Question:

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmat Allahu wa Barakatu, there are speculative Ahadith (thaniyya athuboot) that we use as proof when we interact with people to spread the idea of Islam when we herald the tidings of Allah's Prophet (saw) such as the Hadith:

«تَكُونُ النُّبُوَّةُ فِيكُمْ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ... ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةً عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ نُبُوَّةٍ»

"Prophethood will last among you for as long as Allah wills...  Then there will be a Rightly Guided Khilafah "Caliphate" upon the ways of the Prophethood."

The question: This Hadith is speculative and speaks about the political conditions that will pass on the Ummah, and one of the meanings of the Hadith is that the Prophet divided the conditions into five conditions (the Prophethood - Rightly-Guided Khilafah "Caliphate" - biting rule - oppressive rule - Rightly-Guided Khilafah "Caliphate"), so when we see that four fifths of the Hadith have fallen on the Ummah, does this not promote this Hadith to the rank of Mutawatir, on the grounds that part of it has taken place?

Answer:

The Hadith is sufficient which holds the meaning of a call to action, whether it is Mutawatir or speculative (thanniya),as long as it is a Sahih Hadith, that to strongly encourage action according to what it contains of Fard.

For example, the Hadith:

«لَتُفْتَحَنَّ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةُ، فَلَنِعْمَ الْأَمِيرُ أَمِيرُهَا، وَلَنِعْمَ الْجَيْشُ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشُ»

"Constantinople will be conquered, what an excellent leader is its leader and what an excellent army is its army" (Ahmad)

Even though the Hadith conveys news it also has the meaning of a call to action, and therefore every Muslim ruler was keen that the Hadith be realized during his rule, so they send equipped armies to Constantinople, until Allah bestowed Muhammad al-Fatih with this conquest, and like this Hadith is the Hadith about fighting the Jewish state and its eradication... and likewise the Hadith about the coming Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of the Prophethood, so it does not matter if the Hadith is Mutawatir or not Mutawatir as long as the Hadith is Sahih, and we continue on the path so that it will be realized on our account Insha'allah, and take glad tidings, and are assured of its realization sooner or later, and do not tire ourselves dealing with the details to know if it is Mutawatir or Ahad.

With all this, the realization of part of the Hadith reassures us that the rest of the Hadith will be realized, like the conquest of Rome after the conquest of Constantinople, as the conquest of both cities is mentioned in another of the Prophet's Hadiths, but as I mentioned earlier, there is no need to delve into the Tawatir of a Hadith that means a call to action because the Hadith that is Sahih but speculative (thanni) is sufficient for action, conviction and assurance, and to take tidings of its realization, and the Muslim is keen to win this favor.

Regarding your statement: "as long as the part of the Hadith has been realized, do we consider it Mutawatir?"  The answer is that the Mutawatir Hadith has certain requirements for the chain of narration that is adopted by the Science of Hadith to determine if it is Mutawatir, meaning that according to this science, the Hadith being Mutawatir does not depend on the realization of the Hadith or not, because the Mutawatir Hadith is judged according to its chain of narration, and nevertheless the realization of parts of the Hadith gives the heart more reassurance in the correctness of the Hadith, and it is an incentive to vigorously act to realize the remaining part, and Allah the Almighty is the Guardian of success.

Question:

1. In light of what was mentioned in the booklet, The Economic Crises, please comment on the policy of issuing currency by the state. If huge amounts of silver or gold were discovered in the mines under the state's control, is the state responsible for extracting the gold and silver and issuing it as currency? And can the state choose to not extract the gold and silver because it does not wish to destabilize the exchange rate?

2. How will the Khilafah "Caliphate" be able to practically regulate the standard of gold and silver? For example, if gold and silver are scarce in a land, how is the Khilafah "Caliphate" going to manage this issue? Is there going to be an issuance of a new currency backed by gold and silver in addition to the current paper currency? Or will the paper currency be backed with other assets with the aim of discovering enough gold and silver to cover the backing of the currency with gold and silver completely?

Answer:

1.    The extraction of gold and silver must be handled by the state, not just because

the legal currency is based on it, but also because the underground metal are public property.

And the state will extract gold according to its need for currency and its consumption, and the Sharia'a rules create a balance due to the following factors:

The currency is gold and silver...pricing-fixing is forbidden... if the price increased in a province of the state, then the state must return it to its normal state by bringing the commodity from other provinces and increasing its quantity in the markets as a matter of caring after the affairs of the Ummah... hoarding is forbidden... the state's need for manufacturing is a necessity... etc.

All these factors organize the process of extracting gold and silver automatically, so there is no inflation of prices, because the monetary system of gold and silver makes the margin of increase in prices so small that it is almost non-existent, and it is stated in the book The Economic Crises: "And this system achieved stability and steadied the unit value on both the internal level and external level, and the proof is that the record for pricing with gold in the year 1910 was almost the same level that it was in 1890." End.

