Media reports from the media offices of Hizb ut Tahrir in Palestine confirms that the minbar is for the mosque and not for the Palestinian Authority.
Jumada II 1435 AH corresponding to April 2014 CE
Interest Based Loans are Contributing to Economic Collapse
The Monetary Policy Information Compendium for March 2014, released by the State Bank on Tuesday 15 April 2014, showed that the domestic debt increased by over Rs1 trillion. The State Bank in its latest report revealed that interest payments on domestic debt have shown an annualized growth of nine per cent during July-January of FY14. This abnormally high growth of domestic debt has substantially increased debt servicing, causing a serious problem for the government. The State Bank report showed that debt stock to GDP in FY-09 was 29.2pc which rose to 41.6pc in FY13. The government paid highest interest to floating debt that is market treasury bills (t-bills). The State Bank reported that the stock of t-bills rose to Rs5.99tr on January 2014. The interest paid on this account was Rs335bn during the seven months of the current fiscal year.
Persistent borrowing of interest based loans by the government to bridge budget deficit has resulted in inflation. A government domestically borrows on interest either from its public, bank and non-bank, or from its central bank, in the case of Pakistan, its State Bank. In recent years, government has resorted to heavy borrowing from the central bank, called "monetizing" the deficit. Because this method always leads to the growth of monetary base and of money supply and ultimately inflation, it is often referred to as just "printing money." In addition, sustained inflation may stem only from a persistent rather than a temporary budget deficit that is eventually financed by printing money, rather than by borrowing from public. In addition, when banks acquire the government debt, government borrowing puts additional pressure on banks' reserves and banks may demand more liquidity from the central bank. When such an extra demand from banks is accommodated and the central bank supplies banks with additional reserves, then in fact monetary base increases, thereby causing a rise in money supply through deposit multiplication, further fueling inflation. Such is the nature of the destructive Capitalist economy.
In stark contrast, the Bayt al-Mal in the Khilafah "Caliphate" will be a financial institution to support the growth of the real economy, including agricultural and industrial development. It is not a parasite that bleeds wealth from the economy through Riba, as the current private banks have become, creating the need for constantly expanding monetary supply, loss in value in the currency and the resultant increase in the prices. Its sole focus will be to develop a vibrant and powerful economy, by using loans to stimulate the local agricultural and industrial sectors. As Hizb ut-Tahrir has adopted in its Introduction to the Constitution, Article 169, "It is completely prohibited to open banks, and the only one permitted will be the State bank, and there are no transactions upon interest. This will be dealt with by a particular department of the Bayt al-Mal."
Walkout over Privatization is Not Enough
The opposition parties on Wednesday 17 April showed their concerns and staged a symbolic walkout from the Senate against the government's decision regarding the privatization of 32 public sector enterprises, including PIA, UBL, HBL, ABL, OGDCL, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), FESCO, LESCO, NPCC, Heavy Electric Complex (HEC) and TPS Muzafargarh. An opposition Senator, Syeda Sughra Imam said that these public sectors organizations were the flagship of the government and it was difficult to understand the logic behind privatizing such strategic assets.
Sufficient revenues in the state treasury are essential for looking after the affairs of the people and managing the state expenses, such as the armed forces, health and education. However, in Pakistan's current system, privatization secures the economic interests of the colonialists and the small entourage of the traitors in the military and political leadership, whilst depriving the society. The privatization drive includes those properties that Islam has mandated as public property, whose revenue is to be spent on the public, such as gas and electricity. In addition, capitalism's drive for private ownership also usurps interests that should be owned primarily by the state, such as machinery and heavy munitions manufacture, telecommunications, major construction and transport. In the coming Khilafah "Caliphate", inshaaAllah, such enterprises will be primarily to be regarded as state enterprises, with private companies existing within the field, but under state supervision so as to prevent usurping, eclipsing and dominating the state role as occurs in these dark days of capitalism. However, under capitalism, the wealthiest companies in the world are energy, arms, machinery and telecommunications companies, whilst the governments are left with only one resort, suffocating the people with increased taxation, that choke economic activity and add to the people's misery, usurping what private wealth they have left. Taxation on buying food, clothing, shelter, earning, inheritance, administration, health and education, renders them "luxuries" for the "privileged" few, and not guaranteed needs for all.
Dramatic walkouts over these flagrant violations of our Deen is not enough. The need of the time is the abolition of democracy and the return of the Khilafah "Caliphate".
