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This research aims to study the selection mechanisms and the systems of selecting the head of state, based on the Maslaha Theory. The selection process depends on humanitarian systems as a standard for the political process needed for the head of state selection process. Based on the analysis, the major factors for the success of the selection process are freedom, equality, deliberation, and social contract of the society. The researcher has applied analytical based on Maslah theory indigenous methodology in this research. The researcher has applied the Maslah theory, to evaluate the seminal theories for the selection of head of state. Consequently, the development of the appropriate theory, which can balance between the system and the social contract, has been done analytically. As a result, the social contract plays the vital role of facilitating the process of reaching good governance. Therefore, a social contract that encompasses competition, deliberation, selection, and the social contract between government and the people, is vital. The integration of selection systems and mechanisms based on a framework of social and constitutional guarantees will allow for selection of appropriate head of state. Also, the role of supervisory and organizational institutions is vital, and it should be regulated based on integrity, responsibility, and independence. The selection process for the head of state in the time of the Four Righteous Caliphs, is an application of a selection system within a social construct. This selection process allowed for the development of selection mechanisms, which complies with social and constitutional guarantees, which safeguard the political process from deviation from constitutional principles. The study demonstrated that the successful application of constitutional and social safeguards would allow for a successful process of selection of the head of a state based on Maslah theory.