Re: Khilafat-need to know more
There is a lot you need to correct from your previous post
For example The first Calipha was Prophet Adam Alaihis Salam!
The khawarij Motto was ‘no hukm except by Allah’ which was their ruling on Caliphate and Caliphs
The system of ruling that we Believe in and aspire to is on The Style of Prophet hood, The Personal Quality of the Caliph to be Guided
Also the circumstances of the time as Given By Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala plays an important part, which is not linked to the Guided status of The Ruling Calipha. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala can test with trial whom He likes and When He likes
The validation for the selection of the Calipha is Bayah, and the strongest point of this is Bayah with Ijma. Ijma is Shariah for Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah
The Caliphates of Abu Bakr and Umar May Allah be pleased with both of them are approved with Ijma during their own times, a Blessed Time indeed. This is the Highest level of Validation/approval we can achieve
After Ijma is opinions, opinions in themselves can act like Bayah. Opinions can be diverse so anything which gained Ijma during the time or by Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah alone is considered zruriyat of Ahlus Sunnah as opposed to zruriyat of Deen
What Allah Ta’ala through His Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam left us with is need to keep unified, if it was not for this then we are not obliged to give bayah to a leader that rules over all of us, yet we were given the need to keep unified so we aspire to it and want it to happen
By Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala we were given tawheed but not unity, so in this aspect we are floundering and coming up short. This is part of our test and tribulations. There is no fairy tale in this regard for us except in the periods of unity two of which are the Caliphate in the Beginning and the Caliphate towards the end of times.
So none of these interpretations which I have expressed are particularly favorable to any group which ruled during the middle periods
The rule of thumb for Ahlus Sunnah wal jamaah which i have heard and has merit is whoever denies the Two Imams (Abu Bakr As-Siddique and Umar Al-Farooq May Allah be please with both of them) is Rafzi since their acceptance is with Ijma, and whoever refuses to take Al-Hassan Leader of Jannat and Hussein Leader of Jannat (May Allah be pleased with both of them) as Sardars is Nasibi
Both these points of Islam are what can be considered weak spots, ie spots that exist but but are only truly appreciable through sentiment, through correct sentiment, sentiment of belonging. Opposition to the first point seeks to split the Ummah from The Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam, and refusal of the second point seeks to Split the Message from The Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sahbihi wa Sallam
The correct position is accept the Reality of the Ijma of Muslims, rather then to make alternative suggestions which then throws into question the whole of what we have received from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala. The correct position is also to love (for the sake of Love and as a Mercy to us) and take as Sardars (of the heart) whom Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala has given us to Love and made Sardars
The Religion of Ahlus Sunnah with regards to AhulBayt:
**The Prince Of Jannah - Imam Adil Shahzad**