Reduced Generation of Electricity is the Result of Privatization
As of 16 April 2014, unpaid bills of the power companies have again swelled to Rs286 billion during the first three quarters of the current financial year in spite of the heavy increase in the electricity prices for domestic, industrial and commercial consumers. The major sufferers of non-payment of bills by the government are Hubco (Rs60bn) and Kapco (Rs59 bn). Both the companies owe the same amount to their fuel supplier, PSO. The government also owes Rs39.26bn to the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) established under the 2002 power policy. Nishat Power has Rs4.4 bn, Nishat Chunian Power Rs4.1bn, Atlas Power Rs3.9 bn, Hubco Narowal Rs3.6 bn, Liberty Rs5.2bn and Attock Gen Rs5.1bn outstanding against the NTDC. An amount of over Rs78bn is also payable to the public power generation companies -- Gencos. Power producers say the fresh rise in the debt could force many private producers to cut their generation, leading to power cuts of 12-18 hours this summer unless their dues are paid off to enable them to operate their plants at the optimal capacity.
The people suffered immensely last summer, unable to run fans, coolers or air conditioners in soaring temperature. This is even though the total installed capacity was 19,855 MW, dropping to 15,150MW at times of low river flow. This was against a demand that varied between 11,500 MW in the cooler months up to 17,500 MW, during the peak of the hot summer. Yet, there were twelve to eighteen hours without electricity per day in the summer and six hours in the winter, because the private owners were not producing at capacity. All this is the result of making electricity a business and not a right for the people. Only the Khilafah "Caliphate" will end the privatization of the Ummah's public property, so that the public can benefit of it as it has a right to. In Article 140 of its Introduction to the Constitution, Hizb ut Tahrir has adopted, "Every individual from the Ummah has the right to utilise anything from public property, and it is not allowed for the State to permit someone to individually possess or utilise it."
Western Freedoms Wreck Society
The Foreign Office sharply reacted on Thursday 18 April 2014 to Britain's ‘Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report' that marked Pakistan as a country of concern and rejected the criticism as unacceptable. The report said that there was a risk that human rights standards in Pakistan could deteriorate during 2014 and flagged a number of reasons for its concern, including lack of progress on setting up national human rights commission and non-implementation of recommendations agreed with the UN Human Rights Council for preventing violence against minorities. The regime's stance is weak because it accepts Western human rights as a standard and only contests whether Pakistan is following them. However, the ideological Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" state will challenge the basis for these Western human rights that are being put up as a standard for the world.
America and the West calls for and strives to force Muslims to adopt is "human rights". Many Muslims are attracted to this slogan because of the oppression, torture, and persecution they suffer from their rulers. However, the origin of these Western human rights is the Capitalist ideology's view of the nature of man, this principle conceives man as inherently good and not bad, and that any evil that is committed by man is a result of restricting his will. For this reason, the Capitalists call for freeing mans will in order to express his good nature. From this perspective, the concept of "freedom" emanated and became the most prominent idea in the Capitalist ideology.
However, these "freedoms" have lowered human beings below the level of the animals. Personal freedom has "freed" man from his responsibility to marry woman, secure her maintenance and share in the upbringing of children, leading to armies of unmarried women who are forced to work, as well as raise their children by themselves. Freedom of ownership has "freed" a small band of capitalists to usurp the public property such as oil and gas, allowing them to amass huge fortunes at the expense of society, contributing to an immense concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. Freedom of expression has "freed" tongues to abuse the Prophets (may peace be upon them all) and ridiculing of the entire concept of revelation, to the point that most of the Western people live on this earth, without any serious consideration for the Hereafter. And these are just some of the ills that freedom have unleashed upon Western society, so why must we as Muslims, believers of the true revealed Deen of Islam, accept these standards for ourselves?
In the coming Khilafah "Caliphate" state, the Muslims will present practically a sublime standard for the entire world, as they did for over a thousand years. By implementing the limits that Allah (swt) has prescribed, Islam will again practically preserve the mind, belief, honor, property and race of all humankind.
Pakistan can neither Afford Dictatorship nor Democracy
Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has said, "The current situation in the country does not allow any dictatorship and the judiciary will also not endorse any misadventure" while talking to journalists at the Lahore airport on Sunday 20 April.
Yes, dictatorship is a crime against Islam and Muslims, as it exploits the support of the armed forces to allow a dictator and his entourage to make laws according to the whims, desires and vested interests of men, throwing the commands and prohibitions determined by Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) behind their backs. However, democracy is also a crime against Islam and Muslims. It exploits the support of the armed forces to allow another group, that of the assembly, to make laws in exactly the same way.
