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I. ORIGINAL LETTER I SENT TO IMAM
-----Original Message-----
From: TSidd96472@aol.com
To: Imam......
Sent: Tuesday, 27 Mar 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: We Have Kingdom,
Why Can't We Have Khilafah?
Conditions of Khilafah are as follows:
1.
Head of the state is elected by the free will of the people and the government
is running on "Shurah"
2.
Islamic Shariah is the law of the land, governing entire aspects of the society
as the Supreme law of land.
3. No
one in the country is above that law;
4.
Treasury belongs to the people of the land not to rulers
5. Judiciary
is independent;
6.
Islamic Social welfare system is established for the benefits of the poor, the
needy & the have-nots;
7.
It prohibits Munkar and establishes Ma 'roof all around as the paramount
policy of the state;
8.
It upholds Al-Adl WA Al-Qist in the land and advocates the same
abroad in its foreign policies.
If the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [or any
Muslim State] fulfills these requisites of the Islamic State in toto, it
can be called "Khilafah" otherwise, it would be known as
the State of "Zalemeen" &. "Faseqeen"....... [The
Oppressors and the Transgressors…….] as pronounced by Allah in Surah Al-Ma'idah
Verse # 44, 45 & 47
My
Dear Imam, do you agree with these broad features of Khilafah in the context of
the modern world? If not, kindly correct me. Shukrun
Shamim Siddiqi
II. RESPONSE OF THE IMAM
In
a message dated 3/28/2007 9:18:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Imam......
writes:
Dear Shamim,
I don not believe in working for a Caliph, as I
believe that period of
Islam is over. I am far more interested in the spiritual well-being of
communities. There has not been a true Caliph in Islam since Omar b.
Abdul Aziz and I do not think the Muslims are in any state to bring
about any such thing given this is the lowest spiritual and
intellectual period of Islamic history and if the greats of the past
could not bring that about I do not believe we should even contemplate
it. I believe that toward the latter days Khilafah will be restored but
I adhere to the tradition interpretation of that in that the one who
restores it is the Mahdi who precedes the return of Jesus, the Messiah,
Upon them all peace and blessings.
Love in faith to you my brother,
III. MY REJOINDER
My Dear Respected Imam, Assalamu Alaikum
Hope it would find you and family all well,
enjoying good health and busy in earning the pleasure of Allah.
Since the time I received your letter on March
28, 07, I am constantly thinking that my beloved brother has given a "big
and bold" statement but no convincing "Daleel" [reasoning]
from the Qur'an and Sunnah of Rasulullah (S) to that effect whereas:
1. Islam is Al-Deen
and at the same time it is a Movement.
It’s Kalimah - "La
Ilaha Ilallah.... "
was the
most revolutionary political slogan of our beloved Prophet (S) who used
to proclaim: "O the people! Say "la Ilaha Ilallah", you
will be benefited and [by virtue of that] you will become the Master
of Arab and the Ajam will come under your control and when you die, you will be
master in Jannah too". Balazari in Fatuhul Baladan, Ibne
Hisham in His Seerah of Rasulullah (S) and Ibne Katheer in Al-Bidayah wa
Al-Nahayah have quoted that Rasulullah (S), after the revelation of Verse
# 94 of Al-Hijr [ending the
first three years of secret Dawah in Makkah], addressed each and everyone whom he (S)
met throughout his (S) dawah campaign with these forceful, meaningful and
revolutionary Message. You, I and the entire Ummah are holding this Kalimah
and recite it thousands of time daily, how can we forget to fulfill the
demand of this Kalimah, care not to struggle for its
supremacy on this earth and fail in fulfilling its ultimate objective
that this Kalimah entails?
2. In fact, the leadership of Muslim
Ummah as a whole [not all,
as some sporadic great exceptions are
there] is to be blamed for it. It has forgotten its prime
most responsibility of reminding the
followers of Islam as how to fulfill the obligation of the Kalimah. It
has taken refuge in practicing the life of ease and comfort with some
rituals of Islam in the field of Ebadah with
no challenge to Batil, its system and hegemonies against Islam and Ummah and totally
forgetting how they are going to face Allah (SWT) on the Day of Judgment about
their "willfully" neglecting the task of "Shahadah Alannas" and
life-long struggle in His way by adopting an attitude of "compromise and of
co-existence" with the Batil.
However, I agree with you that "
Further, I have some very pertinent questions in my mind that
I want to share with you in this respect with the hope that you will
please give due consideration to each.
3. At three places [Al-Suf Verse # 9, Al-Fathe Verse # 28 and
Al-Tawba Verse # 33] in the Qur'an, Allah (SWT) categorically
ordains that He had sent His Messenger with Guidance and Truthful Deen that it
is to prevail over other Deen. Who
will do this job, if a join and concerted effort is not made to
wards establishing the Deen of Allah which is nothing but a prelude to
Khilafah?
