This article specifically discusses the important issues on physical health requirements for presidential candidates in Islamic and Indonesian perspectives. This article presents two important conclusions as follows: first, in the Islamic perspective, the majority of scholars argue that a person whoi s physically less or unhealthy cannot be elected as president. The result of comparison analysis of Islamic perspective and Indonesian perspective shows some similarities. First, the importance of a presidential candidate meets the criteria of physical health. Second, the disease is a serious illness that isallegedly able to disrupt the implementation of his/her duties and obligations as president. DOI: 10.15408/ajis.v17i1.6230
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