Islam did not stop at commanding the Abiding (تقيد Taqayad) by Deen of Allah (swt) concerning the daily life of the individuals and the relationships between them. The texts, rather, are explicit in commanding the Ruling by Islam. Allah (swt) addresses His Messenger (saw) saying:
((وَأَنْ احْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَاحْذَرْهُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنُوكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ ))
"And judge between them by that which Allah has revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you." [Al-Ma'idah 5: 49]
((فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَاءَكَ مِنْ الْحَقِّ))
"So judge between them by that which Allah has revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth that has come to you." [Al-Ma'idah 5: 48] Islam did not stop at that and warned those who rule with other than the Shar'. Allah (swt) says:
((وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْكَافِرُونَ))
"And whoever does not rule with what Allah has brought down, then these are the disbelievers." [Al-Ma'idah 5: 44]
These Aayaat have grave implications for this means that the one who rules with other than what Allah has revealed, if he believed in the Validity (صلاح SalaaH) of what he rules with, and the absence of Validity of the Shar', the he is Kaafir. If he did not believe in its Validity, rather he believed in the Validity of Islam, then he is Disobedient, liable for punishment by Allah (swt). Therefore, Allah (swt) said in other two Aayaat:
(( وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الظَّالِمُونَ))
"And whoever does not rule with what Allah has brought down, then these are the Zaalimoon." [Al-Ma'idah: 45]
((وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْفَاسِقُونَ ))
"And whoever does not rule with what Allah has brought down, then these are the Fasiqoon." [Al-Ma'idah: 47]
Thus, the one thing that can save this country is the state which establishes law upon the Deen of Allah (swt). In such a state means no law can be implemented unless there is evidence for it in the Quran and the Sunnah. And this can only be practically realized when the Ummah succeeds in depriving both democracy and dictatorship the support of her armed forces and in their place the armed forces gives Nussrah for the return of the Khilafah "Caliphate".
Capitalism must be Abolished to Ensure Food Security
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, on Saturday 18 April, tasked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to formulate the national agricultural policy on priority basis for optimum use of natural resources to make the country self-sufficient in food. He said, "A holistic approach is needed for development of the agricultural sector, and the policy should aim towards small farmers to combat poverty in rural areas." Dar stressed that in order to meet the challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition, it was imperative to employ latest technological advancements and innovative techniques to improve the productivity of land. It is worth mentioning that since its creation in 2011, the Ministry of National Food Security and research is functioning without a national policy direction and this government has been in power for a year without finalizing any policy.
Ishaq Dar has exposed the regime's lack of vision for agriculture. For nearly a year the regime has had no policy. And now it limits its view to farming techniques to improve production, when this will do nothing for ending the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few and ensuring the circulation of wealth within the many, which is caused by the capitalist system.
Only the return of the Khilafah "Caliphate" will boost agricultural production and rural employment, thus increasing Pakistan's food security and prosperity by restoring the Islamic land laws in the Indian Subcontinent. Uniquely, Islam strongly links the issue of ownership of the land with its cultivation. So regardless of whether the land-owner has large tracts of lands, or small tracts of it, he must supervise its cultivation personally. And the state will assist the owners in cultivation, whether through grants or through interest-free loans.
In its Introduction to the Constitution, Hizb ut Tahrir has adopted in Article 136, "Everyone that owns land is compelled to use it, and those that require financial help are given money from the Bayt Al-Mal to enable them to utilise their land. If anyone neglects utilising the land for three years continuously, it is taken from them and given to someone else."
If the owner of land is unwilling or unable to cultivate his agricultural land despite assistance being offered, he is not allowed to hire it to another to cultivate it. RasulAllah (saw) said, «ازْرَعْهَا أَوْ امْنَحْهَا أَخَاكَ» "Cultivate it or give it to your brother"
In its Introduction to the Constitution, Hizb ut Tahrir has adopted in Article 135, "It is completely prohibited to rent land for agriculture, irrespective of whether the land was Kharajiyyah or ‘Ushriyyah. Likewise, temporary share-cropping is also prohibited. Musaaqa (renting trees for a portion of their yields) is permitted without restriction."
And Islam encourages the revival of uncultivated agricultural land by granting ownership to the one who revives dead land to agricultural productivity. RasulAllah (saw) said, «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ» "whoever revives a dead land, it belongs to him" [Tirmidhi] Thus, in its Introduction to the Constitution, Hizb ut Tahrir has adopted Article 134, "Dead land is possessed through its revival and fencing."
