C-: Hehehe... Hey Ukhti! Aqsa Jihad Fisabeelillah* wrote: > :D > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Linda G. Richard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > Anwar al Awlaki On-Line <http://www.anwar-alawlaki.com/> > > > > A Question about the Method of Establishing Khilafa > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/AnwarAlAwlaki/%7E3/377671100/> > > Posted: 28 Aug 2008 08:00 PM CDT > > /*Question:*/ > > /Salam Alakum. What I understand from your lectures is that you > believe the/ > > /method to re-establish Khilafah is through Jihad. Can you respond > to this?/ > > / > "Another view that is being addressed to the Ummah is the concept > of fighting/ > > /the rulers and that through military struggle Islam will return > to the world/ > > /stage. Again this is based upon a particular Hadith. It has been > narrated from/ > > /many sources including Imam Muslim that the Prophet (saw) said, > .Do not/ > > /challenge the people of authority unless you see explicit Kufr of > which you have/ > > /clear proof from Allah(from Islam).. Ibn Kathir in his Tafseer > states that if/ > > /the Khaleefah reverts to the rule of disbelief, he would be > fought until he/ > > /returned to the implementation of Islam and the Shari'ah./ > > / > Ibn Hajr in his Fateh al-Bari also states that if he becomes a > Kafir, or/ > > /changes the Shari.ah he should be fought and removed. This view > is also/ > > /mentioned in Nayl al-Awtar and supported by Imam Shawkani. That > is, if the ruler/ > > /rules by other than the Shari'ah he is fought until he either > repents or is/ > > /removed. However that is the only situation that it applies to > i.e. the ruling/ > > /of a Khaleefah who resorts to the Kufr ruling and disobedience to > Allah. It does/ > > /not relate to the Khaleefah becoming tyrannical and also does not > relate to his/ > > /personality becoming corrupt. In which case obedience to him is > binding and the/ > > /Muslims should still pray behind him and fight Jihad behind him./ > > / > However, these Ahadith are not connected to the current situation. > They are all/ > > /connected to revolt and rising against the Khaleefah and are > titled under the/ > > /subject of .Khurooj min al Khaleefah. i.e. rising against the > authority of a/ > > /Khaleefah or an Imam./ > > / > The current situation is not that of the Khulafaa' who used to > rule by Islam/ > > /and then turned away from Islam. The current problem is also not > merely related/ > > /to removing a ruler by killing him. Rather, entire systems of > Kufr have been/ > > /implemented over Muslims for over 76 years, none of the rulers > have ever ruled/ > > /by the Shari.ah and none of them are Khulafaa' within a Khilafah. > The systems/ > > /that they are applying are either monarchies or Capitalistic with > some sort of/ > > /democratic framework. Hence, the reality isn.t that of removing a > bad Khaleefah/ > > /within an Islamic State. The reality is of uprooting an entire > Kufr system,/ > > /including it.s ruler, to again establish Dar ul-Islam. The > current rulers are/ > > /not comparable in any way to Khulafaa' who have introduced one > Kufr law into the/ > > /Khilafah. Hence these Ahadith, which have always been understood > in the context/ > > /of Dar ul-Islam i.e. where Islam is implemented and the Muslims > possess the/ > > /security, do not apply upon the current situation. The reality > which they/ > > /address is that of removing a Khaleefah who rules with Kufr > within the Islamic/ > > /State, not that of uprooting an entire Kufr system merely by > fighting and/ > > /killing the ruler of that system./ > > / > The only situation that is comparable from the evidences is the > establishment/ > > /of the Islamic State for the very first time by the Prophet(saw) > and the/ > > /struggle which he (saw) went through in order to establish this > State and change/ > > /Dar ul-Kufr to Dar ul-Islam. This is the struggle which he (saw) > referred to in/ > > /the Hadith of Hamza and as is illustrated in the Books of Sunnah > and Seerah. As/ > > /that is the only instance in which a complete system of Kufr > existed and was/ > > /changed to a complete system of Islam. So the matter is regarding > the changing/ > > /of a system, not merely a ruler. The Ahadith of fighting, apply > to changing a/ > > /ruler i.e. a Khaleefah who has gone astray not a system, only the > struggle of/ > > /the Prophet (saw) in Makkah applies to the changing of a system. > So military/ > > /struggle is not the method of re-establishing the Khilafah."/ > > /- Also, can you give me your views on Hizb ut-Tahrir. JazakAllah > Khair. Salam/ > > /Alakum./ > > *Answer*: > > Most Islamic groups that were founded after the fall of the > khilafa recognize the importance of re-establishing al khilafa > again. There was a time during the decades of the eighties and > nineties when the Salafi's, Ikhwaan, Jamaat Islami, HT, Jihad > groups and even some of the sufi's talked about khilafah. Since > then and because of the fact that the West has made it clear that > it doesn't like that idea and would not tolerate it, some groups > have backed off completely from any talk of khilafah while others > toned it down. Only a few remained steadfast in their call to > establish the Islamic system again. > > The proposed methods that Islamic groups presented for > re-establishing al Khilafah are: > > 1. Through tarbiyyah and then somehow when our condition changes > the khilafa will be re-established again. While others say we will > do tarbiyyah until the ummah is ready and then we will fight the > enemies of