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The Islamic Guidelines
Muhammad Saleem Dada
PART-1
(This writing is about making of the Islamic environment)
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Al-Hamdu Lillah; Ramadhan of 1435 is in progress and each year, this month provides such blessing to all of us Muslims that we do feel a very high spiritual satisfaction at this period. By this paper, I, MSD, intend to present the Guidance that provides a clear representation of the Islamic environment to all persons, especially those who do have a good basic knowledge of Islam, interested in understanding it. In my previous writings, notably “The Expressions of Quran”, I, MSD, have pointed-out 15 points for the collective implementation so as to provide for the making of an Islamic environment and this writing at hand furnishes the detail for the same. Among these, the first point denotes the basis and then there are seven points of ADL (Justice; these must be implemented at the Islamic environment by the force of law with fear to some penalty on violations here and in the hereafter) that the Muslim men must care about much more than the Muslim women and seven points of EHSAAN (sense of goodness; these have implementation at the Islamic environment by care towards the Islamic moral values without any pressure but only with hope of the betterment here and in the hereafter) that the Muslim women, with all the Muslim people as whole, giving the utmost attention to HEJAB, must care about more than the Muslim men; note that one another way to express EHSAAN is that it is the best manner to do some good deed and by this expression, the Muslim men must also care about it highly in all the deeds they take on their-selves; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there are other meanings too to this term EHSAAN that I would insha-Allah take-up ahead in this paper. When the Islamic environment does come into existence, there would insha-Allah be the good manifestation of all the five pillars of Islam at this environment yet I intend to tread beyond the individual liabilities of the Muslim Person in this paper and show how Islam would manifest at the collective matters of life clarifying its Elementary Aspect that is the basis; clarifying its commands for the Administrative Level relating to ADL and clarifying its commands for the Social Level on the basis of HEJAB relating to EHSAAN; I intend this paper to prove basic guidelines to present the total picture in essence of the Islamic Environment strictly by the clear principles of Islam, without going for unnecessary detail that might blur the focus to this intention; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that Allah is the Only True Authority; His commands only have to be obeyed while others can claim obedience only when they command according to His commands; once these commands apply at the environment in the principle practically, the personnel at the administration only need to refine this very application with time keeping attention to Allah completely; Al-Hamdu Lillah. I, MSD, have taken-up three issues on the basis of ADL here at this paper that are the Administration, Dealings in Finance and Legal-Issue (and I have discussed these three under the head of “The Administrative Level”; this level includes the Martial Issue responsible to its defense and to organize the friendly sports contests that are martial in nature; with that, I would insha-Allah also comment most briefly at the most basic Education that the Administration must care for at the Islamic environment). After the Administrative Level, I have taken-up two issues that need care to HEJAB with EHSAAN (and I have discussed these issues under the head of “The Social Level”); mainly this section discusses couple of topics that are complementary to the couple of topics I just mentioned at the last of the Administrative Level; these are the discussion for the General-Education at the Islamic environment and the discussion for the Fine-Arts at it. I, MSD, would insha-Allah provide the Islamic viewpoint about Medicine too at the first discussion and I would insha-Allah incorporate the presentation of the Islamic viewpoint about Media too briefly that we have today, at the second. Also, please note that the Administrative Level, though related to ADL, would certainly have some touch of EHSAAN in it while the Social Level, though related to EHSAAN, would certainly have some touch of ADL in it when and where necessary. This presentation would present the picture of the Islamic environment in the principle for the current era insha-Allah with brevity in black and white according to the KITAB and the SUNNAH. Here I state the relevant 15 Points for the making of the Islamic Environment that I referred to at the beginning of this paper as these points do relate well to the subject-matter of this paper and as such, would provide some good insight into it insha-Allah.
Note that ----- (a)-All Muslims do believe totally that Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah ----- (b)-The Muslims would eliminate all injustice by ADL (i.e. by the law that Islamic teachings provide us) insha-Allah for which firstly, they would eliminate all such clauses of the law that do not conform to Islam; secondly, they would eliminate all cruel attitude towards children for purpose of their education and also, all cruelty towards the accused persons for their confession of crimes specially putting them in shameful condition; thirdly, they would eliminate the post mortem of human bodies for the sake of medical education or in the name of justice and all such attitude at hospitals that Islam disapproves; fourthly, they would eliminate much documentation which is normally taken in the name of official needs (so that would remain near to none here insha-Allah in all walks of life); fifthly, by good things like QARDH-HASANAH (i.e. the long-term loans that well-off Muslims would provide to needy Muslims without any interest, who would put it to use at some appreciable economic activity), they would eliminate the practice to take usury (interest) in activities related to the field of Economics; sixthly, they would eliminate the likelihood of any person to live by extreme poverty (MEHROOMEE), where he does not find even basic necessities to fulfill his needs and the needs of those who are dependent on him and also, the likelihood of any person to live by extreme wealth where he considers himself as able to do whatever right or wrong he wills by his wealth; seventhly, by necessary TABLIGH (spreading of the teachings of Islam) with the plea to Allah that He keeps all Muslims to justice, they would eliminate all evil effects of Satan at the surroundings. So insha-Allah with these seven points, the Muslims would eliminate injustice by the blessing of Allah from the current surroundings by ADL totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah ----- (c)-All attitudes that Islam takes as shameful behavior, the practice of Islamic teachings at the environment would bring them to an end by EHSAAN (the doing of good deeds by natural inclination in addition to obligatory good deeds) insha-Allah without any force of law for which firstly, the indecent clothing, as Islam recognizes for the women-folk when they come out for necessities, would end; secondly, the dancing of women anytime anywhere for any reason, would end; thirdly, all service in public or private sector by womenfolk that are not at or above the age of 30 years, would end; fourthly, all education at high level for girls who are unable to excel in studies, that is after the second year of college-education (which is not to be provided at co-education), would end; fifthly, any medical service provided by men in gynecological afflictions and in all major afflictions of women that ask for surgery, would end; sixthly, the making of movies at film industry would end though up-to 14 private TV channels plus one Government official channel might stay on without taking any caller online except for letters sent to these channels, with the timing of these channels specified clearly and each of these channels would remain to the specific task assigned to it by official guidance with care strictly towards Islam by their own, that would relate respectively to Islamic teachings, and Politics, Education, Medicine, Business, Stories, Home-Management, Law, News (all with care to Islamic Guidance); seventhly, the making of still photos for un-official reasons plus videos that are intended for private use only, would end but this matter also has to remain at EHSAAN in general; this is due to SADD-e-ZARAI’ (stopping of means that lead to wrongs), there would be no marketing of such mobile cell-phones and such gadgets that manifest still-photos and video-clips by their usage except for the specified validated gadgets that the registered TV-channels, certified big business firms or the Government institutions officially would use due to necessity. Note that the administration of Muslims, which has authority at