It is the glad-tiding of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said:
«ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةٌ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةِ» “Then there will be Khilafah on the method of the Prophethood.” In which we put our trust

On the 7th of May, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), raided the homes of the members of Hizb ut Tahrir and detained 18 of its members. Their crimes being, consistently informing the Ummah with the correct Islamic viewpoints when dealing with the many issues within Syria. They informed the sincere Muslims of Syria that the methods of HTS e.g., “colluding with international intelligence, gagging mouths, imitating the repressive regime’s method and freezing its fronts” are not the way forward for the ummah of Syria.

After the arrest of the 18 members of Hizb ut Tahrir peaceful protests were launched against HTS. As these demonstrations continued to grow, HTS decided to intervene,” Orwa Ajoub, a senior analyst at COAR Global, told The New Arab.

The arrests prompted protests, which HTS security forces broke up, resulting in firefights between the demonstrators and security officers.

HTS is seeking to portray itself as the sole responsible actor in northwest Syria and it isn’t shying away of taking on un-Islamic methods to achieve this. This has made them particularly harsh towards members of Hizb ut Tahrir who are consistent in conveying the correct Islamic methods, not matter what the consequence.

The sincere Muslims of Syria will not be blindsided for the truth. They are well aware of the treachery of the international community, which despite overwhelming evidence of patterns of summary execution, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, including sexual violence, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, starvation as a method of warfare, pillage, hostage-taking, murder, extermination and other conduct amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity by government and allied armed forces, as well as by armed opposition groups have failed to intervene and protect them. And they have long lost their trust in the so-called leaders of the Arab world who unanimously agreed to reinstate the butcher Assad to the Arab league, despite his brutal crimes.

They understand all too well that their solutions lie solely with their Lord and with the methods that He (swt) has revealed. The arrests, prisons, and harassment will not deter the members of Hizb ut Tahrir from advancing in exposing the plans of the colonizers in Muslim countries. For they are well aware that arrests and harassments are a tax of carrying the call, and they accept, awaiting the glad-tiding, and they are not afraid as they have put their trust in their Lord and believe with full conviction in His (swt) words:

[وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ]

“Who is better in speech than the one who calls (people) to Allah, works righteousness, and says I am one the Muslims?” [Fussilat: 33]

«عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ»

“Amazing is the affair of the believer. This is because there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone other than the believer. When he is in a state of happiness, he is thankful to Allah, and within that there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he keeps to being patient and thus there is good for him in that.”

Also no amount of arrests will delay the real change, it is coming, Allah willing. It is the glad-tiding of the Messenger of Allah (saw) who said:

«ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةٌ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةِ»“Then there will be Khilafah on the method of the Prophethood.” In which we put our trust.

May Allah ease the situations of our sincere brothers and sisters from Ash-Sham!

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Yasmin Malik
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir