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KHILAAFAH: THE DIRE NEED
By Br. Abu Dujanah Al-Canadi
The Muslim Ummah is a dead nation...
Like the Persians and Romans before us, our Ummah has lost it's supremacy over other nations and now we are ruled by puppets and figureheads of the Kuffaar. Currently, there is (literally) no country on Earth where Islaam rules its people completely, so therefore, we have no leadership. Allaah has stated quite clearly in His Book, the Qur'aan, that only He has the right to govern: {You do not worship besides Him but only names that you have forged, you and your fathers, for which Allaah has sent down no authority. The Hukm (rule or judgement) is for none but Allaah. He has commanded that you worship none but Him; that is the straight Religion, but most men know not.} [12: 40]
Our so-called rulers today are not the Islaamic leaders that our beloved Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) ordered us to obey. Instead, they are tyrannical despots who have put their own laws in place of the Laws of Allaah. Essentially, they are the pharaohs of the twentieth century. And what does Allaah say about these people?
{...If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allaah has revealed; they are Kaafiroon (disbelievers).} [5: 44]
How could it be that these Kuffaar are to be obeyed?... Why should they be treated any differently than how the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) treated Abu Jahl, or Abu Lahab; the Kaafir leaders who oppressed the Muslims in their time?
What does Allaah Say we should do with them?
{But if they violate their oaths after their covenant (peace treaties) and taunt you for your Faith; then qatilu (i.e. fight) the leaders of Kufr, for their oaths are nothing to them. That thus they may be restrained.} [9: 12]
The reason that Allaah considers these leaders to be Kaafiroon is that by legislating laws that are not in agreement with Allaah's Sharee'ah, they have actually made themselves as gods of their own religion. Since Islaam is all-encompassing, and includes such things as laws and punishments, then any other system is a rival to Islaam and any leader of that rival system is an enemy to Allaah. With their open enmity to Allaah's exclusive Right to legislate, they have initiated a struggle against Allaah for the obedience of man. They have, in essence, declared war against Allaah for the role of supremacy.
{...Thus did We plan for Yusuf. He could not take his brother by the Deen (law) of the King except that Allaah willed it so...} [12: 76]
Here we see that Allaah describes the system of law of the King that employed [Prophet] Yusuf ('alayhi Salaam) as a 'deen' (i.e. religion).
{They (the Christians and Jews) take their priests and their holy persons as gods beside Allaah...} [9: 31]
In the Tafseer of Ibn Kathir, a story is related from a hadeeth about this ayah: "Adi ibn Hatim, one of the Prophet's (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) Companions, (who was a Christian in the Pre-Islaamic Days of Ignorance) said to the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), "They (i.e. the Christians and Jews) never worship them (i.e. priests, holy persons, saints etc...)." The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said to the man: "They certainly do! They (i.e. priests and holy persons) make what Allaah has forbidden permissible, and they make what Allaah has made permissible forbidden. (And the Christians and Jews obey them in that.) That is how they (i.e. the Christians and Jews) worship them." [Ahmed, At-Tirmidhi]
From this hadeeth, in explanation to the ayah, it is clear that anyone who accepts any system other than Allaah's Sharee'ah is worshipping the one who has put his laws in place of the laws of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala). And this is a major form of shirk and anyone who commits a major shirk has left Islaam.
There are some countries in which some of the laws of the Sharee'ah are enforced, however, the few Islaamic laws which are actually implemented, only reach the poor and powerless. What does Allaah say we should do about those who establish only some of his Deen?...
{And fight them until there is no more fitnah, and the Deen is for Allaah...} [2: 139]
(According to Ibn Kathir's Tafseer, 'fitnah' here means 'shirk', or competition with Allaah's Supremacy).
{And fight them until there is no more fitnah, (same meaning as above from Ibn Kathir's Tafseer) and all the Deen is for Allaah (alone, always and everywhere...)} [8: 39]
From this, we can understand five things:
1. There can be absolutely nothing legislated other than the Sharee'ah of Islaam. And there can be no governing except by what Allaah has revealed.
2. Whoever has put his own laws - instead of the Sharee'ah - into the governing of man; is committing shirk and Kufr and has left Islaam.
3. The rulers who have done this are the leaders of Kufr. They are at war with Allaah (Ta'aala) and must be fought and killed, until all Deen is for Allaah alone.
4. Whoever knowingly accepts this anti-Islaamic form of governing is worshipping the Kaafir leader who has set himself up as a god of his own deen. And this person has, therefore, left Islaam.
5. The nations before us were destroyed for implementing only some of the Sharee'ah. And this is what has actually happened to us.
