the current justice system (Religious Courts in Indonesia).