certain place, would have to see to the initial set-up there even of these last seven points that challenge all shameful behavior at the environment on the basis of HEJAB, by their authoritative steps guiding towards the Islamic values explicitly though after the set-up, they would pursue the points of ADL insha-Allah for their practice yet these of EHSAAN would come to application insha-Allah by the good natural tendency among all Muslims as whole, especially among the Muslim women, in general; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note about the fourth point here that the environment would see that the further study after the second year education for girls, remains available to the very few highly intelligent girls only, due to necessity up-to necessity at the medical university for related subjects or at the general university for Arts & Commerce (but not for Science) where they would have the compulsory reservation in attitude, especially IF that is provided in co-education. So insha-Allah with these seven points, the practice of Islamic teachings would see by the blessing of Allah that the shameful-behavior as Islam takes it, ends from the current surroundings by EHSAAN totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Please note here that Islam is not religion only but it actually is “DEEN” (complete integrated code of life) that covers all features of human life. In today’s scenario, there is much attention on the secular attitude providing ease for religious liabilities yet trying to limit it to the personal life; there is also an inclination to concentrate on the physical side of the man disregarding his spiritual side completely in practice as if he also relates to the animal kingdom. There has developed an attitude now specially among those who are at authority to take Islam as religion only relating it totally to the individual life ignoring the fact that Islam is DEEN which Allah, the true Lord, has given to the man; He certainly would judge at AKHIRAT all that the person has done in the life at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that the presentation of this paper is in four sections besides this Foreword at the beginning and the Conclusion at the last, that are the Elementary-Aspect (the 22 points of ULAMA), Administrative Level (in three parts that are Administrative-Issue, Dealings in Finance and Legal-Issue), Social-Level (with its discussion on the basis of HEJAB at the General Education and at the Fine Arts) and Extra Significant Points; these form “EASE” by their initials. I, MSD, intend to show here at this paper insha-Allah somewhat near to the whole appearance of the Islamic environment in principle so I would not care much for the minute features that are readily available even at FIQH text-books for those who do intend such refinement with total adherence to Islam. I, MSD, have tried to present here those essential Islamic teachings that provide “The Islamic Guidelines” which are related to the Islamic environment; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Though all sections do have the Islamic support well for certain by the KITAB and the SUNNAH, Al-Hamdu Lillah, yet I, MSD, would write this paper without much care to reference except at minimum that would yet provide reason in essence insha-Allah to all such persons that are learned well in the teachings of Islam. I, MSD, would certainly ask all persons to read the Holy Book Quran with assistance of some authentic commentaries plus Ahadith (especially of Tirmidhi to which I, MSD, have provided ample notes on the Net); with this, awareness of Arabic Language is highly preferable. As the Holy Book Quran (with the assistance of the authentic Sunnah of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH to learn it in practice) is the basis to all principles of Islam so these both, the KITAB and the SUNNAH, are the basis to this writing; Al-Hamdu Lillah. For assistance, I, MSD, have also taken guidance for this paper by a number of relevant Urdu writings presented by prominent ULAMA in the last sixty-six years in Pakistan with utmost care that all these together clearly do represent the relevant Islamic thought according to the KITAB (the Holy Book Quran) & the SUNNAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that it is totally necessary that we never become highly rigid in thought. It also is totally necessary today to take reasoning by the KITAB (the Holy Book Quran) and the SUNNAH of the Prophet PBUH directly for some of matters that we face at these current times; however, this necessity asks to read the good righteous ULAMA of the ancient times as the good understanding of the KITAB and the SUNNAH is available there certainly; Al-Hamdu Lillah. There is some misunderstanding among some highly learned Muslim men in current affairs today, though they are not among ULAMA, that they consider it highly difficult to understand Islam in such manner as to apply it in the genuine practice at this current era of time; they try to take some necessary principles of Islam by choice that seem to them quite applicable in the current era omitting the other of its principles and then, try to make some combination of the asking of those chosen principles and of the asking of the current era, to live upon Islam (or what they take as Islam); this is highly erroneous and these people are highly malleable in thought. Note that Allah only has created all the universe and all that is in it; Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Islam is His Word only that He has chosen for us as our DEEN and that also is based on simple, clear and integrated rules for all times and all places; it is therefore harmonious to the whole set-up of the life as the work of Allah complements the word of Allah. As such, it is easy to understand to practice individually & collectively, at-least at the minimum of good levels without any problem for sure any-time anywhere, though it might ask for necessary sacrifice of worldly things in these current times; certainly, adjustments at the practical necessity would remain strictly to detail but not to principles; Al-Hamdu Lillah. With this statement, note that whenever the environment needs change by Islam, the good Muslim persons would keep inside its present format and provide Islamic touch to all issues inside that format by the teachings of the Quran, without drastically changing it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this is the good message that we all Muslims have received from the change that the Prophet PBUH had brought to the environment of his time, by the teachings of the Quran. I, MSD, did try even in the decade of 80’s gone-by to provide comprehensive way to implementation of specific points for the establishment of Islamic environment by Urdu writings; I provided the essence of those at the net in English in 1999 by the name of “The Islamic Manifesto” by the blessing of Allah; that writing also affects this paper. Note that just as Pakistan took shape, there arose a problem of making a constitution that would provide for the Islamic system of life well to apply in practice. The persons who professed secularism and were impressed by the western thought about the man taking him as an animal only, opined that ULAMA of various schools of Islamic thought were incapable of giving clear systematic constitutional plan that could be implemented in Pakistan and with that stance, they set-out to prove it by all ways possible. To counter this argument at that crucial time, ULAMA of all three relevant divisions of Muslims that are SUNNI, AHLE-HADITH and SHIA, gathered at the convention held at Karachi in January 1951 and they formulated 22 points that are the most relevant basic points for the constitution of Islamic State; these are known as 22 Points of ULAMA. These represent the most Elementary Aspect not only for making of the constitution of the Islamic state but also for making of an Islamic environment when put to practice so as to manifest the Islamic way of life in collective manner; Al-Hamdu Lillah. They represent this statement well that “All Muslims believe totally by heart that Allah only has the true authority Who would judge at AKHIRAT our belief and our deeds according to that belief, as told by the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH”; Al-Hamdu Lillah. I, MSD, would present these mentioned 22 points here as the Elementary Aspect to the Islamic environment (the First Section) and the writing ahead of this would not only be the elucidation for the relevant 15 points stated previously (and for my writing “the Islamic Manifesto”) but it also would remain systematic clarification to these elementary 22 points insha-Allah especially at the Administrative-Issue that I, MSD, would take first under the head of Administrative Level; certainly, all praise belongs to Allah only; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
THE FIRST SECTION
ELEMENTARY-ASPECT
The 22-Points of ULAMA
Al-Hamdu Lillah
(1) ALLAH is the Real Sovereign and the true Lord of this universe.
