Re: Voting allowed in Islam
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The bayah does not mean literally every single 2 billion muslims must give bayah to the khalifah, islam is practicle and easier than many people think. For example the bayah can be given by leader of a group or tribe for example in many african and asian countries one tribe leader what ever he says the tribe will agree with him so if he says i give bayah for certain candidate the entire clan or group will follow and islam accepts the bayah of one man to represent his clan or group.
If we look at the first khalifahs we can see the different styles in which the bayah was applied.
In the appointment of Abu Bakr some Muslims debated the nominees were Sa'd bin Ubada, Abu Ubayda , Umar and Abu Bakr, and as a result of the debate Abu Bakr was given the bay'ah. The next day the Muslims were called to the mosque and they gave him the bay'ah. As a result of this bay'ah Abu Bakr became the Khalif.
When Abu Bakr felt that his illness was fatal he called upon the Muslims to consult them about who would become the next Khalif. He nominated Ali and Umar. Then the Muslims through chose Umar by their majority. When he completed the consultation and knew the majority of the Muslims opinion he announced to them that Umar would be the Khalif after him. After the death of Abu Bakr the Muslims came to the mosque and gave the bay'ah of Khilafah to Umar so he became Khalif by this bay'ah and not by the consultations nor by the announcement of Abu Bakr.
When Umar was stabbed, the Muslims asked him to appoint a successor for him but he refused. They insisted, so he mentioned six of the Sahabah. After his death, the nominees appointed one of them as a representative who was Abdul Rahman Ibn Auf. He referred to the opinion of the Muslims and consulted them. Then he declared the bay'ah to Uthman. The Muslims stood up and gave their pledge to Uthman, and theirby he became a Khalif by the pledge of the Muslims and not by the announcement of Abdul Rahman.
When Uthman was killed and the majority of the Muslims in Medina and Kufa gave their bay'ah to Ali, so he too became a Khalif by the bay'ah of the Muslims.
Some people will not agree with candidate but once the khilafah is selected it is essential that the muslims in whole give him total support this is the fard obligation even some sahahbah didnt agree with candidate but once appointed they give full support this is ijmah of sahabah and is taken as evidence for muslims.
Again when you mention monarchical khilafah this is your opinion which i disagree with because they was given bayah and are valid even if they was son or relative of previous khaleefah if they are capable, they meet the criteria of khaleefha and given bayah they are valid as i mentioned before when current governments put selected candidate and he wins its valid election same in khilafah if candidate is put up why is it called monarchical if candidate wins.
As for today none of the rulers are valid because they don't apply islam and which one of them was given bayah in correct manner for example did musharraff consult the ummah or how about the al fahds in saudi did they consult ummah or representatives of the muslim ummah, in reality they where given power by outside powers such as britain and amerikkka and they don't even meet criteria of khalifah where one of the criterias is to not have any influence from enemy states.
