obedience to khilafat and nizame jamaat

39 Pages·2011·0.59 MB·English

OBEDIENCE
TO
KHILAFAT AND NIZAME JAMAAT
Aziza Rahman
National Secretary Tarbiyat
Lajna Mentoring Conference 2011
THE HOLY QUR’AN ON OBEDIENCE
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And they were not commanded but to serve Allah, being
sincere to Him in obedience, and being upright, and to
observe Prayer, and pay the Zakat. And that is the
religion of the people of the right path. 98:6
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Hearken; it is to Allah alone that sincere obedience is
due. 39:4
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O ye who believe! Obey God and obey the Prophet and
obey those in authority from among you. 4:60
THE HOLY QUR’AN ON OBEDIENCE
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The response of the believers, when they are called to
Allah and His Messenger in order that he may judge
between them, is only that they say: ‘We hear and we
obey.’ And it is they who will prosper. (24:52)
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And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger, and fears
Allah, and takes Him as a shield for protection, it is they
who will be successful. (24:53)
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And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that, if thou
command them, they will surely go forth. Say, ‘Swear not;
what is required is actual obedience in what is right.
Surely, Allah is well aware of what you do.’ (24:54)
THE HOLY QUR’AN ON KHILAFAT
“Allah had promised to those among you who believe and
do good works that He will surely make them Successors in
the earth, as He made Successors from among those who
were before them; and that He will surely establish for
them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that
He will surely give them in exchange security and peace
after their fear: They will worship Me, and they will not
associate anything with Me. Then whoso is ungrateful after
that, they will be the rebellious.” ( 24:56).
THE HOLY PROPHET (SAW)
"Prophethood shall remain among you as long as Allah shall
will. He will bring about its end and follow it with Khilafat
on the precepts of prophethood for as long as He shall will
and then bring about its end. A tyrannical monarchy will
then follow and will remain as long as Allah shall will and
then come to an end. There will follow thereafter
monarchial despotism to last as long as Allah shall will and
come to an end upon His decree. There will then emerge
Khilafat on precept of Prophethood." The Holy Prophet said
no more (Masnad Ahmad)
KHILAFAT AS SECOND MANIFESTATION OF
ALLAH’S MERCY
You should therefore, neither grieve over what I have told
you (that the hour of my demise is nigh) nor should you be
heart-broken for it is mandatory that you see God's second
manifestation. The coming of that manifestation is a lot
better for you because it is eternal whose succession will
not terminate till the end of days. When I go, Allah will
send to you the second manifestation and it will stay with
you forever. (Al-Wassiyat, pp. 6-7)
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE KHALIFA
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To take care of the spiritual, moral, social and
intellectualwelfare of his followers
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To maintain a unified community of righteous people
THE IMPORTANCE OF KHILAFAT
Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) writes in his Tafsir al-Kabir:
“that the concluding words of the ayate Istikhlaf, ‘Whosoever is
ungrateful after that, they will be rebellious’ (24:56) signifies
that Khilafat is a great Divine blessing. Without it there can be
no solidarity, cohesion and unity among Muslims and therefore
they can make no real progress without it. If Muslims do not
show proper appreciation of Khilafat by giving unstinted support
and obedience to their Khalifas they will forfeit this Divine boon
and in addition will draw the displeasure of God upon
themselves’’
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OBEDIENCE TO KHALIFA OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH
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DISOBEDIENCE TO KHALIFA DISOBEDIENCE TO ALLAH
HADITH
He who obeys me, obeys God; and he who disobeys me,
disobeys God, And he who obeys the Amir [i.e., the head of
the state], obeys me; And he who disobeys the Amir,
disobeys me’’.