(2) The Law of the country shall be based on Quran and Sunnah and neither any law shall be enacted nor any Administrative injunction shall be laid down that is repugnant to the Holy Book Quran and the Sunnah.
(3) This country shall not be based on any geographical, racial, linguistic or any other concepts but only on those principles which are based on the code of life laid down by Islam.
(4) It shall be the obligation of Islamic state to establish all the Goodness defined by the Quran and the Sunnah, suppress all wrongs and arrange for the revival and supremacy of the Islamic belief and for the necessary education of established Islamic sects according to their understanding of religion.
(5) It shall be the obligation of Islamic state to strengthen the unity and brotherhood among all Muslims of the world. It shall get rid of all means that may give rise to differences among the Muslim citizens of the state due to ignorant prejudices of racism, linguistics, regionalism or any other sort of discrimination and ensure the stability of unity among the Islamic community.
(6) State shall sponsor, without any religious, racial or other discrimination, the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, health and education for all such people who cannot earn their livelihood or cannot do so temporarily due to unemployment, illness or other reasons.
(7) Citizens of the country shall enjoy all the rights laid down for them in the Islamic SHARIAH. It means protection of life, property and dignity within the Law, freedom of religion and sect, freedom to worship, freedom of caste, freedom of expression, freedom to move, freedom to gather, freedom to earn livelihood, equal opportunity to progress and right to get benefits from social organizations.
(8) None of the above-mentioned rights of any citizen shall be suppressed at any time without any legitimate reason according to the Islamic Law and none shall be punished for any accusation of crime without provision of an opportunity to defend and without a judicial decision.
(9) The established Islamic sects shall enjoy complete religious freedom within the prescribed boundaries and law. They shall have the right to educate their followers on their religion. The decisions related to their personal affairs shall be made according to their religious jurisprudence and it shall be suitable to make an arrangement that their own judges make such decisions.
(10) The non-Muslim citizens of the state shall enjoy complete freedom, within the prescribed boundaries and law, to practice their religion, worship, culture, religious education and they will have the right to get decisions on their personal affairs according to their religious law or traditions.
(11) It shall be mandatory to abide by the agreements made, with non-Muslim citizens of the state, within the boundaries of SHARIAH. Both the Muslim and non-Muslim citizens shall have equal civic rights as mentioned above in the clause number 7.
(12) It shall be mandatory for the President of the country to be a male Muslim whose trustworthiness, capability and decision-making enjoys the confidence of people or their elected representatives.
(13) The President of the state shall be actually responsible for administering the state. However, he can delegate any part of his authority to a person or an organization.
(14) The government of the President shall not be autocratic but consultative. It implies that he shall execute his duties after consultation with the members of government and the elected representatives of the people.
(15) The President shall have no right to govern without the help of consultation after suspending the constitution partially or completely.
(16) The organization that shall elect the President shall also have the right to remove him with majority of votes.
(17) The President of the state shall have the same civil rights as general Muslims and shall not be immune to impeachment.
(18) The same law shall be applied to the members and workers of the government and the citizens and the general courts shall implement it.
(19) The judiciary shall be separate and independent from the administration so that the judiciary does not get influenced by the administration in performing its duties.
(20) It shall be prohibited to preach or promote any such thoughts and ideologies, which may be destructive to the basic principles of the Islamic State.
(21) The various provinces and parts of the country shall be considered the administrative units of one state. Their status shall not be racial, linguistic or tribal entities but shall be of administrative territories, which may be delegated administrative authorities under the central dominion keeping in view the administrative convenience but they shall not have right to disintegrate from the center.
(22) Any interpretation of the constitution that is against the Quran and Sunnah shall not be valid.
Al-Hamdu Lillah
THE SECOND SECTION
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL
(Implementation by ADL)
The Administrative-Issue
Al-Hamdu Lillah
The past century proved very hard to Muslims as it introduced many amazing modern means to rule into the administrative aspect mostly due to the scientific inventions at Europe whereas it manifested an imperialist stance with high impression at the political affairs of the world. These number of scientific inventions not only led to the common usage of modern scientific devices but also brought about new ways of transportation & communication providing development in administrative ways that made it much involved in the individual life of the common man. But at this situation, the western imperialism was at the driving-seat of matters at the world (and it still impresses them), so this caused high chaos among Muslims how to fulfill those Islamic commands that do need the help of administration to manifest at the environment; this situation that Islamic teachings were not at command at administration was somewhat new in experience for Muslims and that also in such high magnitude. This in turn led many scholars of Islam in whom even few of the prominent ULAMA were included, to take attainment of administration as one of necessities of the time. Taking this necessity for the given time only to remove the west from the manifest authority over Muslims, due to its penetration into the life of an individual, it did have validity to it yet it became a problem when such thought went to such height in some factions of Muslims that they made it an obsession. Islam asks for the attainment of the pleasure of Allah by applying the teachings of the Holy Book Quran and the authentic Sunnah that are the commands of Allah only though Allah does raise the true Muslims to affect the environment when they are attentive towards Him totally as NEMAT (blessing) from Him yet that is the matter of His Will that He knows only; our efforts must strictly remain upon Islam without the asking of any worldly benefits but only for the success at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The best manner for good practicing Muslims to deal the wrongs of the administration as of now where mostly unworthy Muslims are heading it, is to work together as a pressure-group in today’s scenario keeping strictly to the KITAB and the SUNNAH of the Prophet PBUH; that would insha-Allah cause the persons at charge of affairs of Muslims to reconsider their attitudes in the long-run period due to the inherent voice of Truth inside; Al-Hamdu Lillah. It is highly praiseworthy to let these unworthy Muslims come to some worth and do the required task by their own even if they come to live at the minimum level of adherence to Islamic values though if they openly oppose Islam by their commands, all common Muslims must face them in the best peaceful way possible but indeed, only as pressure-group working by the discipline that Islam appreciates. As everyone has to answer individually at AKHIRAT for his belief and deeds and previously, as the administration could not penetrate into the individual’s life in such high manner as of now, there was not such high worry among the ULAMA about getting it anyhow, though they did understand and did point out that for the fulfillment of many Islamic commands, it needs to be co-operative to implementation of those commands. However the situation did remain favorable then in this sense that there never was such challenge to Islamic commands by the administration prior to this current period in progress since a century or so, as the rulers did not have such involvement in lives of peoples as of now and being Muslims by their own words and even by commitment to necessary Islamic tasks, they seldom challenged Islam in such way that Muslims do feel uneasy in the commitment to Islamic commands that relate to all of them collectively in any significant manner; as such, the ULAMA certainly did not consider attainment of the administration as utmost necessity to the Islamic way of life then and reasonably so. Please note that at those times, there were even those ULAMA who rejected offers to administrative posts when there were only unworthy Muslims at administration yet caring to Islam up-to necessity. Having said this, I would proceed on to say that in today’s scenario, it is utmost necessary that whatever we Muslims can peacefully do to change the situation in the collective sense to the Islamic way of life in these current times, we must do that for the pleasure of Allah; we need to present His commands that relate to manifestation in the collective sphere to all persons in the most simple manner, with all other of His necessary commands as this necessity certainly has come to “urgency” by Islam in these current times. Today, as the administration has achieved extreme penetration into the life of the individual with scientific gadgets to assist in it plus developed administrative ways to tighten its hold that lead the persons at authority, to take the common man as inferior to their status, the efforts to change it to the better side certainly has much urgency. We have to change the situation together without any challenge to each other by making factions among ourselves; we all Muslims that are among the common people or at administration, must tackle the matter to lighten the impression of the modern tight hold of administration that applies it by the management of technical gadgets and administrative techniques. The other thing that we all Muslims that are among the common people, need to do is to eliminate the negativity in all Muslim rulers after the fulfillment of the individual tasks that Islam asks of us but only in the best peaceful manner that we can assume. Note that even in this difficult situation for us, there needs to be the soft way to do the task of affecting the environment by Islamic values as we Muslims have to ask all to come towards Islam plainly by clear presentation of Islamic teachings. Previously, at-least the first of these both sides, was not present and even the Muslim rulers that came to power at difficult times for Muslims then, were not actually hostile to Islam in the collective sphere for the Muslims; in-fact they did present time & again, many such persons who respected righteous ULAMA highly and formulated ways to raise their impression into the environment of the respective places that they governed. At these current times, the attitude, that is mostly averse to Islam in many of Muslim rulers knowingly or unknowingly, is creating FITNAH for Muslims in general that means that it is creating such situation that is making trouble to an ordinary good Muslim to fulfill his liabilities even at the individual level as commanded by Allah, the true Lord; He only has all right to command; Al-Hamdu Lillah. So, the best approach as of now seems to become a peaceful pressure-group with TABLIGH of Islam to all peoples of the world as best as possible; this might keep the Muslim rulers away from Secularism and from taking the man as if he is something among animals only; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Please note at this discussion here that Islam asks us to believe in three things basically; first is that Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; second is that AKHIRAT that is the true Life after this life has to come and there at its first day that is named as HASHR (that consists of 1000 years by our count), everyone would have to account for his/her belief and deeds individually; third is that Allah has provided His message that all must remain attentive to Him believing in Him truly and putting His commands into their lives, individually and collectively, by sending Messengers into the world time & again, who would witness at the Day of Judgment that they had forwarded the message of Allah to all they were appointed to. So no-one gets the argument there that he/she was unaware of these three basic points and the necessary detail there-from; it is necessary to believe in the Holy Prophet Muhammad PBUH as the last of Messengers of Allah so as to fulfill the asking of this last basic point. We Muslims have to provide these fundamental teachings of Islam by the Holy Book Quran and the authentic Sunnah of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH to all peoples of the world. These three basics of belief in Islam with their necessary detail, indicate all attitudes that would be present at all aspects of the Islamic environment and this certainly includes the administration too as they give the answers to the relevant questions that relate most directly to it. These relevant questions are as follows that who is the actual authority in the administration; on which direction, the administration has to guide the people at its command; how must the administration manage its affairs in the long-run period. The west gives answers to these questions in its own way and we would study that ahead here at this paper so as to understand the difference between both views on the scholarly level that would hopefully promote the understanding to the Islamic living