Khilafat-need to know more

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i would like to learn more on following.

  • The criteria of khilafat
  • Who can be a khalifa
  • Who may annouce khilafat
  • What are the duties
  • All other things related to khilafat

i am asking this to check the legitimacy of announcement of khilafat by one amaraat in iraq and levant . In my personal opinion this announcement will only create difference amongst muslims specialy as this organisation is not respected amongst established islamists.

Please share the literature / knowledge that you have so that we all can learn. I am starting my search for the material and hence the thread and will share if i get hold on some thing good on this.

PS: i think Moulana maudodi/tanzeem islami and hizb ut tehreer have some literature on khilafat.

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I was just going to refer first chapters of 'Khilafat o Mamlookiyat', it got basics with reference to Quran.

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Thank you muqawee.

So here is the first link on the subject

Khilafat o Malookeyat Syed Abul Ala Maududi Urdu

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Khilaafat ka asal tasawur wohee hai jo quran ne diya hai. sawaal yeh peda hota hai woh tasawur hai kia?

The khilaafah concept is very simple ie rule of law based governing system for smooth running of human community.

This rule of law comes from goals and guidelines stated in the quran as well as the program explained in there. The question is, what are the gaols and guidelines stated in the quran? The stated positive goals and guidelines in the quran are unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind to begin with through freedom, justice, fairness and compassion. The stated negative goals and guidelines are do not disintegrate, do not cause divisions and wars, do not stagnate or regress and do not fall victim to all sorts of poverty eg poverty of knowledge, poverty of things of need and want, poverty of health care etc etc. Do not oppress or suppress each other nor be unjust or unfair and cruel etc etc.

If we draw a constitution from these like given guidelines then we can see what kind of constitution will come about and what kind of law will come about as a result of following these like guidelines.

Once we have a program that is right for fulfilling these goals according to these guidelines and we have a constitution to build a community upon and a law in place to regulate the community then all we need to do is plan our action plans and then hand those action plans down to teams and individuals responsible for carrying them out through institutions set up for this purpose.

Remember it is all done through community consultation ie people who come together on basis of the quranic message. Islam is not about individual adventures.

The chief administrator is to be appointed by the community as well as the rest of the administration as explained in the quran.

The concept of khilaafah in the quran is very different from what mulahs claim khilaafah to be. Mullah based khilaafah is actually imperialism wrapped in islamic label. Nothing at all to do with actual khilaafah. It is because mullahs separated God from rule of the kingdom by authorising rule for kings. They replaced deen with mazhab exactly for that purpose.

Work of modoodi sb marhoom is not up to scratch but it was a good try to explain islam as a deen. We all suffer from mazhabi mindset, attitude and behaviour because we come from that background and it takes time to get out of wrapper of mazhab before we break into real world realities and realise the world needs deen not mazhab. However by then we are too old to turn things round. This is why even great scholar like dr iqbal marhoom had to say that we old folk failed to prepare our future generations for battles yet to be won.

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before drawing conclusions, would anyone refer to what the holy Quran actually says about Khilafat.

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Please share your thoughts Kchughtai.

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So, it seems khilafat is a system with an answerable executive and independent judiciary where government’s foremost duty is to preserve rights, liberties, lives and property of its subjects. Closest form of such a system we can observe is in several Scandinavian countries.

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khilaafat is all about living by the book and not living by any particular person be one a prophet of Allah. Even a prophet is sent to deliver this message to his people ie live by the book of Allah.

So a prophet and those who agree with his mission all live by the book through mutual consultations as a community. This is why islam is not a personality cult but a way of life based upon guidance of Allah, the sole ruler of this kingdom of the universe.

This is why living by rule of law means holding constitution as supreme not any person, group or institution. All are independent of each other but held together under the very same constitution. This is why knowing what constitution is and what law is and what programs are and what plans of actions are is of vital importance. ummah has become useless because it has become ignorant about all important concepts about deen. ummah has distanced itself from deen of islam and to move ummah in that direction was thought and action of rulers and mullahs and money lenders. They needed to create slaves for themselves in the name of Allah, his scriptures and messengers.

Islam is mainly about society, politics and economics so that a culture is brought about that ensures well being of mankind. It is not at all about make beliefs and useless rituals that have no purpose and deliver nothing other than waste of time and embarrassment.

Take azaan for example and look at its wording. It is a call to salaah and falaah. It is a call to living by the book of Allah as a community so that mankind succeed in achieving a blissful, dignified and secure existence.

UMMAH is the mother nation under whose feet lies blissful, dignified and secure life for its members. If individual look after their mother nation and mother nation looks after its individuals then life is going to be a blissful experience for all.