4. He had ordained for you [Muhammad
(S)] which He commended unto Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus: establish His Deen and be not divided therein..... {Verse # 13 of Al-Surah]. When it was
made incumbent on all the Messengers of Allah, it is equally binding on their
respective followers to make genuine efforts in that direction for the whole of
their life. Where the Muslim Ummah will
stand on the Day of Judgment if it does not fulfill that obligation in a
continuous process, irrespective of the fact whether it succeeds or fails? How the
Ummah would face its beloved Prophet Mohammad (S) when he (S) will be
asked by Allah when all the people will stand in the witness box and "We bring thee (O Muhammad) a witness against
them" [Ref: Verse 41 of Surah Al-Nisa] ? This responsibility is colossal on each of us. Please
tell me how to fulfill it, if we just sit hand-crossed?
5. We had sent Messengers
with clear proof and revealed with them Scripture and Mizan in order to deliver
Justice to mankind. {Ref: Verse # 25 of Al-Hadeed}. Just
please think: Who will deliver "Al-Qist" to the suffering
humanity, if the Deen of Allah is not established to undertake this
obligation as its prior concern in order to eliminate injustices
from the world and who will use "Hadeed" [iron] to root out the
Batil forces, if they obstruct its way?
6. "And fight them until
persecution [Fitna] is
no more and Deen is all for Allah" [Al-Anfal
# 39] Who will remove
the "Fitna" from the geopolitical situation of the world if the Deen
of Allah is not established to complete the peace process on this
abode of man?
7. Who will establish Ma 'roof and eradicate Munkar [evil] if the Islamic state is
not established and this Ummah does not become Khair-e-Ummah and who will be the
role model for humans
if this Ummah is not transformed or reincarnated as "Ummatun Wasata'?. Will it
be possible without making ceaseless efforts towards establishing the Deen of
Allah in the body politics of the people's affairs?
8. So, sitting idle, hand crossed
and making no genuine efforts towards building
the requisite Team of Da'ees to
struggle for the Iqamah of Allah's Deen, thereby paving
the way towards Khilafah is in
no way permissible in Islam. The Qur'an and the life pattern of Rasulullah (S) abhor it.
That is why Hadith of Rasulullah (S) categorically declares that if a
man remains three days out of Jama'ah without the Baiyah
of the Khalifa or the Amir and he dies in such a state, he will
die the death of a Jahiliyah. Eighty
three years have passed since the abolition of Khilafah in May 1923.
Muslims, in fact, currently are leading the life of Jahiliyah unless
they make a genuine effort to restore the Khilafah through the process of
struggling for Allah's Deen with joint and concerted effort and they
are the integral part of that process with life and mal, time and
energy that Allah has entrusted them. How to fulfill this big gap of decades now?
9. Dear Imam, the situation of Ummah is
extremely precarious and you say we will sit relatively "idle"
till Mahdi appears
on the horizon one day. Believe me, my dear brothers, this is the story
"cooked" by a sect in Islam. It is a myth. Both Qur'an and Hadith are totally silent in this
respect. Would it not be completely unwise and
illogical to do day-dreaming on this "fabricated and
coined" stories that carry no sense and making Muslim leadership
indolent, inactive and feeling "rusted"?
10. The second coming of Jesus (AS) is also not
traceable in the Qur'an. Allah (SWT) who raised him to heaven could
also tell categorically that one day he will be back to earth whereas
Allah declared that He has already perfected His Deen in its totality.
Anyhow some Ahadith of Rasulullah (S) informs us about the second coming
of Jesus but when he will come it is totally obscured and a Muslim
cannot live in obscurity. It
is our Iman and if we sit for one day hand-crossed, will it not
negate our Iman?
11. In March 1951 when the struggle for
framing Islamic constitution was going on in
12. I hope that going
through these humble submissions from the Qur'an, the Seerah of Rasulullah (S)
and the pinpointed events of our history, you will please re-consider your
thinking process and adjust it as
an integral part of our Iman to struggle for the whole of our life for
the Iqamah of Allah's Deen on this earth and build the requisite team
of Da'ee Ilallah as its prime objective to begin with on the
pattern our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S) did. You are a
very learned scholar of Islam and if you undertake it as the sole mission of
life, it would all become Khair for
this Ummah and Allah will shower His limitless blessings
on it with enormous Barakah all around on our undertakings,
Insha Allah.
With best regards and Du'a for you and your would-be
efforts for Iqamatuddeen, Allah may shower upon
you the "light and Hikmah" that open your heart and mind that synchronizes your efforts in Deen with the
expressed demands of the Qur'an and Sunnah as I have envisaged above in my
humble way.
Shukrun wa
Jazakallah
Shamim Siddiqi
March 31, 07