in better way insha-Allah. There is a fourth relevant question too that is how the personnel at this administration would come at their respective status to rule, guide and educate the people and that also, we all students would take-up later-on insha-Allah. Now, the answers to these three questions according to Islam, are as follows; the first question is “Who is the actual authority in the administration?” The answer to this according to the first matter of belief is that it is Allah, the true Lord; the second question is “on which direction, the administration has to guide the people at its command?” The answer to this according to the second matter of belief is that it has to guide the people towards the care for AKHIRAT in all their attitude that is the true coming life remaining totally attentive to get the pleasure of Allah that is the only true aim of life; the third question is “how would it manage the administration in the long-run period?” The answer to this according to the third matter of belief is that it has to spread the message of Islam that Allah provided to the last of Messengers i.e. Muhammad PBUH as best as possible to provide convenience to all peoples at its rule for the practice of Islam; thus they have to care for their convenience not only in physical sense that they do get their necessities without trouble, but also in spiritual sense that is much more important; it is the spiritual goodness that would lead to physical convenience insha-Allah. When, due to the good manifestation of Islamic values, all peoples of the world believe in Allah, the true Lord, without any external force just by their own good leaning towards the Truth with the acceptance that they have to answer for all they do at the worldly life, the administration in the following of the last Messenger PBUH, has done its task well; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that the most important thing that establishes everything in the Islamic environment including the administration in it, is the recognition that Allah only is the true Lord and we all have to answer for our belief and our deeds at AKHIRAT to Him so we only have to put His commands in practice in principle; this settles the main Administrative-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Whatever He has given to us from the worldly things is actually due to His trust on us that we show our true worth to get JANNAH by high care about AKHIRAT and take only necessary bother for our worldly sustenance providing the surplus of the worldly possessions to those who are in high need of it by our own purposeful determination; this settles the main Economics-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Whatever He has given to us from the true knowledge of Islam, it is due to His asking from us to provide justice at all times & places according to Islam; this settles the main Judicial-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Islam gives the message that Allah has given us our lives as an examination to show our worth for JANNAH with the man dominant over the woman here in the world who must guide her to Islam well and must care for her worldly needs totally well so that she might adhere necessarily to the fulfillment of HEJAB (though in matters of AKHIRAT and at AKHIRAT, both genders are equals and each would get his/her result in the individual capacity), so we all must live a simple life by the Islamic guidance and put all our efforts mainly to care about AKHIRAT; this settles the major part of demand by Islamic values at the Social-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Also, we have to keep much reservation in our sentiments towards beauty, charm & entertainment with respect for HEJAB as that good reservation would hopefully prevent any unpleasant effect to Islamic morality insha-Allah; this settles all other of demand by Islamic values at the Social-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Now, the true Islamic administration is the one that cares for these three things that its rulings are based on the commands of Allah, the true Lord; it works for the betterment of matters caring about AKHIRAT for the people it heads, taking measures not only for their necessary physical needs but also guiding them to care totally for spiritual improvement according to the KITAB and the SUNNAH for the true success at AKHIRAT; it believes, applies & professes the teachings of Islam as the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH has given, clearly by action spreading them far and wide with total affection; note for the fourth question that it does not matter in essence whether the administration is labeled as a Kingdom or a Democracy due to the difference in the manner of election for the administrative system that heads the Government but it must keep to such norms of the day only that do not challenge Islamic values in any way; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that in Islam, the Islamic character of the ruler values rather than the system that brings him at fore to take-on the matters of men; so the ruler would be totally committed to the mentioned three basic Islamic matters of belief, coming at his post by acceptable norms of the day that do find acceptance by Islam too in clear terms; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Here it would be better to see in brief what system among those that are at hand might bring the best of Islamic administration as one of these would do well if it can fulfill the Islamic demands even at the minimum level as of now satisfactorily; this would certainly answer the fourth question too that is relevant in this discussion; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The man has practiced different forms of administration at different times and many of these forms are represented even at these current times more or less, even if not at countries then at different types of groups at different places; these include Monarchy (authoritative or nominal), Democracy, Dictatorship and the rule of Aristocracy (which might be feudalism or socialism; even nationalism and its extreme form that is fascism, might be included here). Among these, we would leave Dictatorship and Aristocracy with all its colors as the former is against the Islamic asking of SHURA (i.e. the AMEER has to take advices necessarily from high number of good representatives of Muslims whom he commands, mutually discussing issues of concern and has to decide there-from; note that Islam does allow the AMEER, the ruler at the Islamic administration, a special influence in making of the decision for Muslims keeping to the Holy Book Quran and the SUNNAH, without any touch of Dictatorship) and Aristocracy always develops hatred of groups other than the one that it claims to be its own as it takes only that one in unworthy pride as valid for authority disregarding all other aspects to the society. This attitude is against the Islamic asking of love to all peoples and its asking for equality among all Muslims in general that puts emphasis on their willful good actions rather than on their status that they get even without those actions; however, please note that the love of the country where the Islamic environment prevails is not questionable by Islam and to fight for its safety from un-Islamic influence without any touch of hatred to anyone, is praiseworthy by Islam. Both of these systems, Dictatorship and the rule of Aristocracy, manifest forms of monopoly to the administration posing challenge to the true Lord Allah (also please see the point-14 & the point-15 of the 22 points of ULAMA). Islam gives value to goodness and as such, the prominence in the Islamic environment at the world is the same as at AKHIRAT and that is due to TAQWA (the goodness that comes with the righteous belief and virtuous deeds done continuously according to that belief). This gives a clear just opportunity to all that are capable to lead by Islam without the conversion of the administration to religious Aristocracy; note again that Islam is DEEN which guides the man according to his inner asking and it not a religion only; the Muslims have to bring Islam to administration too with all other activities as that only is in-line with the righteous belief they have; as such, all Muslims at this environment live in-line with each other whether at the administration or otherwise and that living totally by Islam, is the matter of natural living and not a forced compulsion; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Also, please note that all at the good level of understanding in this Islamic environment would certainly be well-aware of Islamic basic matters and their necessary detail for action; this ultimately would set limits even to persons at authority that have to remain inside the commands of Allah without fail; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Islam is that we Muslims know in total practically since many centuries now and taking it as it is, we Muslims would not have any problem insha-Allah in its application at the environment; Al-Hamdu Lillah. This leaves us with Monarchy and Democracy and these both are