Source: Translated/Excerpted from Sayyid A. A. Maudoodi's Khelafat o Rajtantro[Dhaka: Adhunik Prokashoni, 1989; Bengali rendering of his monumental work, Khilafat wa mulikiyyat in Urdu]Translator: Dr. Mohammad Omar FarooqThe legacy of placing politics over Deen and violating the Shariah for the sake of power politics that started during the rule of Hadrat Muawiya (r) reached a critical low during the rule of his own appointed heir, Yazid. Three ...
1. Introduction
Many students of Islamic history begin with the assumption that if an event or a statement has not been reported in the earliest sources of Muslim history or hadith like as-Sirah an-Nabawiyya of Ibn Hishãm or Sahíh of al-Bukhãri, it must be a later fabrication and therefore not credible. They tend to ignore the biases and limitations that are imposed on the writer by the ruling powers as well as by ...
Imām Husayn Before Karbalā’
Although far too many remarks have been constantly made in light of Imām Husayn’s features as yet, purely for luck and good omen, Several of which shall be referred too.
This magnanimous Imām was born on Sha‘bān 3,4 A.H. And having been intimately beside the Prophet, his forefather, he could never detach himself from him even at the prayer time. Allāh’s Messenger, who adored him and his brother ...
3418 after Habuth (the descend of Adam a.s from Heaven)120 years of hazrat Ibrahim a.s was passed but God blessed him no child. According to the narrations, Sara gifted Hajira to the Ibrahim a.s who was presented to her by the king of Egypt. After a period of time the signs of pregnancy appeared in Hajira. She was not obeying like before and Sara began to dislike her and she swore to punish her by piercing her skin on three places.When Hajira ...
The Event of Ghad¢r and the introducing of the future leader
On his return from the Farewell Pilgrimage on the eighteenth of Dhu’l-°ijjah, and on the land of Ghad¢r Khumm[1] which is three miles away from al-Ju¦afah, the following verse was revealed to Holy Prophet:
“O Apostle! Deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message (5:67)”
He therefore ordered the caravan ...
The first step to end the contradictions in the economic structure of society begins with the distribution of economic resources among people. A just social system is one that allows all people to benefit from economic wealth. The Islamic economic system, accordingly, is based upon this criterion. The first form of economic wealth is the natural resources of the environment. Unjust distributtion of economic wealth begins with the problem of ...
The Farewell Pilgrimage and the Demise of the Prophet
The Farewell Pilgrimage
The founder of °ajj, the most prominent politico-religious ceremony, was Prophet Abraham. In the second chapter of this book, we discussed the chaotic status of religion and the power and influences of Quraysh prior to the rise of Islam. We also mentioned that until the appearance of Islam, Quraysh and all unbelievers performed °ajj and `Umrah ceremonies. However, ...
Nonaggression Pact with Three Jewish Tribes
Besides a general treaty in which both Aws and Khazraj and other Jews of these two tribes had participated, the Holy Prophet convened separate treaties with the three Jewish tribes of Ban£-Qaynuq¡`, Ban£’l-Na¤¢r and Ban£-Quray¤ah. This treaty could be termed a nonaggression pact.
As we have already said, these three tribes lived in Medina and its suburbs.[1] In this contract, the signatories ...
the Holy Prophet’s Ancestors
Mu¦ammad's Lineage
The Holy Prophet’s ancestors up to the twentieth before his father included: Abd al-Mu§§alib, `Abd Man¡f, Qu¥ay, Kil¡b, Murrah, Ka`b, Lu’ay, Gh¡lib, Fihr, M¡lik, al-Na¤r, Kin¡nah, Khuzaymah, Mudrikah, Ily¡s, Mu¤ar, Niz¡r, Ma`ad, and `And¡n.[1] However, there is no agreement concerning his other ancestors up to Prophet Ishmael, Prophet Abraham’s son.[2] It is narrated that ...
Yazid was very happy about killing al-Husayn (‘a) and those with him as well as the capture of the ladies who descended from the Messenger of Allah, peace of Allah be upon him and his progeny.1He was seen at his court looking very excited, paying no heed to the fact that he was an atheist and an apostate as testified by his citing the poetry of al-Zub’ari quoted above to the extent that he denied that the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (S) had ...
Our Shaikh Sadooq, through his successive chain of narrators, relates from Amr bin Qays Mashriqi, who says that I alongwith my cousin came to the presence of Imam Husain (a.s) at Qasre Bani Maqatil. We saluted the Imam and my cousin asked him, "The colour of your hair is due to the dye or a chemical dye"? Imam replied,
"It is dyed, for we, the Bani Hashim turn old very soon."
Then the Imam turned towards us and asked,
"Have you come to assist ...
In the foregoing pages we have reproduced the sermon delivered by Imam Sajjad in Damascus. Every word of that, sermon confirms the frankness, bravery and spiritual greatness I of the Imam and incidentally the value and necessity of such sermons and speeches delivered in the circumstances then prevailing become clear. It has also become evident that these sermons and addresses were not such that they should have been delivered as a consequence of ...
The best way to understand the subject in this chapter is to mention some clear explanations about the two meanings of the succession to authority. That is because the Muslims have differed over it. Moreover, it is of great importance with one of the two parties (i.e., Shi'a and non-Shi'a), and is some times with them both.
Here, we want to explain the succession to authority as it is with the two parties (the Shi'a and the Sunnis). ...
The Sahabah in Islam
The Shia: The Real Followers of the Sunnah
When going through the topic of Sahabah without any prejudice or emotions, we see that the Shi'ah have given them the ranks ordained by the Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah and as obligated by reason. They (Shi'ah) have never charged them all with disbelief as done by the Ghulat, nor believed in their equity (adhalah) as a whole, as done by Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jam'ah.In this ...
Al-Shaykh Taqi al-Din Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Halim, better known as Ibn Taymiyya (661-728) held the view that pilgrimage (ziyara) to the tomb of the Prophet was forbidden, let alone pilgrimage to other tombs. He considered that travelling to make a pilgrimage to tombs where the performance of prayer was necessary, was forbidden. For this view of his, he relied upon Traditions, which do not substantiate his requirement, arguments based on the ...
The Divine guides are charged with a very important and great responsibility. It is a responsibility linked with embarrassment and deprivation, torture and calamities, murder and death; etc. in short with all sorts of hardships and sufferings. And the greater and more sublime their target is, the severer and the graver are the hardships attached to it.
On this account fortitude and forbearance, i.e. patience in the face of all calumnies, ...
INVITING WARRIORS AND PROCURING EXPENSES OF WARThe Prophet was aware to some extent of the capability and experience of the enemy and was sure that besides necessitating spiritual capital (viz. faith in Allah and fighting for the sake of Allah), victory in this battle also depended on a big army. Keeping this fact in view he sent men to Makkah as well as to the areas adjoining Madina to invite Muslims to fight in the path of Allah and also to ...
No wonder Mu'awiya was the first to ask al-Hasan for making peace. [1] So he accepted al-Hasan's conditions to take one thing from him, that was government.
Mu'awiya made this plan of his when the two parties were getting ready to wage war against each other. He paid attention to carry out this plan. more than he paid attention to organizing his armies and managing war affairs. He thought that it was better for him to be the first to ask ...
The passing away of the Messenger of Allah (s) was a terrible tragedy for Lady Fatima and she was so much devastated by the death of her father that dark clouds of grief surrounded her due to the absence of her father, who was more precious to her than her own life.
Her Eminence used to visit the Holy grave of her father and circumambulate it in an extremely shocked condition. She used to throw herself on the grave and take a handful of dust ...