This is why we Muslims are in the state that we are in today; We have abandoned that which Allaah (Ta'aala) has prescribed upon us, and accepted other deens to rule and govern us, with little, or no resistance. As an Ummah, we are dead. We are a bunch of sheep scattered throughout the Earth, being picked off from all directions. Just as the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) has prophesied: "One day the nations will call each other from all horizons to attack the Muslims as hungry diners eating from the same plate in front of them."
A person asked the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), "Is it because the Muslims will be so few in number at that time?" The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) replied, "No! But you will be as the foam on running water (i.e. useless and ineffective). Allaah will put fear into the hearts of the Muslims, and remove the fear from the hearts of your enemies because of your love for this life, and your hate for death." [Ahmed and Abu Dawud]
Clearly, the remedy to the ailment of the Muslims today, is to bring back that which brought Islaam to it's greatness in the past. So how can we bring back the Laws and Deen of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) as a system of government?... What was it in the past that kept Islaam ruling mankind, instead of Kufr?... It is no coincidence that these problems started at the same time as the downfall of the Khilaafah. But there are many Muslims today who think that there is no reason to reinstate the Khilaafah. They can be heard sarcastically asking, "Where did this thing (i.e. Khilaafah) come from? Is it even in the Qur'aan?"
{And when your Lord said unto the angels: 'Verily, I will place my Khaleefah (deputy or vicegerent) on Earth'...} [2: 30]
Here we see that it was Allaah's Will to have a Khaleefah on His Earth; establishing His Laws and ruling by what He reveals. And His first Khaleefah was the first human in creation: Adam ('alayhi salaam). This Khilaafah was passed, by Allaah (Ta'aala), to each Prophet He sent to a nation, until it reached the best of the sons of Adam; our beloved Messenger of Allaah; Muhammad Ibn 'Abdullaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). When the life of our holy Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) came near its end, he himself chose Abu Bakr (radhiallaahu 'anhu) to lead the prayers of the Muslims as he was too weak to lead them himself. And this occurred four days before the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) died. [Saheeh Bukhari 1/99]
After the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) had finished his mission and died, it was unanimously agreed upon by the Prophet's Companions (radhiallaahu 'anhum) that Abu Bakr be given the Khaleefah, since he was the one the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) had picked to perform his duty (i.e. the leading of prayer).
This was how the Khilaafah was passed from Prophet to Muslim, and since there will be no Prophet after Muhammad (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), it was to remain in the custody of the Muslim Ummah until its inevitable demise. We are living in the time after the demise of the Khaleefah. But it will return as the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) has indicated: "Prophethood (i.e. the Prophet's leadership) will remain with you for as long as Allaah Wills, until Allaah removes it by His Will. Then there will be the Khilaafah on the way of Prophethood, for as long as Allaah Wills, until Allaah removes it by His Will.
Then there will be kingships that will rule with thulm (i.e. oppression) for as long as Allaah Wills, until Allaah removes them by His Will. Then there will be kingships of cruel dictators who rule with thulm for as long as Allaah Wills, until Allaah removes them by His Will.
Then there will be the Khilaafah on the way of the Prophethood again." [Narrated by Ahmed]
Here we see that the Khilaafah was destined to leave us, and it was promised that it will return. This was the promise of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). The period of prophethood-like Khilaafah has passed. The period of kingships has passed. (This was when the Khilaafah was being passed only from father to son. Many of the Prophet's Companions (radhiallaahu 'anhum) and their followers refused to support these leaders because of this, and were subsequently oppressed.) We are currently living in the period of oppressive kingships that rule as cruel dictators. The next phase is yet to come - and come it will - when Allaah Wills.
And indeed, until Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) returns the Khaleefah; the leader of Imaan (i.e. Faith), He, the Most High, has instructed us to: ...qatilu (fight) the leaders of Kufr...} [9: 12]
Brothers, we can see quite clearly that our Ummah is a dead nation. We know why, and how it died. And we know that Allaah (Ta'aala) wants us to be led by a Khaleefah who will implement His Laws, and who will rule man by Islaam. We know that this Khaleefah is coming back. For it was the promise of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) that it would leave, and then return by Allaah's Will.
We know that when our Ummah was under the leadership of the Khilaafah, it was alive. And we know that this Khilaafah will bring our Ummah back to life. And from Allaah's Book, the Qur'aan, we know what we must do to those tyrants who oppose the ruling of Islaam; who have made themselves enemies of Allaah (Ta'aala) by waging war against Him.
May Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) hasten the day when the Khilaafah will return, and may He remove us from the oppression of our tyrannical rulers. May He Bless and Reward His warriors; the Mujaahideen, and may He grant Islaam Victory by their hands. May Allaah (Ta'aala) join us with them, to fight for Allaah, against His enemies. Ameen.
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