The terms used in the quran if read in context of deen they have very different meanings than the ones we have been brought up with ie the mazhabi context.

NAMAAZ is not a useless ritual we fight over but a very important declaration for reaffirmation of our commitment to our agreement with Allah ie we declare to Allah that we will take no other ruler therefore never live by rule of any other than Allah ie by his book and therefore Allah also promises that if we live by his book then we will achieve what we are told to achieve ie a blissful, dignified and secure existence both in this world and hereafter.

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Pakistan was created for building a showcase nation to show the world what deen of islam in practice looks like but due to take over by mazhabi and laadeen janoonies, the project is still not on track due to ignorance, illiteracy and lack of education and thoughtful people. Hopefully it will be once muslims wake up to real message of the quran.

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Khilafat needs to be sealed by a mass pledge of the scholars ... Without that there is no legitimacy ...

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Khalifa is made by Allah almighty. Caliphate starts after prophethood. Muslim world have been trying since very long to establish khilafat, but have always failed.
The role of a caliph is to take the teachings and mission of the prophet and move forward and try their best to spread it throughout the world. Caliphate is not a concept of ruling the territories, but rather through him, rule the hearts of people. Caliphate is a shield for Muslims and it keeps the group/jamaat under one flag.

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Good luck with that. There isn't an agreed upon definition of 'riba' yet, let alone khilafat.

But seriously, is there any form of government specifically mandated by Quran or Hadees?

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I'm not trying to get the ulema to give bayah to anyone en masse ... They will start to do it themselves and you would be surprised to see how much agreement there is among the scholars ... Rib'a is interest or usury ... it is a penalty or additional amount expected on top of the sale value which is variant by time or calculated to be so. So a person buying a house outright from a person buying a house over time should be giving out the same money. If they don't it is called rib'a in the greater amount. There are various concessions that some fuqaha give that makes operating with usury acceptable they lean on the side of paying certain amounts for law based insurance ... but an allowance does not deem the core matter halal - it is merely an allowance. I'm not even talking about the high street molvies ... If there is going to be mass unification under a single head it will not come from the people who reject scholars - it will come from the people who are already familiar with bayah; naturally those inclined to submit are already submitting. And by their sheikhs/peers/murshids combining to place their allegiances in a leader then all the people whom they lead automatically get included. This is the quickest and most pragmatic way to appoint a leader for the ummah.

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^ Again, the question is:

Is there this sort of governance system (one political and/or religious leader for ummah) described in Quran and/or Hadees?

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The lives of the early Muslim generations is plenty evidence on how things ought to be done ... Today however, you will not see the scholars running for office ... To maintain their purity they stay out of politics because it is the domain of compromise ... Rather scholars will give bayah and the people will be expected to respect that. The religious authority should not be too close to the political authority ... But the religious authority should be in the capacity to provide clear guidance without undue influence from the people in power.

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^ So there is no concept of Khilafat in Quraan or Hadees?

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Lmao. Since when has khiafat existed in nether first place? All the khalifahs have been nothing but monarchs in all of islamic history. Be it Umayyads, Abbasids, or Fatimids.
The only time one may call it khilafat was the early islamic history. That was not monarchy.

But even during that time there were no rules for selection of khalifah. The first khalifah hand-chose the second one. The second one made a committee. While third and fourth ones were martyred. Even before their martyrdom, the last two caliphs did not give any indication as to how their heir would be chosen.

So how can one come up criteria of system of khilafat? Obviously, one has to made it up somehow. And call the product KHILAFAT!

It is also interesting to know how people felt about khilafat in history. After prophet's death it was agreed that those close to prophet, the Muhajirs, have right to become khalifah. Then during Umayyad items, it was agreed that khalifah must be from Quraish. Then Abbasids came and said khalifah should not just be from Quraish but from Banu Hashim brach of Quraish. Then Fatimids said that khalifah is not just from Banu Hashim but from Banu Fatima brach of Banu Hashim.
And then totally opposite happened. The Turks became the rulers. And now they declared that khalifah could be anyone. He does not even need to be Arab. Thus the Ottomans were now declared khalifah.

In other words, anyone with power could declare himself a khalifah. And rules will be bent to accommodate him.

Well, if anyone could be khalifah then why did Muslims went against khawarij in the first place? After all, long before Khilafat was accepted to belong to non-Arabs (non Banu Fatima, non Banu Hashim, non Banu Quraish), it was khawarij who had first said during the time of Ali that khalifah could be a non-Arab, and the only thing required for being a khalifah is Iman.

Badalta he rang aasman kese kese

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I thought that the main problem with khwarjis was that they didn't agree to the ceasefire with Abu Muawiya after one of the battles.