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In the name of Allah: the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Assalamu 'alalikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
We Have Kingdom ,Why Cant We
Have khilafah?
Saudi Arabia is a Kingdom ,a so called Islamic State (Dar al Islam) but
not in reality,when we can tolerate such kingdom ,then moving few steps
ahead we can accept
Islamic Kingdom,If we can accept Islamic kingdom then Islamic Caliphate/Khilafah
must be accepted foremost openheartedly.
Saudi Arabia ,a kingdom,where many Islamic laws are
applied. All the judicial laws are applied,Capital punishments are
given.All sects live peacefully,Sunni,Shia,Salafi,Sufis.This country
co-exists with prominent sects in Islam.They are allowed in Hajj,praying
shoulder to shoulder.Prostrating before one god i.e Allah subhanawatala.
So to establish a khilafah we require
1.Political system,(a)Complete Islamic
government,following laws of Quran & Hadith ,mainly a practising Islamic
state(b)safety(c)worthy jobs,(d)facitilies & support system for decent
survival.
2.Economic system (a)Interest free economy (b) No
capitalism (c) Halaal
food (d)Major ownership of State on Businesses
3.Social system(a)Rights and duties of citizens,(b)education,(c)Family
laws,(d)Obligations towards old,women & children
4.Judicial system (a)All capital punishments,no to Alcoholism,Intoxicants,Gambling,Bribery,theft,adultery (b)Moral police etc
5.Military system (a)Jihad both in defence & in
offence.
From the above data ,its clear all the prominent sects
agree to this.Ok then lets have Khilafah!
If for example ,still there is any confusion then here
is a logical explanation.
All muslims believe in ,5 daily
prayers,zakat,sawn,hajj.This is done even without the existence of a
Khilafah.Since all muslims believe in the above mentioned 5 systems,then
we'll inshallah Islamic laws practically applied.By now we have almost
everything,but important point,who will be khalifah?
To which sect will he belong?
Simple! No matter which sect as long as he believes in
the above all he will be a muslim.Whetehr each & everyone gives
bayh[oath of allegiance] to him or not,as long as he is supported with
prominet people ,he continues whether he is believed as Khalifah or just
a ruler.it makes no difference.As we accept any ruler in our countries
the same way he must also be accepted.no matter which name people would
want to call him,be it Khalifah or a ruler it does'nt matter.
What matters is whether Islam is established or not.
Below is the detailed analysis of Saudi Arabia ,to see
whether its Dar al-Islam (Land Of Islam]
The meaning of Dar al-Islam (Land Of Islam]
1) According to Shariah terminology, Dar al-Islam is defined as the land
which is governed by the laws of Islam and whose security (Aman) is
maintained by the security of Islam, i.e. by the authority and
protection of Muslims inside and outside the land, even if the majority
of its inhabitants are non-Muslims.
So what matters in determining whether the land is Dar al-Islam or Dar
al-Kufr is neither the land itself nor its inhabitants, rather it is the
laws and the security. So if its laws are Islamic and its security is
maintained by Muslims then it is Dar al-Islam. When its laws are the
laws of Kufr (disbelief) and its security is not maintained by Muslims
then it is Dar al-Kufr. These definitions have been derived from the
Islamic evidences and discussed by the Ulema (scholars) in history.
2) When we look to Saudi Arabia it fundamentally contradicts Islam in a
Qati (definitive) manner in many areas such as:
- Being part of the United Nations - every member of which has to agree
with international law set by the UN. This puts the law of man above the
law of Allah.
- Allying with the Kuffar against the Muslims. Saudi Arabia allowed
America to use it to attack the Muslims of Iraq in the Gulf wars.
America also has a military base in Saudi which is well known.
- Accepting the legitimacy of the different countries in the Muslim
world this is clear by the fact they are part of the OIC and Muslim
League and have ambassadors in these different countries. This is
definitively prohibited from different ahadith and the Ijma of the
Sahaba:Ali r.a did went ahead fighting muawiah r.a is itself a proof
that two khilafah cannot exist,but it did'nt gained success & to avoid
excessive bloodshed after lots of negotiations agreed to co-exist with
Muawiyah.This was done in sheer helplessness.It can never be a law.It
was an unavoidable resort.
The Prophet (saw) said: "When the oath of allegiance has been taken for
two Khalifs, kill the latter of them". (Narrated in Sahih Muslim by
Sa'id al-Khudri)
The Prophet (saw) also said: "Whoso comes to you while your affairs has
been united under one man, intending to break your strength or dissolve
your unity, kill him." (Narrated in Sahih Muslim by 'Arfajah)
3) Just because Saudi Arabia may implement part of Islamic laws such as
in the judiciary, it doesn’t mean that it is an Islamic state or
Khilafah or even an Islamic kingdom like that of Muawiyah r.a
4)Saudi Arabia abandoned
Jihad.
4:49. Have
you not seen those who claim sanctity for themselves. Nay - but Allâh
sanctifies whom He pleases, and they will not be dealt with injustice
even equal to the extent of a Fatilâ (A scalish thread in the
long slit of a datestone).