2. But the postulation that the state will be established in a land scarce in gold and silver is an unrealistic assumption, for all the Islamic lands which the state is expected to be established in contain many gold and silver mines, and contain commodities that other countries need, such as oil and gas, and the state will not sell them to the world except in exchange for gold and silver or exchanged goods, and we have paper assets in the banks of those countries, and we will exchange them for goods... and also our lands are self sufficient pertaining to basic goods, so their sanctions will not effect us if they use them, instead the effect will be more severe and tougher against them.... And likewise in our banks we have tangible currencies...And it was revealed to us that Allah has blessed several Muslim lands with resources in ample quantities...

So do not despair and be reassured, and pray for Allah Almighty to hasten the Nusrah, and He is the Strong, the Aziz.

Event:

The second US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue was held during 27-28 May 2013 in Dhaka.  The partnership dialogue is now an annual reporting and performance evaluation event where Hasina government reports and takes policy directions from its master, the US. Through these dialogues the US can officially dictate on policy matters of Bangladesh ranging from politics, business to security issues. Sheikh Hasina's government had to discuss labour issues, the agreement on trade and investment - TICFA, private investment, Grameen Bank, Indo-pacific corridor, relationship with India and Myanmar, climate change, renewable energy, the so-called counter terrorism, women empowerment, health, food security, police training etc in the dialogue. It was difficult to find out what was left out from the agenda.

Before the dialogue, US Ambassador Dan W Mozena said that current political crisis in Bangladesh, upcoming national election and dialogue between the BNP and Awami League, Hefazat-e-Islam's 13 point demands, ongoing trial of crimes against humanity etc will also be discussed in the dialogue. He said that we (USA and Bangladesh) are friends and friends can discuss all current issues of each other. US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R Sherman, who led the US delegates, said that Bangladesh needs to stop the cycle of violence before elections.  She said that the United States has a vital interest in ensuring the success of the Bangladesh while the partnership between the two countries is deeply rooted in shared democratic values, strong economic ties and mutual security concerns.

Comment:

Successive governments of USA are murderers of thousands of innocent Muslim men, women and children in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Current US administration is also responsible for allowing Bashar government to survive so that it can kill thousands of Muslims in Syria. On the other hand, Sheikh Hasina government is the murderer of the Ulema, the Huffaz and army officers in Bangladesh. Indeed, murderers of Muslims are partners. However, the partnership is dictatorial and lopsided, where the US government orders and Bangladesh obeys; where Bangladesh can never point fingers to US wrongdoings, while the US says and does as she wishes.

Did Hasina's government raise the internal issues of USA in the dialogue such as poverty in USA, gun control issue, situation of Muslims residing in USA or US foreign policy matters such as its policy towards Muslim lands in general, drone attacks in Pakistan, its role in Syria? Did Bangladesh point out that the ideology of capitalism practiced by USA has devastated the whole world politically, economically and culturally? Did Bangladesh ask USA to stop its attack on Islam and Muslims in the name of the ongoing war on terror?

Allah (swt) warned us against taking His enemy and our enemy as friends. Allah (swt) said,

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَكُمْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يُخْرِجُونَ الرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَادًا فِي سَبِيلِي وَابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِي تُسِرُّونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِمَا أَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُمْ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْهُ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ (*) إِنْ يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا لَكُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَيَبْسُطُوا إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَوَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

"O you who Believe! Do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the Truth... You confide to them affection, but I am most knowing of what you have concealed and what you have declared. And whoever does it among you has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.  If they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve." [Surah Mumtahanah 1-2]

Following the footsteps of USA has already resulted in despair and destruction all over the world. We must abandon so-called friendship with USA immediately and adopt Islam as an ideology for our state. There is no doubt that Islam will be victorious and the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" state will dictate policy of the whole world according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, as our Prophet (saw) said,

"لا يبقى على ظهر الأرض بيت مدر ولا وبر إلا أدخل عليهم كلمة الإسلام بعز عزيز، أو بذل ذليل"

"Surely, this deen will reach the boundaries of the day and night and Allah will not spare a rural or an urban dwelling except that He would cause Islam to enter it by elevating some and degrading others. A glory with which Allah elevates Islam and a humiliation with which Allah degrades Kufr (disbelief)". [Ahmad and Ibn Hibban]

Muhammad Raiyan Hasan

Member of Hizb ut Tahrir, Wilayah Bangladesh

Hizb ut Tahrir has condemned the evil alliance against Al-Qusair, Syria. The alliance of Bashar, the Iranian government and its Hizb in Lebanon has violated Islam in its aggression against the Muslims of Syria to prevent their blessed revolution from restoring Islam as a rule and state. In order to condemn their role Hizb ut Tahrir has issued a leaflet with the title: