Islamic political thought is constructed with various paradigms. This is based on the differences in the foundations of thought and the intellectual traditions of the initiators. Broadly, Islamic political thinkers were born from two mainstream of intellectual tradition, namely the philosophical tradition and the fiqh tradition. There is a big difference between jurisprudence and philosophy in approaching political objects. That difference can be seen in several ways, including First, in the discipline of jurisprudence, political thought is reached as a series of historical events about the formation of the state and the absence of the state. In contrast, in the discipline of philosophy, political thought is understood as the ideal of community ideas. Secondly, jurisprudence emphasizes a lot of historical ideas in the past, whereas philosophy discusses many matters relating to theoretical thinking in the future. Third, political thought in the fiqh tradition dwells on the political tradition that occurs within the scope of Islamic society. In contrast, political thought in philosophy is more open to universal political ideas (especially the influence of Hellenism). This article states that the different foothold of Islamic thinkers in approaching political objects results in the birth of a diverse paradigm of Islamic political thought.