"Then it is only a part of the Book that you believe in and do you
reject the rest? But what is the reward for those among you who believe
like this but disgrace in this life and on the day of judgement they
shall be consigned to the most grievest chastisement." [Al-Baqarah: 85]
4) We cannot compare Saudi Arabia and say it is similar to the Khilafah
after the Khulafah ar-Rashideen.Nor can we say its Islamic
kingdom like that of Muawiyah r.a . As in those periods it is
unanimously accepted by the Sunni Ulema in history that they were
Khilafah and Dar al Islam, some of them misapplied some of the Islamic
rules but they never implemented open kufr. There is a difference
between the mis-implementation of some of the Shariah rules and the
non-implementation as we see in Saudi Arabia.
Some of the Muslim rulers were better than others and some of them were
even oppressive, nevertheless the system of Islam remained implemented.
Even though some of the rulers misapplied some rules and were
oppressive, the Prophet (saw) foretold of this and instructed the
Muslims to accept them as Khulafah and obey them as long as they did not
implement open Kufr (Kufr bu’ah). Some of these ahadith are:
Muslim reported that Salama b. Yazid Al-Ja‘afi asked the Messenger of
Allah (saw): "O Prophet of Allah, if we were to be ruled by Ameers who
ask us for their dues and deny us our dues, what do you order us to do
then?" The Messenger of Allah(saw) turned his face away; he asked him
again and Allah’s Messenger (saw) avoided him; then he asked for the
second or the third time and he (saw) was pulled by Al-Ash‘aath b. Qays,
so the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Hear and obey, for they shall be
accountable for their actions and you shall be accountable for yours."
Muslim reported from ‘Auf b. Malik who reported: I heard the Messenger
of Allah (saw) say:"The best of your Imams are those whom you love and
they love you and you pray for them and they pray for you; and the worst
of your Imams are those whom you hate and they hate you and you curse
them and they curse you." We asked: "O Messenger of Allah, shall we not
then declare war on them?" He (saw) said: "No! As long as they establish
prayer among you. Behold if anyone was ruled by a Wali and saw him
committing a sin, let him hate the sin committed against Allah, but let
him not withdraw his hand from obedience."
Muslim narrated from Huzayfah b. al-Yamaan that the Messenger of Allah
(saw) said: "There will be Imams after me who will not be guided by my
guidance, nor will they act according to my Sunnah; some men will rise
amongst you with satans’ hearts in human bodies." Huzayfah asked: "What
shall I do, if I were to reach that time?" He (saw) said: "You should
hear and obey the Ameer even if he whipped your back and took your
money; do hear and obey."
Ahmad and Abu Dawood reported that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "O
Abu Dharr, what would you do if some Walis possessed the booty and
deprived you of it?" He said: "By He Who sent you with the Truth, I
would raise my sword and fight until I join you." Upon this he (saw)
said: "Let me tell you something that would be better for you than that.
Remain patient and bear it until you join me."
Al-Bukhari narrated on the authority of Junada b. abi Umayyah who said:
We went to ‘Ubadah b. as-Samit when he was sick and we said: May Allah (swt)
guide you. Inform us of a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (saw) so
Allah may benefit you from it. He said, the Messenger of Allah (saw)
called upon us and we gave him the Bai’ah, and he said, of that which he
had taken from us, that we should give him the pledge to listen and
obey, in what we like and dislike, in our hardship and ease, and that we
should not dispute the authority of its people unless we saw open Kufr
upon which we had a proof from Allah. And it was also narrated by
Tabarani. He said: “Unless you see open Kufr.”
The Khulafah ruled by Islam and did not implement Kufr Bu’ah (open Kufr)
that is why we find the great scholars of Islam such as Imam Abu Hanifah,
Imam Shafi, Imam Malik, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Jafar as-Sadiq and the like
accepted that they were Khalif’s but accounted them. In fact the two
most famous students of Abu Hanifah who recorded his Fiqh, Qadi Abu
Yusuf and Muhammad As-Shaybani were appointed as Qadi al Quda (the chief
judge) in state in the time of the Khalifah Haroon ar-Rasheed.
Some of the great scholars wrote books about the history of the Khulafah
such as Imam Suyuti known as al-Jalalayn, who died in 1505 CE – he wrote
the book Tarikh al Khulafah, ‘History of the Khulafah’. Imam Mawardi who
died in 1058 CE who was appointed as a Qadi and later an ambassador by
the Abbasid Khalid Al-Qaim bi Amr Allah wrote the famous book, ‘Al Ahkam
As-Sultaniya’, about the ruling system in Islam.
Conclusion -Saudi Arabia is not an Islamic nation entirely,when we can
tolerate her,the way she is ,even though the country is the custodian of Makkah & Madinah along with sects in the country co-exixting.Its time we
take few more steps ahead together,recognise kuffar as own real enemies
& bring back the laws from Quran & Hadith & establish them practically
as taught by Allah subhanawatala & practised by Prophet Muhammad salla
lahu alaihi wa sallam.Inshallah! Allah Knows Best
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