9.11 The contracts, transactions and court verdicts before the establishment of the Khilafah - The Institutions of State in the Khilafah | System Of Islam

9.11 The contracts, transactions and court verdicts before the establishment of the Khilafah - The Institutions of State in the Khilafah | System Of Islam

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9.11 The contracts, transactions and court verdicts before the establishment of the Khilafah

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The contracts and transactions that were concluded, together with the courts' verdicts that were confirmed and executed before the establishment of the Khilafah are considered valid between their parties till the end of their execution before the Khilafah. Judiciary in the Khilafah would not repeal them and nor start them again. No new lawsuits would be accepted regarding them after the establishment of the Khilafah. .

Two cases would be excluded of that: .

1. If the case that was confirmed and its execution was finished still have a continuous effect that contradicts Islam. .

2. If the case relates to somebody that hurt Islam and Muslims.

The evidence for not repealing the contracts, transactions and lawsuits that were confirmed and whose implementation finished before the establishment of the Khilafah, and nor raising them again in other than the above mentioned two cases is that the Messenger (PBUH) did not return back after the conquest of Makkah to his house from which he emigrated. Uqayl ibn Abi Talib had, according to the laws of Quraish, inherited the houses of his relatives that embraced Islam and emigrated.

He had disposed of them and sold them, including the house of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). It was said at that time to the Messenger (PBUH):. "In which house are you going to stay?" He (PBUH) said: "Has Uqayl left any of our houses?" [Bukhari, Sahih, #3058]. In another narration, he said: "Did Uqayl leave to us any house?" He had then sold the houses of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), but the Messenger (PBUH) did not repeal them. The hadith is reported by Al-Bukhari through Usama ibn Zayd, he said: "That he said on the day of the conquest, ‘O Messenger of Allah, where do you want to stay tomorrow?’ The Prophet (PBUH) said, ‘Did Uqayl leave us any house?’" [Bukhari, Sahih, #3058] .

In regards to starting lawsuits related to those who harmed Islam and the Muslims, this is permitted because the Messenger (PBUH), when he conquered Makkah declared the blood of some people to be shed with impunity as they used to harm Islam and Muslims in Jahiliyyah. He asked that their blood be shed even if they hung themselves to the curtains of the Ka’bah. This is despite the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying: "Islam removes that which comes before it", as narrated by Ahmad and Tabarani from Amr ibn Al-As. This means the one that harmed Islam and Muslims are excluded from this hadith.. Since the Messenger (PBUH) forgave some of them later on, such as his forgiving to Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl, therefore the Khalifah is allowed to start a lawsuit against these or forgive them. This applies to those who used to torture Muslims for saying the truth or those who defamed Islam. The hadith: "Islam removes that which comes before it", [Ahmad, Musnad, 4/199] does not apply to them, for they are excluded of it, and a case is started against them according to the view of the Khalifah.. In other than these two cases the contracts concluded before the establishment of the Khilafah, together with the transactions and lawsuits are not cancelled and nor started as long as they were confirmed and their implementation finished before the establishment of the Khilafah.. Thus, if a man for example was sentenced with two years of imprisonment for a charge of breaking the doors of a school, and he finished the two years before the establishment of the Khilafah and he left the prison. Then after the establishment of the Khilafah he wanted to start a case against the one that imprisoned him for that charge because he views that he did not deserve imprisonment. Such a case is not accepted, because it happened, and a sentence was given for it and its implementation finished before the establishment of the Khilafah. He has to refer this matter to Allah (S.W.T), anticipating reward from Him (S.W.T).. If however, this man was sentenced for ten years, of which two had finished, and the Khilafah was established; in this case the Khalifah is allowed to examine the case, either by cancelling the sentence of punishment from its origin, thus letting him come out of the prison as free of the charge, or to be satisfied with the period he already spent, and he comes out of the prison. It is also possible to study the remaining time of the sentence taking into consideration the relevant divine rules and the interest of the citizens, particularly the issues related to the rights of the people, such that it removes the discord.