Islam has been
reduced to merely a state "religion" and Secularism is hailed as the
states Ideology. The Kuffar succeeded in divorcing our system, the
Khilafah, from our lives.
"We must put an end
to anything which brings about any Islamic unity between the sons of
the Muslims. As we have already succeeded in finishing off the
Khilafah, so we must ensure that there will never arise again unity
for the Muslims, whether it be intellectual or cultural unity." The
British Foreign Minister addressing the British Prime Minister
shortly before World War II.
"The situation now is
that Turkey is dead and will never rise again, because we have
destroyed its moral strength, the Khilafah and Islam." Lord Curzon,
British Foreign Minister, in front of the House of Commonsafter the
Lausanne Treaty of July 24th, 1924.
Is it any wonder,
then, that Muslims today don't even know about their true ruling
system? That they have never even heard the word Khilafah uttered
in any discussion related to their revival? The British have
succeeded in "educating" us to such an extent that we run towards
their system and rush to abandon our Deen. So what is this Khilafah?
Why is it so vital for Islam?
The mechanism through
which we live Islam is the Khilafah ruling system. This is the same
Khilafah ruling system that the Khulafa Rashideen implemented ,later
the rule became kingdom,then oppressive governments then Khilafah
returned.But the law was always Islam whether it was perfectly
practised or not differed, it
was destroyed by the British agent and traitor, Mustafah Kemal. The
Prophet (saw) said:
"The knots of Islam
will be broken one by one until everyone of them is undone. The
first to be undone will be the knot of ruling and the last will be
the knot of Salah" (Musnad of Imam Ahmed)
The Fard (obligation)
of the Khilafah
In the Glorious
Qur'an. Allah (SWT) says in the translation of the meaning of the
Qur'an ul-Kareem
(TMQ):
1. "But no, by your
Lord, they will not have iman until they make you (O Prophet) rule
between them in that which they dispute, and they find in their
souls no resistance against your decisions, but accept them with the
fullest conviction" (TMQ 4:65).
2. "Indeed, we have
revealed to you the book with the truth so that you may rule between
mankind by that which Allah has shown you" (TMQ 4:105).
3. "So rule between
them by that which Allah has revealed, and follow not their desires,
but beware of them in case they seduce you from just some part of
that which Allah has revealed to you" (TMQ 4:49).
4. "Whosoever does
not rule by that which Allah has revealed, they are disbelievers (Kafiroon).....the
dhaalimoon (oppressors)....the fasiqoon (evil doers)" (TMQ 4.
5:44-47)
These ayaat(versus)
of Qur'an, and many others, prove beyond doubt the obligation of
ruling by what Allah has revealed. The first one in particular
refers to the Muslims directly by stating that we have no real Imaan
(belief) until we make them judge between us by Allah's revelation.
This is an indication of the obligation for all Muslims to establish
Allah'sruling system.
In the Ahadeeth of
our beloved Prophet (saw):
1: Imam Muslim
narrated from Abu Hazim who said: I was with Abu Hurairah for five
years and I heard him narrate from the Prophet (SAW) that he said:
"The Prophets used to rule Bani Israel. Whenever a prophet died
another prophet succeeded him, but there will be no prophets after
me; instead there will be Khulafaa' (Khalifahs) and they will number
many". They asked: what then do you order us? He said: "fulfil
allegiance to them one after the other. Give them their dues.
Verily Allah will ask them about what he entrusted them with".
This Hadeeth is a
clear statement of the fact that the form of government in Islam,
after the Prophet (SAW) is the Khilafah, and not an Islamic
Republic, Islamic Socialist Republic or Islamic Imarah. This
understanding is supported by numerous other Hadeeth that indicate
the only system ofgovernment in Islam is the Khilafah.
2: Imam Muslim
narrated from Abdullah bin 'Umar who said that the Prophet (saw)
said,
"One who dies without
having bound himself by an oath of allegiance (to a Khalifah) will
die the death of one belonging to the days of ignorance(Jahiliyah)".
3. Ahmed and Ibn abi
'Asim narrated that the Prophet (saw) said, "Whosoever dies and he
does not have over him an Imaam, he dies the death of Jahiliyyah".
Thus the Prophet
(SAW) made it compulsory that every Muslim should have over him an
Imaam, which is also represented by having a pledge of allegiance (bayah)
on his or her neck. The pledge of allegiance is not given to anyone
except the Khalifah. The Ahadeeth inform us that those who run the
affairs of Muslims are Khalifahs (some times called Amir
ul-Mu'mineen or the Imam). Therefore, this is a command to establish
or appoint them.
