in the case of a partnership between two in a commercial vehicle; the first party has two thirds, and the second party has a one-third and himself works in the vehicle. They stipulated to divide the profit as follows: of the Net profit for the car, the second party takes the wage of a driver plus the one-third share, and the first party takes the two-thirds. Is this legally permissible or not?
News:
According to a new US study, many girls who are sexually assaulted do not report acts of sexual violence, because they regard them as "normal". Interviews with 100 youths between the ages of 3 and 17, conducted by Marquette University's Children's Advocacy Center, revealed that girls do not see themselves as victims as they regarded sexual violence against them as normal. This is why also 60 per cent of sexual assaults are not reported to police. The report laid open that the young women experienced forms of sexual violence in their everyday lives including sexual harassment, objectification, and abuse. They often rationalised these incidents as normal. They doubted if anything outside of forced intimate relationships counted as an offence or rape. The reasons why young women do not report sexual violence are several. According to the analyses girls believe the myth that men can't help it, and are unable to control their sexual desires, as well as they fear of being labelled or accused of exaggeration or lying by both authority figures and their peers. That is why they internalised their position, and therefore any kind of sexual violence as something to endure, ignore, or manoeuvre around.
Comment:
This report reveals openly the decadency of the capitalist liberal values which enhance personal freedoms and thus the satisfaction of all carnal desires and lust as the key to achieving happiness in life. The main rule herein is that the human ration is able of distinguishing what is good and what is bad, and therefore of distinguishing what is right, justice and injustice. However, the outcome of man-made systems is that the strong one defines the rules over the weaker ones. Even if individual persons, male and female, parents and authorities try to teach that sexual violence is not acceptable, the whole capitalist system works against them, through its media and the norms established in the community. So as long the system, which enables and empowers values that diminish individuals to their carnal desires and lusts, be they male of female, is not replaced by a superiour system, women will continue to internalise the idea of being only objects to satisfy the uncontrolable desires of men.
Islam is a superior system revealed by the Creator, Allah (swt), Who is superior to all of His (swt) creation. Allah (swt) and His Messenger Muhammed (saw) have declared women as an honour to be protected and to be respected. This reaches that far, that men are even not allowed to stare at other women.
((قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَلِكَ أَزْكَى لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ))
Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity: this will be most conducive to their purity - [and,] verily, God is aware of all that they do. [An-Nour: 30]
A man is not allowed to assault a woman even verbally, while touching a woman requires a heavy punishment. Insulting a single woman was reason enough for the Prophet (saw) to ban a whole tribe from Medina. The only system where women will be taught their real rights and where they will continue to be protected and respected if they bring any kind of insult against them to court, is the life and judicial system of Islam, which has proved in history numerous times that it is the protector of women of every age, every level of society and every religion.
((فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ))
"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?" [TMQ Ar-Rahman: 13]
Written for The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Umm Khalid
Member of The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
For several weeks the promotion for the elections, expected to take place at the end of April, is in full swing and at all levels: politicians (government and parliament), religious authorities, and others; as if it is the curative balm and appropriate medicine for the sufferings of this country, which is stricken with a group of people whom Allah has removed any feelings of responsibility towards this afflicted Ummah from their hearts.
This propaganda coincides with a ruthless military campaign waged by the Iraqi government headed by Al-Maliki against many provinces and cities with the pretext of fighting terrorism!
This propaganda comes at a time when the basic necessities to lead a dignified life are absent which are highlighted in the candidates' election slogans, like: establishing security, fighting terrorism and corruption, provision of services, as well as to end the strife of ethnic and sectarian division, among others.
But isn't the majority if not all of the candidates the same members of the current serving government and its old parliament?
Didn't these same old faces raise the same old slogans in the past election round?
Are the past years not sufficient for the people to realize the reality of these promises, and that they are like a mirage when the thirsty sees water?
This is the reality of the candidates, as for the Shariah ruling on these elections:
Election linguistically means a test; its reality is an appointment or representation; elections are not an end but a means to find out who do the people want to represent them on a specific matter. Representation in Islam takes the ruling of what it is sought for; if it is over a halal issue, then it is halal but if the representation is for a haram issue then the ruling is haram.
If we look at the reality of these elections, we find that they are taking place under a democratic capitalist system, were the legislation belongs to man not Allah (swt). This is the greatest of sins as explained in the Shariah in definite texts with definite meaning; including the saying of Allah (swt):
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أنهمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا ` وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى مَا أَنزَلَ اللهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ رَأَيْتَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْكَ صُدُودًا
"Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray. And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion." [An-Nisa': 60-61]
This includes the rest of the parliament's obligations, which include electing a president for the country who do not rule by the Shariah of Allah Azza wa Jal. They entrust a ministry that will rule by other than what Allah has revealed; they account the ruler according to a man-made constitution; and others. Therefore, it is a representation in an issue prohibited by Allah (swt); participation in it by nomination or election is prohibited.
O Muslims of Iraq:
The Blessing of Allah (swt) Who Guided us to Islam makes it incumbent on us that before carrying out an action we refer back to the Shariah of Allah (swt) and not to accept any law but His Shariah.
Therefore, participation in this sin (elections) is considered a split in the Muslim's personality; on the one hand, he believes in the Islamic creed, but on the other, he accepts that these representatives become legislators instead of Allah (swt).
O Muslims:
Our rescue and refuge is not in abandoning the laws of Allah and His Shariah or forsaking them; it is by holding on to it inwardly and outwardly. The first step towards this is the continuous and serious work with the sincere ones among the sons of the Ummah to resume the Islamic way of life by establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate" upon the method of the Prophethood. Allah (swt) says:
وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُم فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لاَ يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا وَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْفَاسِقُونَ
"Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them[therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear security, [for] they worship Me, not associate anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that- then those are the defiantly disobedient." [An-Noor: 55]
Thus, the Ummah regains its arm of glory and becomes effective in the international arena, and punish all those who harmed the Muslims.
(( وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ ))
"...And that day the believers will rejoice. In the victory of Allah. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful." [Ar-Rum: 4-5]
In the YouTube video "Happy Muslims" a group of British Muslims sing and dance to the tunes of the popular song "Happy" by the American artist Pharrell Williams. Although it went "viral" on the internet, it was not positively received by all who saw or heard about it. And since we also hear some voices from the Muslim youth here in the Netherlands to produce a similar video we decided to say something about it.
Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah of Sudan is honored to invite you to attend a press conference by the speakers of the International Conference entitled: Lifeline: A Sincere Islamic Vision of the Proper Treatments for Sudan's Crisis without the Arab Spring Setbacks"