Nussrah Magazine Issue 18 May/ June 2014 CE Rajab/ Shaban 1435 AH
Within the campaign, organized by the Women's Section of Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Sudan, under the title, "Khilafah "Caliphate": Matter of Life or Death" during the time of April 1-29, 2014 CE. Women attended the seminar, "Women between Islam and Capitalism" in the area of Aldkhinat.
Excerpts from the Statement by Sister Um Muath
Talk given by Sister Um Ali Saeed to the women after the Seminar
The Muslim countries are at the forefront of the world in terms of military expenditure, spending tens of billions of dollars annually upon their armies. In spite of classifying the Muslim countries as Third World countries on the grounds of poverty, military spending is many times more than current economic capabilities. The questions that come to mind are: What is the need for the Muslim countries for such high spending on armies? What are the threats that face these countries that mandate the allocation of such a large part of current budgets for armies and security forces?
In origin, armies are to protect the people and countries and in the case of the ideological states, the army's duty is to also carry the ideology to the world. Indeed, when the armies were under the rule of Islam in the Islamic state, the Islamic armies' were posted on the frontier borders and it was as if they did not know what defeat is. They continuously roamed the lands, opening countries for Islam, the mercy to the world, and the Muslims prioritized this task in the history of the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" State during its thirteen centuries.
This was in stark contrast to the armies of the Kafireen who acted, both in history and currently, in a hostile and brutal manner in their occupation of lands, conquering and pillaging resources, with rank hatred uttering from their mouths against the Muslims in particular, and what is concealed in their chests of animosity towards Muslims is much greater. This brutality is in order to preserve and defend the contemporary manmade systems, and the interests of a handful of corrupt tyrants, who terrify the oppressed people.
Regrettably, this is similar to the case of the armies in the Muslim world today. They are reluctant to, or prevented from, carrying the message of Islam as a guidance and mercy to the worlds. Their role has become reduced and corrupted to protecting the regimes that suffocate the Muslims, regimes that rule by Kufr, who are loyal to the Western Kafireen. In return, the Kafireen give "legitimacy'' to these regimes as long as they rule by Kufr which was exported to them from foreign lands, and as long as they serve the principle economic, military and political interests of the colonialists.
In this desperate situation of the Muslim countries with the debased role of the Muslim armies and Muslims spending upon from the pockets of the crushed in the Muslim world, the call to the sincere and experienced minds in the armies to correct their status, resume the mission of the armies to carry the message of Islam to the world and liberate the occupied Muslim countries unifying them under the Islamic state, as well as assisting the oppressed in the world, Muslims and non-Muslims, has become the greatest priority for the Muslim armies.
However, these noble acts can never be realized whilst the armies are commanded by the current military and political leadership. For this leadership is controlled by Kafir colonialists and so rebellion against such military and political leaders is obligatory so as to overthrow them and hand the authority over to the faithful sons of the Ummah, people of the enlightened Islamic thinking with an alternative way of life. This obligation upon the armies in the Muslim world demands that the armies hand over their leadership to a Khaleefah, who will rule by the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (SAAW) and command them to the fields of victory over the enemies of Islam and Muslims.
Unless this is done, the Ummah will continue to spend on those armies from the sweat of her brow, with great harm upon her, without any benefit towards her. In fact, the Muslims will keep spending on these forces to suppress and kill, muzzle their mouths which call to the Truth to the extent of even banning their call to Islam. Thus these forces will use their capacity to implement the Western plans in the Islamic world. Armies will continue eating and drinking from the inviolable wealth of the Ummah and their best case scenario is soldiers working just as any other state employee; who depart in the morning and return in the evening, as if the noble officer and soldier was a mere teacher at a school or engineer in a government works institution!
The current regimes in the Muslim world are keen to train the armies in absolute obedience to the Kufr policies, thus ensuring that they don't overthrow them and establish the system of Islam that rules by the Quran and the Sunnah. However, its Wajib upon the Muslim armies to be Legally Knowledgeable (Faqeeh) in the matter of obedience to the rulers and their military commanders.
When Allah (swt) imposed on the Muslims to obey legitimate People of Authority (أولي الأمر Oolil Amr), He begins with obedience to Himself and His Messenger, before obeying the rulers. He said:
((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ))
"O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger and the People of Authority from you" [An-Nisaa'a 4:59]
and this is about obeying the Legitimate (Shari شرعي) People of Authority so what of the Illegitimate People of Authority?!
