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The establishment of Political Parties

Allah (swt) states in the Qur’an,

“Let there arise from amongst you a group that calls to the Khayr (Islam), Enjoins that which is Ma’roof (right) and forbids that which is Munkar (wrong), and they are the ones who have attained Success”. (TMQ al-e-Imran, verse 104)

Allah (swt) calls for there to arise from amongst the Ummah (minkum) another Ummah i.e. another band of people like the Ummah but within the Ummah as it is a partative expression (Tabaeed) which indicates a block or section of the Ummah. It identifies the qualities of this block as being bound like the Ummah is bound but upon the forbidding of the Munkar and the enjoining of Ma’roof and the calling to the Khayr i.e. the whole of Islam.

Similarly any Jama’ah (group) would require an Amir as the Prophet (saw) stated in one Hadith, “If there are three of you in any part of the world appoint one of you an Amir”. Hence, this group would need to have a structure so that it can actually exist, as well as an understanding of Ma’roof and Munkar.

However, the establishment and maintenance of the Ma’roof and the Munkar can only be practically carried out through the State and it is impossible to do otherwise. Imam Qurtubi in his Tafseer has pointed out that only the Sultan has the ability of executing the Ma’roof and removing the Munkar by establishing the Hudood and through the framework of authority (Imam Qurtubi Jami’u Ahkam ul Qur’an vol. 4 page 47). This is because Allah (swt) states,

“Those who when we establish them (in authority) in the earth they establish the Salah, collect the Zakah, enjoin all that is Ma’roof and forbid all that is Munkar, and to Allah belongs the return of all matters”. (TMQ al-Hajj, verse 41)

Hence the work of this party is primarily concerned with ensuring that the Ma’roof are established in the society and the Munkar removed i.e. the work of such a Party is political and is of accounting the State to monitor that it is fulfilling it’s duties and carrying the call to Islam to the rest of the world through Da’awah and Jihad. Today’s situation is, however, that almost all the Ma’roof have been removed due to the absence of Islam and almost all the Munkar exist due to the absence of the state that implements Islam.

We have defined the vital issue of the Ummah as the re-unification of her lands and the ruling of her lands by Islam through the restoration of the Khilafah.

The root Munkar by which all the Munkar will be removed is the removal of Kufr and the Kufr systems, and the Mar’oof which will bring back every Ma’roof absent and the whole Deen of Islam is the Khilafah which would re-establish Islam in all walks of life and carry the Da’awah of Islam to the rest of the world.

Hence the work of the political party is to re-establish this Khilafah and carry the Da’awah of Islam to the rest of the world. It would need to take all the necessary steps in order to resume the Khilafah. So, for example, it must be acquainted with the details of the ruling, economic, social and educational systems and policies that Islam has laid down for without them it would be incapable of resuming the Khilafah. It would also have to be unified in understanding as a structure, otherwise it would never be able to work collectively as a Party.

This is based upon the Qaa’idah (principle) in Shari’ah ‘That which is necessary to achieve an obligation is in itself an obligation’. The question now arises as to the methodology of this political party and how it would be able to work to re-establish the Khilafah.