In the sayings of the
Sahabah:
Ali ibn abi Taalib (r.a.)
said, "The people will not be straightened except by an Imaam (Khaleefah),
whether he is good or bad". (Bayhaqi, No. 14286, Kanz ul-ummal)
Abdullah ibn 'Umar (r.a.)
said "The people in the Ummah will not suffer even if they were
oppressors and sinful if the rulers were guided and were guiding.
But the people in the Ummah will suffer and perish even if they were
guided and were guiding if the rulers were oppressors and sinful".
(Abu Nu'aim narrated in 'Hulayat Awliyyah.)
'Umar ibn al-Khattab
(r.a.) said, "Laa Islam bi laa Jamaa'ati wa laa jamaa'ati bi laa
Imaarah, wa laa Imaaratu bi laa sam'on wa taa'ah". "There is no
Islam without a community, and there is no community without a
leadership, and there is no authoruty without hearing and obeying".
In the sayings of the
Ulemaa:
Imam al-Qurtubi said
in his Tafseer of the verse, "Indeed, man is made upon this earth a
Khaleefah" (TMQ 2:30) that: "Haatheeh il-Aayatu asalun fee nasabi
Imaamin wa Khaleefatin, yosma'oo lahu
wa yotaa'u li-tajtami'i bihi il-kalimatih, wa tonaffithu bihi ahkaam
il-Khaleefah, wa laa khalaafu fee wajoobi thalik bayna al-Ummati wa
laa bayn al-a'immah, illa maa rawaya 'an il-Asam al-Mu'tazzili..."
"This Ayah is a source in the selection of an Imaam, and a Khaleefah,
he is ened to and he is obeyed, for the word is united through him,
and the Ahkam (laws) of the Khaleefah are implemented through him,
and there is no difference regarding the obligation of that between
the Ummah, nor between the Imams except what is narrated about al-Asam,
the Mu'tazzili (a deviant group)...". (Tafseer ul-Qurtubi 264/1.)
Imam al-Qurturbi
(rh.a.) also said, "The Khilafah is the pillar upon which other
pillars rest".
Imam an-Nawawi
(rh.a.) said, "Ijma'oo 'alaa annahu yajib 'alal-Muslimeena nasabun
Khaleefah". "(The scholars) consented that it is an obligation upon
the Muslims to select a Khaleefah". (Sharhu Sahih Muslim page 205
vol 12)
Imaam al-Ghazali (rh.a.)
when writing of the potential consequences of losing the Khilafah
said, "The judges will be suspeneded, the Wilayaat (provinces) will
be nullified, ... the decrees of those in authority will not be
executed and all the people will be on the verge of Haraam". (al
Iqtisaad fil Itiqaad page 240.)
Ibn Taymiyyah (rh.a.)
said, "Yajib an yo'rafa anna wilayata amr in-naasi min a'thami
waajibaat id-Deen, Bal laa qiyaamu li-Deen illa bihaa".
"It is obligatory to
know that the office in charge of commanding over the people (ie:
the Khilafah post) is one of the greatest obligations of the Deen.
In fact, their is no establishment of the Deen except by it....this
is the opinion of the salaf, such as al-Fadl ibn 'Iyaad, Ahmed ibn
Hanbal and others". (Siyaasah Shariyyah - chapter: 'The obligation
of adherence to the leadership'.)
Imam abu ul-Hasan
al-Mawardi (rh.a.) said, "'Aqd ul-Imamati li man yaqoomu bihaa
fil-ummati wajib bil-Ijmaa' ". "The contract of the Imamah
(leadership) for whoever is standing with it, is an obligation by
Ijmaa'a (consensus)". (al-Ahkam us-Sultaniyyah [Arabic] p 56.)
Imam Ahmed (rh.a.)
said: "Al-Fitnatu Ithaa lam yakun Imaamun Yaqoomu bi amril-Muslimeen",
which means, "The Fitna (mischief and tribuulations) occurs when
there is no Imaam established over the affairs of the people".
Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi
(rh.a.) a noted scholar of the 6th century Hijri states; "The
Muslims simply must have an Imam (Khaleefah), who will execute the
rules, establish the Hudud (penal system), defend the frontiers,
equip the armies, collect Zakah, punish those who rebel (against the
state) and those who spy and highwaymen, establish Jum'ah and the
two 'Eids, settle the dispute among the servants (of Allah), accept
the testimony of witnesses in matters of legal rights, give in
marriage the young and the poor who have no family, and distribute
the booty".
Imam Al-Juzayri, an
expert on the Fiqh of the four great schools of thought said
regarding the four Imams, "The Imams (scholars of the four schools
of thought- Shafi'i, Hanafi, Maliki, Hanbali)- may Allah have mercy
on them- agree that the Imamah (Leadership) is an obligation, and
that the Muslims must appoint an Imam who would implement the deen's
rites, and give the oppressed justice against the oppressors". ("Fiqh
ul-Mathahib ul- Arba'a" [the Fiqh of the four schools of thought],
volume 5, page 416.)
Imam al-Haythami
said, "A'lamu anna Sahabata- Ridhwaan Allahu 'alayhim -Ajma'oo 'ala
anna nasab al-Imaamata ba'd inqiraadhi zaman in-Naboowa waajibon bal
ja'aloohu ahamu wajibaat hayth ushtaghloo bihi 'an dafani rasool
illah". "It is known that the Sahabah (r.a.h) consented that
selecting the Imaam after the end of the era of Prophethood was an
obligation (Wajib). Indeed they made it (more) important than the
(other) obligations whilst they were busy with it over the burial of
the Prophet (saw)". (al-Haythami in Sawaa'iq ul-haraqah:17.)
The Obligation of there being only one
Khalifah for the entire Muslim Ummah
In the ahadeeth of
the beloved Prophet (saw)
1) 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)
2) The Prophet (saw)
also said: "Whoever 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)
So what is with the
Muslims who insist on establishing regional Islamic Imarah's
(Governments) based upon nationalistic divisions drawn up by the
British and her fellow colonialists? Can’t we see beyond the plans
of the Kuffar? What of those Muslims who wish to establish Islamic
Governments in "their own" country and then to resume normal
relationships with the rest of the Muslim countries, as if the rest
of the Muslim countries are perfectly legal under Islam? Having
more than one Khalifah for the entire Ummah is a sin, a fitnah and a
division in our ranks.
In the Ijma'a
(consensus) of the Sahabah (r.a.)
It is in the books of
"As-Sirah" of Ibnu Kathir, "Tarikh ut-Tabari" by at-Tabari, "Siratu
Ibn Hisham" by Ibn Hisham, "As-Sunan ul-Kubra" of Bayhaqi, "Al-fasil-fil
Milal" by Ibnu Hazim and "Al-A'kd Al-Farid" of Al-Waqidi, that Al-Habbab
Ibn ul-Munthir said when the Sahaba met in the wake of the death of
the Prophet (SAW) (at the thaqifa hall) of Bani Sa'ida:
"Let there be one
Amir from us and one Amir from you (meaning one from the Ansar and
one from the Mohajireen)". Upon this Abu Bakr replied: "It is
forbidden for Muslims to have two Amirs (rulers)..." Then he got up
and addressed the Muslims.
It has additionally
been reported in "as-Sirah" of Ibnu Ishaq that Abu Bakr went on to
say on the day of Thaqifa: "It is forbidden for Muslims to have two
Amirs for this would cause differences in their affairs and
concepts, their unity would be divided and disputes would break out
amongst them. The Sunnah would then be abandoned, the bida'a
(innovations) would spread andFitna would grow, and that is in no
one's interests".
The Sahabah (ra)
agreed to this and selected Abu Bakr (ra) as their first Khalifah.
Habbab ibn Mundhir (ra) who suggested the idea of two Ameers
corrected himself and was the first to give Abu Bakr the Baya'a
(pledge of allegiance). This indicates an Ijma'a of all of the
Sahabah (ra) and thus is a divine source for us. Ali ibni abi
Talib(ra), who was attending the body of the Prophet (saw) at the
time, also consented to this.
In the quotes of
famous scholars:
1. Imam ash-Shawkaani
wrote in his book "Tafseer al-Qur'an al-Atheem", volume 2, page 215:
"It is known from Islam by necessity (bi-dharoorah - i.e.: like
prayer and fasting) that Islam has forbidden division amongst
Muslims and the segregation of their land".
2. The well renowned
Imam Hassan Al-Mawardi(ra) in his book "AlAahkam Al-Sultaniyah" page
9 says: "It is forbidden for the Ummah to have two Imams (leaders)
at the same time."