Moreover, Allah (swt) stipulated that solving the conflict that arises between the ruler and the ruled, is by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, for he said:
((فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ))
"And if you dispute in a matter then refer to Allah and His Messenger if you believe in Allah and the Day of Aakhira (Hereafter)." [An-Nisaa'a 4:59]
And the Sunnah defined the limits regarding the concept of obedience for the ruled. The Prophet (saw) said
«لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ»
"There is no obedience of the Created in Disobedience of the Creator." And he (saw) said, «الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ» "Indeed obedience is for Good (معروف Ma'roof) only."
Thus the Obedience that was mentioned in the Holy Quran is the foundation of the structure of the state and the Islamic Ummah's entity. It is at the same time a command for obedience when it is obliged, and forbids obedience when it becomes Haraam (حرام Forbidden). We find in the Quran that Allah makes obedience a must, when He says
((وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّـهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ))
"Obey Allah and His Messenger" [Al-Maida 5: 92]
((فَاتَّبِعُونِي وَأَطِيعُوا أَمْرِي))
"So follow me and obey my command" [Ta Ha 20:90]
((وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا)) "Listen and obey" [Taghabin 54:16]
((وَمَنْ يُطِعْ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا))
"and whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, will be admitted to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise)" [An-Nisa'a 4: 13]
((مَنْ يُطِعْ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ)) "He who obeys the Messenger, has indeed obeyed Allah" [An-Nisa'a 4: 80]
((وَمَنْ يُطِعْ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ)) "And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, then they will be in the company of those on whom Allah has bestowed His grace" [Nisaa'a 4:69].
And the Messenger (saw) said:«مَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي» "Whosoever obeys my Ameer has obeyed me" [Ahmad].
Therefore, Allah (swt) orders us obedience in these verses and Hadeeths. But the Messenger (saw) clarified that the obedience of the Ameer is the aware obedience not blind obedience, for he said: «لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ» "There is no obedience of the Created in Disobedience of the Creator." Therefore, the conscious obedience is obedience within the limits of Islam, and this is the meaning of the Hadeeth.
With regards upon the obedience of the soldier to his military commander; the Messenger (saw) has stated in the hadith that :
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرِيَّةً فَاسْتَعْمَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُطِيعُوهُ فَغَضِبَ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ أَمَرَكُمْ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُطِيعُونِي قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَاجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا فَجَمَعُوا فَقَالَ أَوْقِدُوا نَارًا فَأَوْقَدُوهَا فَقَالَ ادْخُلُوهَا فَهَمُّوا وَجَعَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُمْسِكُ بَعْضًا وَيَقُولُونَ فَرَرْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ النَّارِ فَمَا زَالُوا حَتَّى خَمَدَتْ النَّارُ فَسَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ «لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ». صحيح البخاري))
Sahih Bukhari, Musaddad told us from Abdul Wahid who told us from A'amashq who said Saad bin Ubaida told me about Abu Abdul Rahman from Ali (ra) who said the Prophet sent an army unit (for some campaign) and appointed a man from the Ansar as its commander and ordered them (the soldiers) to obey him.
(During the campaign) he became angry with them and said, "Didn't the Prophet order you to obey me?" They said, "Yes." He said, "I order you to collect wood and make a fire and then throw yourselves into it." So they collected wood and made a fire, but when they were about to throw themselves into it, they started looking at each other, and some of them said, "We followed the Prophet to escape from the fire. How should we enter it now?" So while they were in that state, the fire extinguished and their commander's anger abated. The event was mentioned to the Prophet and he said, «لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ» "If they had entered it (the fire) they would never have come out of it, for obedience is required only in what is good."
Thus, the obedience was ordered by Allah when it's for the sake of Islam, including the obedience of the soldier to his military commander. But when this obedience is against Islam, Islam has forbidden it. For such obedience Allah has forbidden us openly, for He (swt) said:
((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا فَرِيقًا مِنْ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ يَرُدُّوكُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ كَافِرِينَ))
"O you who believe! If you obey a group of those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians), they would (indeed) render you disbelievers after you have believed" [Aal-Imran 3:100]
وَلاَ تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً
"and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, and who follows his own lusts, and whose affair has been lost." [Kahf 18: 28]
((وَإِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ)) "And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's path" [An'aam 6:116],
((فَلاَ تُطِعْ الْكَافِرِينَ)) "So obey not the disbelievers" [Furqan 25:52]
((فَلاَ تُطِعْ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ)) "So, do not obey the deniers." [Qalam 68: 8]
((وَلاَ تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ آثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا))"obey neither a sinner nor a disbeliever among them." [Insaan 76: 24]
((وَلاَ تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلاَّفٍ مَهِينٍ)) "And do not obey every Hallaf (one who takes oath often) Mahin (liar or worthless person).)" [Qalam 68: 10].