well to take-up to administration at the Islamic environment when they become total custodians with total attention towards Allah, to the three basic Islamic matters with their necessary detail and this is well-established by the Quran and the Sunnah; however in today’s scenario, Democracy when it is applied by the Islamic touch, certainly does have better space by the Islamic viewpoint to become worthy shade of AMARAT (the Islamic administration at given time & place) having the potential to rise to KHILAFAT (that is the name for the Islamic administration when it rises without compulsion to any people to somewhat represent all Muslims of the world) so presently, I, MSD, would provide the detail to this mentioned statement about Democracy for the Islamic environment here insha-Allah but after elucidating the erroneous concept of the same that is taken by the west as of now. This would in turn, tell about the Islamic administration by the suitable Democracy, at-least at the minimum of acceptance, insha-Allah that we Muslims might apply for the making of an Islamic environment in the scenario we face today; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Democracy, as practiced in the west, mostly depends on its application on the answers of their own to the three relevant questions given by different of their thinkers though basically given by the French political thinkers named Montesquieu (d-1755) and Rousseau (d-1778) about 260 years back from now (from 2014) that they took-up organizing them with time into a system of administration; with time they added the secular attitude to it that asked the religious attitude to remain strictly at the individual level but not to manifest at the collective level in any way whatsoever. Note that this added secularism too, has its basis from that very time that took hold gradually as the time passed on; this was initiated by the concept that facts are those only that are related to human senses as forwarded by their philosophers averse to Christianity then. According to the guidance given basically by Montesquieu, they took-up the separation of the administration in three parts that are in “Legislative” that makes laws of the land by the representatives of the people, in “Executive” that applies those laws to practice over the land with the head of the administration at its charge and in “Judiciary” that decides for the actual asking and the practical level to those laws. According to the guidance given basically by Rousseau, they took up the establishment of the administration in accordance to the will of the people of the land as he had stressed the rights of the people over the administration and the need to care for the individual according to social contract among the rulers and the ruled; these both guidance, the west applied with the application of the attitude that is currently named as Secularism. Forming a man-made integration of some sort among both these guidance and Secularism, adding the concept with it that the man is but an animal, they developed the system which now they term as “Democracy”. Please note that the separation of power by different institutions in administration and the care about the will of the people at administration go well with Islamic teachings when there is high care about the three basic matters of Islamic belief in all of environment; note that these guidance were given by those two thinkers that belonged to the time where Muslims still had quite an influence at the matters at hand though going towards decline then, and I, MSD, would remark about their mentioned guidance, without any inclination to any other of their thoughts, that there is very high probability that they might have been influenced in some way then by the Islamic thought in these mentioned good directions; the other two of these four basic points that the west takes for Democracy are totally against Islam. Please note that though the Reformists and those that asked for enlightenment at that time at Europe did not intend to take-up Islam because that meant total surrender to Allah doing only whatever He commands clearly by the guidance of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH yet with that, please note this well too according to a quote that tells us of the Islamic Impression on the people asking for change at the west then that “there was an internal need in Europe for the reformation it needed yet was totally unable to provide without taking-up the impression of the Islamic ideas; these Islamic ideas were even modified by Europe at that time to provide for its needs then”. It certainly is possible to understand this statement better by the writings of that time and more so, by the French Revolution (and after that by the thoughts of Bonaparte at his rise & decline); this brief writing can only guide attention to the fact that at that time when the mentioned two French political thinkers presented their views on the desired political system, Islamic views still had impression at the world in such ways that it was not possible to ignore it in any scholarly pursuit. But having said this, we would go on ahead with our discussion on Democracy as the west has designated. Now, as for Secularism, I, MSD, would only remark that many of people at the west were fed-up with their religious leaders at that time due to reasons that we are not concerned with at this paper; briefly, note that at that time, their religious leaders were leading them in the name of Jesus Christ-AS, the Messenger of Allah, but doing otherwise than the actual teachings of love that he had provided to them; as such the peoples at the west took-up Secularism to expel the religious impression totally from the collective life of the man. Secularism does not go with Islam in any way and certainly Islam, being DEEN of Allah that cares about the human beings naturally in all fields of life, does not have anything to do with this thought; note also that ULAMA have generally guided the masses among the Muslims at all times & places strictly according to Islam even taking troubles on their own selves whenever & wherever necessary; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Now, before proceeding to see the answers to the three mentioned relevant questions given by the west, we all must address the last of the basic points too of its Democracy which is the idiotic concept about the mankind that it has developed with time after the period of the mentioned guidance of the French thinkers and after the inclusion of secularism to it. This idiocy has penetrated into them as basis to their attitudes that it considers the man as a form among animals belonging to the animal kingdom and this idiotic concept too like secularism is clearly against Islam. Please note that the west is totally given to the worldly life now due to the impression of this idiotic concept that resides inside it as the corner-stone of all its other concepts; many of traits that the west shows in collective, hint clearly on that and as such, a huge difference takes place between it and the Islamic concept that takes the man as not only Physique but also Spirit that naturally recognizes Allah, the true Lord; it tells that the man knows inside that he has to account for his belief and his deeds certainly at a certain day in front of Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah. This idiocy in thinking of the west that Islam naturally challenges, has led the west, at-least many of its thinkers unjustifiably, to take Islam as some monster to which it must respond aggressively if it is not to gobble it up and must eradicate it out of the man’s life in the collective sense. The west is certainly ready to bear it as religion with no say in the collective matters of human life but it is unbearable to the west as DEEN, the complete code of life. I, MSD, reckon their fear as much related to their history as it is in much contrast to the history of Muslims; they have faced only trouble from the powerful, especially those who derived their power from their religious status among them. It seems to me that the attitude of many of western women too that has led to much immorality at the west according to the Islamic viewpoint, is also a retaliation now, when she has achieved a say in matters of life, that is much related to the suppression she has faced from the stronger gender in their history; but Islam does not appreciate to use power against the weak in any way. We Muslims are able to state without any fear to its refutation by any of the just characters, that Islam has never been involved in that suppression here in the east by the blessing of Allah; certainly it is fair to say that Muslims might have erred at times, and even then not generally, yet the Islamic teachings are totally clear on the matter that they generally have cared for, at all times certainly and at all places in their history; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Now, these thinkers at the west are trying hard that Islam does not achieve the power they irrationally fear; the problem has highly developed as of now as the west takes much of its advises from the ill-wishers of Islam. There is hope but little that with the animal-traits that the west has developed as of now, it would learn something without any reference to the Trial & Error; we must still present the Islamic teachings in plain terms to them with as simplicity as possible. Having said this, I would avoid any more remarks to the psyche of the west here except for the statement that “hatred”, especially when it had its basis on fear, has been the only reason at many times in the history of the man that has led to high destruction of his life, property and honor without any valid reason; the previous century also proves this fact truly well where some western leaders arose to make deadly wars among the western peoples under their respective command, justifying their stance on the basis of some hatred and this, the learned men of the west know well with all certainty; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Now, among the mentioned relevant questions, the first one is “Who is the actual Authority in the administration?”; the second one is “On which direction, the administration has to guide the people at its command?”; the third one is “How would it manage the administration in the long-run period?” Noting this well that the west takes the man as form of an animal and professes Secularism, it becomes clear by reading its answers to these relevant three questions of administration that the west has only produced a challenge again to the man that has proved again a very high trouble to him. According to the method of administration that they term as “Democracy” taking the guidance of the two French thinkers previously mentioned, making it totally attached to Secularism and to the idiotic concept mentioned, the west has answered to the first question that the authority to rule rests with the people of the land so they would formulate the laws as they will that would be manifested by the authority of their representatives seeing in practice the benefits of the life at the world only; all other institutions having impression at the environment would work practically to enhance this attitude of getting worldly benefits. To the second question, they have made it clear that the people would lead themselves as they deem fit by their representatives that are totally given to the idiotic concept mentioned and the popular stance among them on issues at hand would become the rule without any respect even to those values that historically, have always been respected by the mankind; this means that the administration would comply to the will of the people unconditionally except where that will challenges their worldly benefits by the reasoning of their best “think-tanks” (the impression of whom they accept well) and the thinking of whom is totally committed to their “Democracy” only with its necessary detail. To the third question, they answer with strange mental inclination of their superiority that they have finally reached the best of solution to run administration with such system of life that is unsurpassable in excellence for the mankind; that answer with that mental inclination, means practically that they have the right to finish-off any notable challenge to any of the high manifestation of their life-style by their available might deciding that notable challenge in accordance to “their understanding” without any care to what others than their own-selves have to say on the same; this third answer is clear indicator to animal traits they incline towards and it ultimately leads to their “hatred” to others than their own-selves in practice and as such, to the same fate that the previous century has manifested clearly; that is to fight in the name of prejudice only. These answers need no reference as they manifest well in their practice as of now in these current times. Now, the Islamic guidance clearly indicates their fallacy that when matters of the man are left on the human-mind totally, such dependence asks to care for the unworthy unjust desire to head things by own way getting them in total control in all manner. This is because the Man naturally desires to rule while the Woman naturally desires to crave for appreciation of her manifest physical beauty that if unchecked, leads her to manifest her physical beauty in most objectionable way according to all good morality that had been respected since all times previous to this current era that is in progress since a century or so. It is the administration based on the “desire” of the people and not actually on the “will” of the people; “desire” has to be controlled as it is part of the Physique (NAFS) of the man that rises to control the Spirit (ROOH) of the man with time if it is left unchecked becoming AMMARAH (basically at birth, it is LAWWAMAH that leads the man to the consciousness of guilt); this AMMARAH leads only to wrongs then with matters getting worse for living except when Allah intends to make things better. This is the end-result of taking the mankind among animals and then expecting the righteous guidance from the same to questions of high practical value to environment that actually must keep to decency in all aspects, if he has to achieve the true inner satisfaction. Note that if the Spirit of the man rises to control the “desire” making it liable to work under the guidance of the Spirit that is attentive to Allah, it becomes MUTMA’INNAH; having said this, I, MSD, would go ahead to define the Islamic manner of administration insha-Allah with clarity necessary for the fourth question relevant to it; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Keeping the given detail in view, please note that it is not difficult to form an Islamic administration by the manner of administration that is termed as “Democracy” by avoidance of all wrongs that have been put onto this system by the west in today’s scenario; this needs total adherence to the three basic Islamic matters of belief. It is notable that Islam does ask to keep to the advice of the common people to establish the administration; this is manifested even in the concept of BAYAT yet the omission of the discussion of this concept here would not cause any harm in understanding the matter in any way insha-Allah as I, MSD, intend to convey the Islamic manner of administration at the minimum level at least for the current era, so leaving its discussion, let us see the elimination that we need at the western concept of Democracy and the needed approach to take it by Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The basics of belief according to Islam tell us that Allah is the true Lord and whatever any man commands, that must not challenge the commands of Allah; these are known by the Holy Book Quran and the authentic Sunnah of the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH. This implies that whatever law is formulated to affect the Islamic environment, it must certainly not challenge the commands of Allah in any way whatsoever as the 22 Points of ULAMA also do guide. This needs that the persons at authority are well-aware of the commands of Allah with the intention and wisdom to apply them well at the individual and the collective level; they all would be totally sincere to Him and all His Messengers especially the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, so as not to violate this basic asking of the Islamic belief. The Administrators at the Islamic environment on any level, have to ask all to care about AKHIRAT and they must guide people to live the life at the world preferably by necessities only; they all must have the learning and the potential to guide all peoples towards Islam whenever necessary. The administration has to manifest the Islamic teachings in different matters of life in the environment by the good application of them; that application comes by HUKM that is to provide the ruling for practice at some issue directly, or by HIKMAT that is taking circumstances to such position by intelligent tackling of matters that provides the ruling for practice at some issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. As for the personnel that run the administration, it is better that they work at three planes i.e. AMEER, HAKIM and MUNTAZIMEEN while at elections and other times too, there would be the application of four important rules that Islam tells to care for and that I, MSD, would elucidate a little ahead in this writing. With these three planes and four rules at this Administrative-Issue, our study would see the working of the Administrative Level in different fields of life in the Islamic manner insha-Allah. Note that it is much better if these representatives in the administration work strictly under only few notable heads of issues that relate to it as manifested nowadays by some of departments where ministers of the Government deal the relevant issues; note that limiting these departments in quantity according to needs is not questionable by Islam; note also that it is better to keep to minimum necessary requirement of the Islamic teachings in all issues of life in the troublesome scenario that we face today; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Keeping the manner that we find