Re: The Constitution of Medina & Sharia
Find someone that you really trust and respect and want to follow and give bayah … If everyone does that then those who have been given bayah will in turn give bayah - then there will be a convergence.
Things can go wrong - such that two of the people who have been given bayah to, neither of them gives bayah to the other - You get a stand off. And essentially that is what happened to create the Shi’a Sunni divide.
The resolution is to observe a monarchy - i.e. a Sultanate - where heirs are inherited. The Ulema continue to give ijaza and gain rank through appointment of their elders and peers - democratically, but that is purely based on the opinion of informed people. So only those peoples votes count who are themselves informed and aware of the environment they are in.
The Sultan is expected by society to conform to Shari’ah and consults the Ulema for guidance. This format has been more stable than the Caliphate approach, but it’s weakness arrives when the Ulema become “desirous” of material gifts and favours that the Sultan gives them - then he can potentially gain license and validity to do things that would otherwise be advised against. The Ulema need to protect their interests by avoiding responsibility and making decisions together.
Traditionally scholars make rulings and the other scholars choose to follow it or another opinion or formulate their own. This has been the pattern in the past. There is some merit in not issuing personal verdicts (keeping them private among the scholars) and only declaring to the public a consensual opinion.
Another thing that we can learn from history is the concept of sovereignty … The financial institution in the world (IMF/World Bank) has a remarkable format such that it governs and applies a system without having a land of its own. So long as different governments have reign and “pay their dues” to a system then they are playing by the rules. In a similar way existing leadership of countries of the Muslim world need not be overthrown. Merely the institution of Shari’ah should be applied in a similar fashion as what the IMF and World Bank are doing today.
Putting the power of sanction and exchange rate and having a military section in each Muslim state that belongs to the umbrella will organisation will ensure that the countries all report to a greater entity which does not have borders to any country - The New World Order is adopting that format. A single Ameer over the whole world of Muslims is no longer a feasible idea. Unless and until the Mahdi himself arrives.