Political Struggle to Establish Islamic State?
Question:
Duty of a momin is to worship Allah and behave with fellow people with good manners and do his job and duty in best of his abilities,OR he has also to participate in political struggle to establish islamic state.???Thanks
Answer:
There is nothing in the Qur’an or the established Sunnah to make it compulsory for a Muslim to participate in any political activities to establish an Islamic state.
The verses of the Qur’an that are sometimes referred to in supporting the idea are normally taken out of the context. Also the Ahadith that are used to argue for obligation of establishing Islamic state are often misinterpreted. Most of these Ahadith are directing Muslims to be among the Jama’ah (mass community) of their nations and not to adopt rebellion behaviour against the society and the state. This is obviously totally different from what you referred to (i.e. participating in political struggle to establish Islamic state).
Of course a good citizen is always aware of the social and political conditions of his society and where he thinks there is something specific that he can do to help the society and the fellow citizens he does not deprive others from his services. This however as you may agree is a different story.
I would like to add that one of the most important duties of the citizens, when they can and when they are qualified enough to do so, is to offer advice and constructive criticism, where applies, to those in governmental responsibilities. This is in line with the directive of the Qur’an to advice each other to the truth (103:3) and to enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil (3:110, 9:71)
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February 2013
Farhad Shafti
Duty of a momin is to worship Allah and behave with fellow people with good manners and do his job and duty in best of his abilities,OR he has also to participate in political struggle to establish islamic state.???Thanks
Answer:
There is nothing in the Qur’an or the established Sunnah to make it compulsory for a Muslim to participate in any political activities to establish an Islamic state.
The verses of the Qur’an that are sometimes referred to in supporting the idea are normally taken out of the context. Also the Ahadith that are used to argue for obligation of establishing Islamic state are often misinterpreted. Most of these Ahadith are directing Muslims to be among the Jama’ah (mass community) of their nations and not to adopt rebellion behaviour against the society and the state. This is obviously totally different from what you referred to (i.e. participating in political struggle to establish Islamic state).
Of course a good citizen is always aware of the social and political conditions of his society and where he thinks there is something specific that he can do to help the society and the fellow citizens he does not deprive others from his services. This however as you may agree is a different story.
I would like to add that one of the most important duties of the citizens, when they can and when they are qualified enough to do so, is to offer advice and constructive criticism, where applies, to those in governmental responsibilities. This is in line with the directive of the Qur’an to advice each other to the truth (103:3) and to enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil (3:110, 9:71)
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February 2013
Farhad Shafti
