The
Caliphate and the modern secular state
The Islamic Caliphate was precisely
such a conception of a state and political system that recognized Allah’s
Sovereignty, Supreme Authority and Law, and enforced Haram as Haram
and Halal as Halal. The Caliphate emerged in consequence of
precisely that divine imperative demanding obedience of Allah, His Messenger,
and ‘those in authority amongst the
Muslims’.
“Oh you who believe, obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and
(obey) those from amongst yourselves who are in (positions of) authority …. ”
(Qur’an, al-Nisa, 4:59)
Islam refused to recognize divided loyalties – that one
could deliver supreme loyalty to the state and yet, also deliver supreme
loyalty to Allah, Most High. The two worlds (the worlds of religion and of
politics) were not to be separated from each other since the Qur’an proclaimed,
“Allah is the First and the Last, the
Manifest and the Hidden.” (Qur’an, al-Hadid, 57:3). Supreme
loyalty must be delivered to Allah, not to the state, since the Qur’an asked
the believers to proclaim:
“Say: Verily my prayer, and my service of sacrifice, and my very
living and my very dying are all for Allah the Lord of all the world.... ”
(Qur’an, al-An’am, 6:162)
Europe destroyed that Islamic model of a state and political
system when the Ottoman Caliphate was targeted and destroyed. Europe went on to
ensure that the Islamic Caliphate could never be restored. It did so when it
assisted in the creation of the secular State of Saudi Arabia in the Hejaz,
and then went on to ensure the survival of that state by way of guaranteeing
its security. The Caliphate could never be restored for two reasons. Firstly,
the Saudi-Wahhabi regime that controlled the
Haramain the Hejaz and Hajj would never claim the
Caliphate. Secondly, so long as they controlled the Haramain, the Hejaz,
and the Hajj, no one else could claim the Caliphate!
There are a number of reasons that explain why Europe
targeted and destroyed the Islamic
Caliphate. The first was to facilitate the achievement of the goal of
liberating and returning the Jews to the Holy Land. The second was to make
possible the universal embrace of Shirk of the new European model of a secular
state. When the Caliphate was destroyed, the modern secular State of Turkey
replaced it; and the secular State of Saudi Arabia in the Arabian heartland of Sunni
Islam. Following this Indian Muslims were exquisitely deceived into embracing
the secular Republic of Pakistan. Thirdly, the Caliphate had to be destroyed
because it obstructed the realization of the ultimate goal in the new godless
European agenda. That European goal was to establish Jewish Israel as the
‘Ruling State’ of the world – ruling the world from Jerusalem.
Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) prophesied
that the Caliphate would disappear. He did so in the following Hadith:
“How will you be at that time when the son of Mary
descends amongst you and your Imam (i.e., Amirul M’umineen or Khalifah) would
be from within your midst (i.e., he would be a Muslim)”?
(Sahih, Bukhari)
This Hadith revealed three things:
Firstly, it informed us that the Caliphate would be present in the
world in the ‘End Time’. This amounted to a prophecy that the Caliphate would
disappear from the world but would one day be restored. Secondly, prior to the restoration of the Caliphate, Muslims would
live for a period of time under the authority, control and rule of those who
would not be Muslims. That is precisely the world in which we live today. Thirdly, the return of the Caliphate
would be an event that would be contemporaneous with the return of the son of
Mary. And since we know that when Jesus (‘alaihi al-Salam) returns he
will rule the world from Jerusalem as a Just Ruler enforcing Allah’s Law, the
implication is that the modern secular State of Israel would be replaced in the
Holy Land by the authentic Islamic State which would be free from the Shirk of
secular Israel.
Those who adamantly defend the status quo of secular Islamic
nation-states should pause to reflect over the prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu
‘alaihi wa sallam) concerning the restoration of the Caliphate.
to be continued....
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