Allah. > > 2. By reaching to power through participating in the democratic > system. > > 3. The HT method of raising the awareness of the ummah of the > importance of khilafa, educating the Muslims on politics, and > searching for nusrah. > > 4. Fighting in path of Allah in order to establish the religion of > Allah. > > The proponents of the first method have never given the ummah any > benchmark to when we have done sufficient tarbiyyah to move on to > the stage of implementation and therefore will remain in a > perpetual state of tarbiyyah while negating the duty of Jihad. > > They also miss the point that tarbiyyah is within one generation > and not multigenerational. Meaning the change that Rasulullah > brought which started with dawa and ended with jihad was within > the lifetime of one generation. It all happened within 23 years. > Every other successful change in the ummah occurred within one > generation. History is a testimony to this. > > The promoters of change by participation in democratic elections > started out by stating that democracy is kufr and we do not > believe in it but we are using it as a vehicle to reach to power > and after we reach to power we will implement Islam. This is what > I heard from every single leading member of Ikhwaan in the late > eighties and early nineties. I clearly remember the public > discussions that were held on this issue because the Salafi's back > then were very much against Ikhwaan on this point. I also remember > clearly the private discussion I had with some of the shuyukh of > ikhwaan who would reiterate the same point again and again: > Democracy is un-Islamic and we are participating in elections but > our intentions are to change the system from within. > > There are three problems with this method: > > First: It is a deception and a lie to use democracy and claim to > be adherents to the democratic system but not believe in it. Now > deception is acceptable against the enemy if the Muslims are in a > state of war with the them. The problem is that the particular > groups that are involved in the democratic process do not believe > that they are in a state of war with the disbelievers but believe > that there is a covenant between the Muslims and the disbelievers. > So if we are in a covenant with the disbelievers then it is not > allowed to use deception against them and it is not allowed to lie > to them. That's the first problem. > > The next problem is that when you repeat a lie long enough you end > up believing it. For those who knew these groups from the eighties > it is strange for them to see how much they have changed over > time. Now they are saying and I have heard this more than once > from their prominent members that now we genuinely do believe in > the democratic system. We believe in the ballot not bullet. And if > the ballot decides that a secular or disbelieving party wins we > will accept that. > > As Muslims we should not subject Islam to the whims of the people, > if they chose it we implement it, if they don't we accept the > choice of the masses. Our position is that we will implement the > rule of Allah on earth by the tip of the sword whether the masses > like it or not. We will not subject sharia rule to popularity > contests. Rasulullah says: I was sent with the sword until Allah > alone is worshiped. That path, the path of Rasulullah, is the path > we should follow. > > The final problem is that the Muslims' method is not a method of > infiltration. Muslims do not try to infiltrate the system and work > from within. It is just not our way. It is the way of the Jews and > the munafiqeen but not the way of the Muslims. We are honest and > straightforward with friend and foe. We make our intentions open > and we declare our dawah publicly, "For you is your religion, and > for me is my religion." We do not want to infiltrate the system > whether in America or in a Muslim country. The Jews are the ones > who have infiltrated every government they lived under whether it > was al-Andalus and the Ottoman khilafah or the Western governments > of today. They have a hidden agenda, we don't. The Jews and their > brethren, the hypocrites, tried to infiltrate the government of > Rasulullah and were exposed by Quran: > > "And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], > "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the > beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they > will return [i.e., abandon their religion]" > > So they would become believers and come in to the community only > to leave it at the end of the day. Allah also talks about the > hypocrites who would sit among the believers and convey what they > hear to the Jews. > > Therefore for those who say that we should be involved with the > system and change it from within are not following the path of the > Muslims and if their character is that of a Muslim they would fail > because infiltration just doesn't work with Muslim behavior. But > if they do succeed in infiltrating the system then that is proof > that their character has become that of the Jews or the hypocrites > and not that of the Muslims. > > A point related to this is that those who come from Islamic > backgrounds and have spent a long time working within the > political systems of today end up becoming politicians, with all > the negative meanings of the word: deceptive, changing colors, > materialistic and Machiavellian in their methods. They may have > been bred in the Islamic movements' strong tarbiyyiah programs but > after a while in the political arena they become the wolves they > were trying to change. I