All these verses forbid obeying certain people for their respective characters, and when examined, it is apparent that they are against Islam.
Therefore, the failure of the sincere in the Muslim armies in performing their duty as defined by the Shara, as well as not granting Nussrah to the call for the establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate" on the ruins of the current regimes is an act of disobedience to the Creator. It is this failure which will prevent them from any excuse when they are presented to the hands of Allah (swt)
((يَوْمَ لاَ يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلاَ بَنُونَ، إِلاَّ مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ)) "The Day whereon neither wealth nor offspring will avail, Except him who brings to Allah a clean heart." [Shu'raa 88-89]
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Naseer AI-Islam Mahmoud - Pakistan
The third Discussion took place successfully despite some harassment from the security agencies' men whom our sisters grabbed the opportunity to explain to them the concept of Khilafah "Caliphate" and explained to them their duty to re-establish this great obligation. The Discussion was held opposite of Al-A'fraa Secondary Girls School in the Maygoma area in Hajj Yusuf on Saturday 19/4/2014 CE on the last day of the Sudanese Secondary Certificate's exams.
News
On 14th April 2014, the Moscow Times reported that Russia's city parliament deputy Oleg Nilov has drafted Russia's first Anti-sexual harassment Bill aimed at protecting women from unwanted attention or physical abuse from men. In his own words, he stated, "The changes will protect the honor and dignity of "the more beautiful, but weaker sex." These new measure are particularly aimed at "The millions of migrant workers who speak Russian badly and have to rely on body language to make their intentions toward women clear," said Nilov, who submitted the bill on the eve of International Women's Day last month. Whilst Russians can face fines for violating the new Bill, non-Russians could also face deportation.
Comment
These are simply cheap measures to win the female vote in the year that the Elections to the Moscow City Duma is due. It is should be clear to all thinking and intelligent women that these laws are superficial in nature and the idea that women are of "the more beautiful, but weaker sex," is one condescending to women and only serves to perpetuate the fundamental negative social attitude that exists in all liberal secular societies where capitalistic values place a women's worth in purely economic terms, whether this be in undermining her role as a wife and mother so she is pushed into the workplace for tax revenue purposes, or whether the entertainment and advertising companies dehumanize women and girls so that they can be bought and sold as used to aid the buying and selling of various products and degenerate principles. The laws drafted appeal to the lowest level of social organization as they target the racist/nationalists in people. In the draft laws, non-Russians are stereotyped as a danger to society when the real danger comes from the corrupt government officials spewing out toxic ideas to act as a smokescreen over their criminal actions and add fuel to the already heated ethnic tensions in the Caucus region.
It is the Islamic Political System implemented by a complete removal of all existing false leaderships in the Muslim lands that will truly free women from the social prison of being viewed as a ‘cash machine' and elevate society from the lowest levels of thoughts and ideas.
Citizens of the Khilafah "Caliphate" are judged NOT according to their ethnic background, but according to how they fulfil their contract to live under the laws of the Islamic State. Women, whilst having different social role, are valued the same as men under the law and their rights are guarded without compromise and all commercial or social abuse is banned and punishable by the State. It is a great shame that it is only NOW Russian democracy is drafting Sexual harassment laws when these were codified in the Quran and Sunnah over 1400 years ago! Proof of this is clear when the Khalif Mutasim Billah heard that that a Muslim woman living in the boarders of the Roman Empire had been dishonoured by a Roman solider. He wrote a letter demanding the two parties to stand in front of him so that the women could receive a public apology or the Roman Empire would find an army so vast in number that the beginning of it would be at the gate of the City of Rome and the end would still coming out of Baghdad. Convinced that the Islamic State has real power to unite and mobilize Muslims in this manner, the Roman Emperor forced this soldier to apologize!
Putin and his oppressive henchmen fear the return of such a force that will account them in their crimes against Muslims in Chechnya, Ukraine and the other post-Soviet regions, this is why they use lies and brute force to maintain power whilst in the Islamic State, Muslims and non-Muslim's lived in mutual harmony with no need for a women's rights movement as all felt secure under a fair just system designed by the Creator of the world and not the created.
((إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ))
"Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded." [TMQ 16:90]
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Imrana Mohammed
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
