Islam similarly forbids passing on political power to individuals solely because of their wealth. I have already spoken about the Quranic injunction: ‘to make over the trusts to those entitled to them’, meaning that we should only accord authority to those who are best able to hold office regardless of their economic status. Thus, Islam reproves accumulation of wealth in order to gain political power or high office. It instructs Muslims to elect people solely on the basis of merit and not to be swayed by wealth and high social or economic status.