Post by maruf on Jul 24, 2004 5:36:07 GMT -5
Working for Islam means you must work for an Islamic State
Islam is a comprehensive way of life consisting of an ‘aqeedah and a system based upon this ‘aqeedah. The obligation of implementing Islam comprehensively in life is known due to its necessity and importance to our deen. Therefore, the obligation of reestablishing the Islamic State (the Khilafah) is known because the full implementation of Islam requires a state. In fact this is among the undisputed obligations of our deen.
The very concept of "no deity but Allah" which is the foundation of Islam means that none is worshipped except Allah. Could it be imagined that Allah (SWT) alone is worshipped if Muslims are living according to a system other than the Islamic system. The submission to none but Allah (SWT) that the Prophet (saw) called for is what the Sahabah (ra) understood and that is why they worked tirelessly in Mecca for the Islamic State. It was also over this submission that the kuffar showed their arrogance and insistence on falsehood such that they fought the Prophet (saw).
The definition of Khilafah provided by the prominent jurists, confirm that the Khilafah is used to "protect the deen" and to "rule the world and carry Islam to the world". In all of these definitions the Khilafah is viewed as a method to implement Islamic rules. In addition to implementing the rules, the reestablishment of the Khilafah is an Islamic objective by itself.
Ibn Hisham the famous narrator of the Sirah of the Prophet (saw) says regarding the establishment of the Islamic State in Medina: "When the Prophet (saw) was assured and satisfied in Medina and when his brothers from Muhajireen (emigrants) were gathered with in Medina along with his brothers from the Ansar (helpers), Islam was firmly established so the prayer was established, the zakah and sawm (fasting) were obligated, the hudud (punishment) were established, halal and haram was obligated and Islam was in power among them." Notice that through the State, salah
(prayer) is established because there is a difference between the prayer and its establishment. An
individual prays to Allah (SWT) based on his/her belief and adherence to the commands of Allah (SWT). The Khilafah establishes the prayer upon all those who may not want to pray. Also, the Khilafah builds the Masajid and maintains them and it incorporates the prayer instructions in the educational curricula of the educational system.
With the reestablishment of the Khilafah the issue of unifying fasting would be resolved. Muslims are having disputes and disagreements about when Ramadan begins and when it ends. Even the day of sacrifice at the end of the Hajj is being disputed, emphasizing the fact that the Muslims are truly disunited. Yet with the existence of the Khilafah, the Khalifa's endorsement of a certain day would end the disputes and preserve the unity of the Ummah. With the Khilafah the issue of Hajj would be resolved because the Khalifa or his assigned representative would head the people from the mount of Arafat because people are not allowed to leave Arafat before him as part of the Hajj rituals.
Today there is no one to fulfil that obligation since there is no Khalifah to begin with.
The zakat is a duty upon every Muslim, Islam made it a function of the Islamic State to collect the zakat and to distribute it among the eight branches as described in the Qur'an. Allah (SWT) in the Quran ordered His Prophet (saw) in his capacity as a head of state to ‘take’ the zakat from the people. He (SWT) said: "Take from their wealth a 'sadaqah' to purify and cleanse them." (TMQ 9:103). The sadaqah in this ayah is the well-defined zakat. The Prophet (saw) had established a mechanism to collect the zakat and to distribute it. When he died, Abu Bakr (ra) clearly understood that the collection of the zakat was his responsibility as the head of the state. Hence he fought those who declined to pay the zakat.
Islam has defined some penal codes as part of legal system, such as applying capital punishment for the killing of innocent people. These rules can be applied only under the authority of the Khilafa.
Islam has allocated certain resources such as the spoils of war to the Islamic State. The State’s resources can only be utilized by the Khalifah. The other category of resources which belongs to the Ummah such as oil, gold, uranium and others has to be supervised and managed by the Islamic State which is headed by the Khalifa. Islam had also defined the relations between man and woman.
Under these relations are laws which govern the marriage, divorce, distribution of inheritance, financial obligation of the parents upon their children and many others. To implement this entire structure requires a legal system, thus necessitating the State.
A brief scan of the laws and the regulations ordained by Islam at all levels reveals that Islam can not be installed in any society without the Khilafah. In other words, the Khilafah is the main instrument for implementing the Islamic laws in the society. Hence it is correct to say that the method of implementing Islam is the Khilafah. Therefore the absence of the Khilafah renders the whole Islamic ideology a theoretical one. Due to the absence of the authority of Islam via the abolishment of the Khilafah, the rules of Islam continue to be incomplete and mutilated. However with the knot of the Islamic ruling intact, the rest of the knots of Islam would be preserved.
Conversely, with the undoing (abolishment) of the knot of the Islamic ruling structure, the rest of the knots of Islam would be undone and thereby abolished. The Prophet (saw) said "The knots of Islam will be undone one by one until when everyone of them is undone, and the first one to be undone is the ruling and the last one is the prayer".
Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain.
Islam is a comprehensive way of life consisting of an ‘aqeedah and a system based upon this ‘aqeedah. The obligation of implementing Islam comprehensively in life is known due to its necessity and importance to our deen. Therefore, the obligation of reestablishing the Islamic State (the Khilafah) is known because the full implementation of Islam requires a state. In fact this is among the undisputed obligations of our deen.
The very concept of "no deity but Allah" which is the foundation of Islam means that none is worshipped except Allah. Could it be imagined that Allah (SWT) alone is worshipped if Muslims are living according to a system other than the Islamic system. The submission to none but Allah (SWT) that the Prophet (saw) called for is what the Sahabah (ra) understood and that is why they worked tirelessly in Mecca for the Islamic State. It was also over this submission that the kuffar showed their arrogance and insistence on falsehood such that they fought the Prophet (saw).
The definition of Khilafah provided by the prominent jurists, confirm that the Khilafah is used to "protect the deen" and to "rule the world and carry Islam to the world". In all of these definitions the Khilafah is viewed as a method to implement Islamic rules. In addition to implementing the rules, the reestablishment of the Khilafah is an Islamic objective by itself.
Ibn Hisham the famous narrator of the Sirah of the Prophet (saw) says regarding the establishment of the Islamic State in Medina: "When the Prophet (saw) was assured and satisfied in Medina and when his brothers from Muhajireen (emigrants) were gathered with in Medina along with his brothers from the Ansar (helpers), Islam was firmly established so the prayer was established, the zakah and sawm (fasting) were obligated, the hudud (punishment) were established, halal and haram was obligated and Islam was in power among them." Notice that through the State, salah
(prayer) is established because there is a difference between the prayer and its establishment. An
individual prays to Allah (SWT) based on his/her belief and adherence to the commands of Allah (SWT). The Khilafah establishes the prayer upon all those who may not want to pray. Also, the Khilafah builds the Masajid and maintains them and it incorporates the prayer instructions in the educational curricula of the educational system.
With the reestablishment of the Khilafah the issue of unifying fasting would be resolved. Muslims are having disputes and disagreements about when Ramadan begins and when it ends. Even the day of sacrifice at the end of the Hajj is being disputed, emphasizing the fact that the Muslims are truly disunited. Yet with the existence of the Khilafah, the Khalifa's endorsement of a certain day would end the disputes and preserve the unity of the Ummah. With the Khilafah the issue of Hajj would be resolved because the Khalifa or his assigned representative would head the people from the mount of Arafat because people are not allowed to leave Arafat before him as part of the Hajj rituals.
Today there is no one to fulfil that obligation since there is no Khalifah to begin with.
The zakat is a duty upon every Muslim, Islam made it a function of the Islamic State to collect the zakat and to distribute it among the eight branches as described in the Qur'an. Allah (SWT) in the Quran ordered His Prophet (saw) in his capacity as a head of state to ‘take’ the zakat from the people. He (SWT) said: "Take from their wealth a 'sadaqah' to purify and cleanse them." (TMQ 9:103). The sadaqah in this ayah is the well-defined zakat. The Prophet (saw) had established a mechanism to collect the zakat and to distribute it. When he died, Abu Bakr (ra) clearly understood that the collection of the zakat was his responsibility as the head of the state. Hence he fought those who declined to pay the zakat.
Islam has defined some penal codes as part of legal system, such as applying capital punishment for the killing of innocent people. These rules can be applied only under the authority of the Khilafa.
Islam has allocated certain resources such as the spoils of war to the Islamic State. The State’s resources can only be utilized by the Khalifah. The other category of resources which belongs to the Ummah such as oil, gold, uranium and others has to be supervised and managed by the Islamic State which is headed by the Khalifa. Islam had also defined the relations between man and woman.
Under these relations are laws which govern the marriage, divorce, distribution of inheritance, financial obligation of the parents upon their children and many others. To implement this entire structure requires a legal system, thus necessitating the State.
A brief scan of the laws and the regulations ordained by Islam at all levels reveals that Islam can not be installed in any society without the Khilafah. In other words, the Khilafah is the main instrument for implementing the Islamic laws in the society. Hence it is correct to say that the method of implementing Islam is the Khilafah. Therefore the absence of the Khilafah renders the whole Islamic ideology a theoretical one. Due to the absence of the authority of Islam via the abolishment of the Khilafah, the rules of Islam continue to be incomplete and mutilated. However with the knot of the Islamic ruling intact, the rest of the knots of Islam would be preserved.
Conversely, with the undoing (abolishment) of the knot of the Islamic ruling structure, the rest of the knots of Islam would be undone and thereby abolished. The Prophet (saw) said "The knots of Islam will be undone one by one until when everyone of them is undone, and the first one to be undone is the ruling and the last one is the prayer".
Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain.