In the Name of Allah, the
compassionate, the Merciful
BUILDING
THE TEAM OF DA’EES
[Through the process of
Building IMOA]
Mohtram Kaukab
Bhai, ASA
Shukrun wa
Jazakallah for your positive response.
You are right. Alhamdulillah, I am equally busy if not more as you
are. However, as written earlier I took pains to read New Trend as it ought to
be. You are fighting for the cause of the oppressed at home and all around the
world as your Resolutions surmount comprehensively. That is fine and I
appreciate it very much. It is the echoing sounds of our desperate
situation that has engulfed Ummah every where. May Allah bless your
efforts for at least ventilating our bleeding wounds to
public opinion.
That is the political agenda of Islam. It is the reflection of
Islamic system of life that stands for Justice, freedom of thought and
expression, unity of mankind, respectability for human rights that are
being denied by the oppressive regimes throughout the world. Islam
upholds the human rights irrespective of the fact who is committing, where and
how. It is the corner stone of the foreign policy of the Islamic State and
, therefore, it must come into existence soonest to augment your fight against
Zulm and oppression every where.
Just please think, has there been an Islamic state anywhere in this
world, how vigorous, forceful and effective these calls would have been when
the State would have champion the cause of the oppressed? It is that missing
fundamental factor that I am advocating for us to undertake as there is no
Islamic State on earth. Though efforts are going on for its
establishment for the last 80 - 90 years in different parts of the world
but its attainment still appears to be a distant dream. None of us knows the
will of Allah and His planning.
Kaukab Bhai, the basic ingredients for the emergence of an Islamic
state are three:
1. The Guidance
or the Scheme or the Blue print;
2.
The trustworthy leadership to implement that plan and stands as its model;
3. The land where
to establish Allah's Deen as a POLITICAL entity.
* Rasulullah (S) got the Master Plan from Allah (SWT) in bits and
pieces in 23 years in the form of the Qur'an;
* He (S) himself undertook the task of building that
requisite team of trustworthy workers [we call them Sahabah out
of reverence] in ones and twos - getting 124 from Makkah in 13 years, 63
from Aus and 173 from Khazraj of Madinah through the magnificent Dawah efforts of
Musab bin Umair (RA), constituting the team of trusted leadership
of his (S) time,
* Simultaneously, he (S) was always in search of land to build the
HQ of the Islamic Movement, He (S) sent his (S) trustworthy
Sahabah to Ethiopia in search of that. He (S) himself went to T'aif
but could not succeed as you know. Allah (SWT) managed it from Madinah. It was
His planning. Madinah became the HQ of the Islamic Movement and then that of the
Islamic State.
Now we have:
* Guidance" completely
intact in its most original and perfect from;
* We have the
"land" - so-called 57 Muslim countries; BUT
* No trusted, disciplined and organized Islamic Leadership, except
some sporadic leaders here and there.
The leadership can now be
build ONLY through the process of building the Islamic Movement of
Evaluation of present
situation: The Islamic Movements
around the world took it as their prime agenda at the very outset but
after some time all were bogged down with the day to day affairs of Ummah and
the problems created by our adversaries and the occupiers of the Muslim
world and thus we lost its emphasis. This need is their
still on their agenda in the name of Tarbiyah
and Tazkiyah but the output is very minimal in comparison
to numerical strength of each country. As such the on-gong Islamic Movements
could not succeed anywhere so for. This is not only one reason of their set
back but it is the prime most factor.
Here too in the context of
This team of leadership that we are
to develop through the IMOA will have the following characteristics, rather,
the IMOA will help in inculcating the following qualities of heart
and mind in each of its worker to lead the destiny of Ummah and that of mankind
in this millennium.
1.
Clarity of vision that Islam
is a Deen, a Movement and NOT a religion at all as Judaism and
Christianity have become, develop extreme love for it and nurture an ever
growing conviction that it is going to succeed one day come what may.
2. Getting working knowledge of Islam: Each
worker gets the working knowledge of Islam and understands well its socio, cultural,
ethical, moral, economical and political system in comparison to
other prevailing systems
of life. The IMOA will teach
and help them on regular basis to be fully conversant of each department.
Of knowledge
3.
Knowing the country well: Each
will know the country, its people, their problems and Islamic solution.
His or her understanding will be better than a Congressman
or a Senator.
4.
Building trustworthy Character:
IMOA will build a trustworthy and dependable character in each of its worker
who will be able to take a stand on any public issue
and not succumbs to it under the pressure of Batil;
5.
Inculcating Sacrificing Spirit:
The IMOA prepares each of its workers to sacrifice, time, talents, energies and
resources for its Ideals, the Objectives
and the Programs under each and every pressure and all circumstances. He or she learns to live by that.
6. Works collectively: He or she is always totally inclined to
work COLLECTIVELY for the attainment of the objectives
and ideals of the Movement. Struggling hard for the Iqamah of
Allah's Deen is fundamentally a
collective effort and whole Ummah is to work for it, if Allah's Deen is
not found anywhere in a dominant position.
Kaukab Bhai, such team is needed to be built in American
perspective. It is not the least difficult job at all. The model, the
process and methodology to build that team is their with us in the life pattern
of Rasulullah (S). You can have its glimpses in my book: "Methodology of Dawah"
on my Website or I can mail it to you if you so desire.
If the Ummah and its current leadership like you are not coming
forward to accomplish this monumental task, the fate of Ummah, God forbid, will
never revive. Allah (SWT) not only sent the Guidance but a Rsul along
with His Guidance just to show us how to establish His Deen on earth. Time has changed but not the methodology and the
process as how to build that TEAM and establish Allah’s Deen on earth. His (S)
model is with us in its most perfect form.
This is what I wanted to communicate with you as the clarion
call of time. You have an infrastructure. You just need only re-orientation.
It will augment your efforts globally. The movement will prepare the ground
work in this country, provide a rainbow of workers of different
background, add a lot of political muscles in due course and provide
you an opportunity to build a public platform of the people, for the people and
by the people. Just please think over it.
Alternatively, if you are not willing to disturb your
on-going programs and political agenda, you give a call to build the
IMOA and Insha Allah, all Islam loving people around the country will
respond spontaneously to your CALL except the few vested interests whom
you know very well.
May Allah bless you good healthy, stamina and Tawfeeq to rise
to the occasion to accomplish either of the two requests and that needs a
resolute action only.
Shukrun wa
Jazakallah
Shamim Siddiqi
August 14, 09