have seen this with my own eyes happen to > people that I know and as one leader of the Islamic movement in > Yemen said: "We send them as sheep into a world of wolves only for > them to come back to us as an eaten up skeleton." If you want a > live example of what working from within the system produces look > no further than Sudan and Turkey. The ruling parties in both > countries started out as /Islamists/ only to end up just like > everyone else in their rotten and corrupt environments. > > Regarding the method of HT which you specifically referred to in > your question, I first came in contact with HT members from Jordan > in the early nineties and found them to be argumentative but > well-mannered and polite. My first understanding of the Hizb was > from them and they were core members of the group. HT has played > an important role in raising the awareness of the ummah to the > matter of khilafa. They also played a role in countering the false > idea that politics and political awareness have nothing to do with > Islam. However the method of HT to re-establish khilfah is simply > not going to work. To wait for nusrah until it arrives is to wait > for a miracle. Tribes or military generals that are supposed to > give nusrah and establish the religion of Allah are not going to > be won over simply by discussions. They will only be won over when > they see a group of believers living by what they say and > sacrifice all that they own for the sake of Allah. This is what > will inspire others to join. The two success stories of powerful > people giving nusrah to the religion are some of the former > officers of the Iraqi baath regime who joined the insurgency and > the former president of Chechnya, Dudayev, who was a high ranking > officer in the Soviet army. Both these successful examples of > nusra were not won over through debates, demonstrations and > pamphlets but by them seeing a living example of men struggling in > the path of Allah. > > This leads me to the forth method of re-establishing khilafa and > that is through Jihad fi sabilillah. The argument that you > presented against this is that the only similar situation to our > situation now is that of Rasulullah establishing an Islamic state > first and then fighting Jihad. You are neglecting a serious > difference and that is when Rasulullah established Madina there > was no Islamic land that was invaded. Isn't this a serious and > major difference? Today the Muslim world is under occupation and > the statements of our scholars are clear that it becomes fardh ayn > on every able Muslim to fight to free the Muslim land. When > something is fardh ayn it is fardh ayn. You cannot theorize or > hypothesize otherwise. The ruling is clear and the implications of > it are clear. So even if you do not believe Jihad to be the way to > establish khilafah you must agree that Jihad is fardh ayn and that > is not where HT stands. Also the jihad which is fardh ayn and is > Jihad al dafa (defensive Jihad) does not require the one who wants > to participate to seek the permission of the Imam, parents, > husband, slave owner, or lender. > > Also why should we argue on this point when we see the evidence of > it in the real world. The two most successful examples, even > though far from perfect, of Islamic rule in this past decade were > the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic courts in Somalia. In > both countries only these Muslim fighters brought peace, security > and rule of law in both countries. Both movements reached to power > not through elections or debates but through war. They did not > fall because they were failures but they fell because the ummah > failed them. However, even though a battle here and there were > lost but the war is not over. If you follow the current events and > look at them with an attentive eye you would realize that it is > the enemy who is bleeding to death not the Muslim fighters. Pretty > soon the scales will tip. > > Because confusion usually surrounds what is meant by Jihad whether > it is the Jihad al Nafs or Jihad of the sword I do not exclusively > mean one or the other and I do not exclude one or the other. What > I mean by Jihad here is not just picking up a gun and fighting. > Jihad is broader than that. What is meant by Jihad in this context > is a total effort by the ummah to fight and defeat its enemy. > Rasulullah says: Fight the disbelievers with your self, your > wealth and your tongues. It is what Clausewitz would refer to as > "total war" but with the Islamic rules of engagement. It is a > battle in the battlefield and a battle for the hearts and minds of > the people. > > > Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner > > > > -- > > Linda > *http://freedetainees.org <http://freedetainees.org/> > > * > > > > > -- > Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of > Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; > and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)." > > Ameen > Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni > mukhraja sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n). > > Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah (May Allah be > pleased with him) > Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me > benefit in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, > and increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I > seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell." > Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a > tradition whose isnad is gharib. > > Ameen >
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