3. Imam An-Nawawi in
his book "Mughni Al-Muhtaj", volume 4, page 132 says: "It is
forbidden to give an oath to two Imams or more, even in different
parts of the world and even if they are far apart".
He also stated in his
book, "Sharhu Sahih Muslim" (explanation of Sahih Muslim) chapter 12
page 231, "If a baya'a were taken for two Khalifahs one after the
other, the baya'a of the first one would be valid and it should be
fulfilled and honoured whereas the baya'a of the second would be
invalid, and it would be forbidden to honour it. This is the right
opinion which the majority of scholars follow, and they agree that
it would be forbidden to appoint two Khalifah's at one given time,
no matter how great and extended the Islamic lands become".
4. The Imam Ibnu Hazm
in his book "Al-Muhalla", volume 4, page 360 says: "It is unlawful
to have more than one Imam in the whole of the world".
5. Al-Imam Al-Juzieri,
an expert on the Fiqh of the four great schools of thought said
regarding the four Imams, "...It is forbidden for Muslims to have
two Imams in the world whether in agreement or discord." From: "Fiqh
ul-Mathahib ul- Arba'a" (the fiqh of the four schools of thought),
volume 5, page 416.
Conclusion:
In conclusion it can
be seen that the Khilafah ruling system implements the whole of
Islam, thus Islam and the Muslims depend on it. It is not just one
fard but the mechanism through which Islam is implemented. This is
why the Prophetic calender of the Muslims starts with year 1 Hijri.
What the Hijrah signifies is the leaving behind of the Makkan Shirk
and the establishment of Islam in Madina as a governing system. So
year 1 Hijri begins from the first day of Islamic Government, not
from the date of first revelation, or the Prophets (saw) birth as it
could have done and as the Christians practice. Thus anyone who
makes excuses for this issue will be neglecting the biggest duty in
Islam, to establish the Deen. The death of Jahillyyah will be upon
him and so it is Fard to work with those who know about the Khilafah
and who are working for it according to the methodology of the
Prophet (saw), and this is the biggest duty upon the Muslims today
above all else. Nobody can claim that this is an impossible task as
Allah (swt) promises the victory of the believers and confirms:
"Allah has promised
those amongst you who believe and work righteous deeds, that he will
indeed grant them inheritance of power in the earth, as he granted
it to those before them; that he will establish in authority their
Deen, which he has chosen for them, and that he will change their
state from a state of fear into a state of security and peace. They
will worship me alone and not associate partners with me, and those
who reject faith after this, they will be the rebellious and the
wicked" TMQ (an-Noor :55)
Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal
extracted that Huthayfah said the Messenger of Allah (saw) said:"The
Prophecy will remain amongst you as long as Allah wills, then Allah
will lift it when he wishes, then it will be a Khilafah Rashidah
(i.e.: The first four Khalifahs) on the method of the Prophecy, it
will remain for as long as Allah wills, then he will lift it when he
wills, then it will be a hereditary leadership (i.e.: the Abbasid
and Ummayid dynasties etc.) for as long as Allah wills then he will
lift it when he so wills. Then there will be a tyrannical rule
(i.e.: all the current Kufr regimes of the Muslims) for as long as
Allah wills, then he will lift it when he so wills, then there will
be a Khilafah Rashidah on the method of the Prophecy, then he kept
silent." (Musnad Imam Ahmed 4/273)
and concerning the
liberation of Masjid al-Aqsa from the Jews, the Prophet (saw) said,
"Two Hijrahs will
take place, and the latter will be to the place where your father
Ibrahim may peace be upon him had immigrated” (i.e.: Palestine)
Note: Hijrah occurs when Muslims emigrate from Kufr lands to the
Islamic state.
Subsequently, nobody
can claim that this task is an impossible one as it has been
promised success by Allah (swt) and his Messenger (saw). All that
remains is for the faithful to rush to carry out this noble work and
to carry the da'wah to this ummah and remind her of her Deen.
Imam Ahmed reported
in his Musnad (5/35) that the Messenger (saw) said: "If the people
of As-Sham (Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria) went astray then
there would be no goodness amongst you, but however there will
continue to be a group supported from my Ummah, and they will not be
bothered by those who disapproved until the day of Judgement".
May Allah make us
from that group, and support us in re-establishing his Deen on his
earth. Ameen.
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