in general for administration at these current times by Democracy, I, MSD, would point out that if the Chief-Executive of the administration is taken as the Central AMEER (not necessarily giving this specific name to him but taking him as such), and the Chief-Ministers at their respective provinces as Provincial AMEERS while the Ministers at both are taken respectively as HAKIMS connected to each of Issues that relate to administration, the application of such nomenclature is fine. The MUNTAZIMEEN (or AAMILEEN that would be provided administrative authority for the execution of some specific tasks) would be the good number of persons at the assembly that each of HAKIMS (who belongs to the same assembly) takes-up for assistance in his respective relevant issue. They would directly work under the observation of their respective HAKIMS to provide services to all peoples at the land keeping to their specific designation in their relevant department; they would insha-Allah avoid the atrocities that are often caused by the employed persons at the Government service who remain at their official posts without the choice of the people; they actually manage the concerned administrative affairs of the people that they serve by their own direct administration without much of check & balance; AAMILEEN would provide the check to them insha-Allah and the people, whenever in need of good administration, would insha-Allah see to the balance. These all AAMILEEN like the AMEER who is at head of affairs and like all HAKIMS, would insha-Allah be QAVI (compatible to fulfill their duties) and AMIN (totally trustworthy). The representatives of the State besides the representatives of the Government, can remain well-intact in this system of administration (but they would be well-versed in the Islamic teachings, even more than the AMEER, the HAKIMS and the AAMILEEN) as their good presence would remain as guides to Islamic attitudes for all persons that are at the administration that runs the country and also for the common man especially in matters of EHSAAN whenever necessary, with commitment to practice of Islamic values at the good Islamic environment; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
As for the four rules, they may be named as Principal & Scattered, Subject & Object, Fear & Hope and Command & Advice. For the “Principal & Scattered”, note that it is known that in the days of the great Caliphs of Islam, the administration was carried out by making a place DAR-UL-KHILAFAT (Capital) where the Caliph lived and from there, commands were carried out in the whole of the country keeping to Islamic teachings. The persons in the local administration also had enough power to give orders and enforce their judgment in many matters without asking for any guidance from the Capital, keeping to the Islamic teachings. But, this rule at this present era does not need any address as the world by its change has made it irrelevant where all information travels amazingly fast; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The second rule of administration is "Subject & Object". It affects the administration by asking for some conditions that relate to the rulers (that are the Subject) by demands of the law, and by asking for some conditions that relate to the ordinary people (that are the Object) on the level of the good natural tendency. The rulers, whatever the level, need to be well-versed in the Islamic commands; they would be highly conscious of their responsibilities but above all, they must have great love towards Allah and towards all His Messengers especially towards the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH as that would certainly keep them on righteousness insha-Allah. The ordinary Muslims that put them ahead at the administration must also be committed highly to Islam with true love for Allah and for all His Prophets especially for the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH. They must have total belief at the three basic matters of Islam and they must have total realization that they have surrendered to the will of Allah and so they would never accept any command that falls against His commands; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Both sides would have respect to each other and care for needs that each of them has. The third rule of administration is “Fear & Hope”. For the commands that are better related to men only in the Islamic environment, the notable point is that their application would be on the basis of Fear of punishment besides the natural adherence to Islamic values (so their basis would be ADL). For the commands that are better related to women only, the notable point is that their application would be on the basis of Hope for attainment of the high level of goodness so there would be no force except for love of righteousness (so their basis would be EHSAAN). Note that EHSAAN when it relates to the deed at the general plane, it denotes the best manner to perform it by the Muslim person, whether that person is a man or a woman, but there are other valid meanings too for this term. Its second meaning relates to the individual plane that when there is an option to perform a deed that is allowed yet there is another that is even better to take instead, so then the former is at the position of ADL and the latter is at the plane of EHSAAN; for instance, when one responds to some wrong done to one in the same manner with the same intensity then that is ADL but if one forgives even when capable to respond at ADL, this is EHSAAN. Its third meaning relates to the collective plane (and even to the administration) where EHSAAN is to do something required by Islam from all Muslims without any fear of punishment; when Muslims practice such task on the basis of their good inclination only (that means the natural good tendency towards righteousness though Muslims would do it necessarily) in the virtuous hope of getting TAQWA then that also is EHSAAN. Note that HEJAB would relate to the third meaning and it is the best of attitudes in Muslim women that Islam asks of them; it then specifically relates to the Muslim woman only with the meaning here that she would keep away from all immorality by her personal good inclination that Islam asks of her; she would make such traditions with all Muslims at the Islamic environment that make living convenient at Islam without any fear whatsoever; Al-Hamdu Lillah. I, MSD, would advise here that when the Islamic environment manifests, then it is much feasible to keep even the SALAH, SAUM, ZAKAH & HAJJ at EHSAAN (in the third meaning) where they would manifest well insha-Allah with general care to Islam; but without that manifestation in general, the persons at authority, would apply some Administrative measures by ADL to implement them at the environment yet that even would have an inclination towards EHSAAN; these are most related to Muslims as they are SHA’AER (highly notable features) to Islam; note that the administration is liable to care for the HAJJ for its people and it is liable even to collect ZAKAH to spend on its rightful places if it cares about its other liabilities well in the Islamic sense towards the people under its rule; Al-Hamdu Lillah. However, note that when someone does show his commitment to Islam clearly, he would not be allowed to leave the true belief as that commitment relates to ADL; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Now remains the fourth rule of administration that is “Command & Advice” on which I, MSD, would comment in some detail as it also relates to elections, one of the factors at Democracy, that need to remain in accordance with Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
The last of these rules i.e. the fourth rule is "Command & Advice". This rule is feasible to apply at all occasions where the dealing is between the commanding person and his subordinates. To advise is the right of the people and to command keeping that advice in view is the right of the ruler, to advise is the right of the children and to decide for a situation is the right of the parents, to advise is the right of the wife and to make important decisions for both of them (and for their children) is the right of the husband. The notable thing here is that there should be no command and no advice against the principles of Islam. This rule would apply in many general ways in the administration but its special application would remain particularly in 3 ways. First is that the elections would be held according to an Islamic manner, the second is that referendums would be held according to an Islamic manner and the third is that there would be a direct contact between the ruler and the people as directed by the Islamic teachings. The election would be based on weight of votes rather than the number of votes and the referendum also would be based on weight. I, MSD, would try to provide a way here to take-up elections for the assembly that relates to formulating of laws though please note that I present it as one of the good ways to establish it keeping to Islamic teachings yet there might be other such valid ways, perhaps even better, that are according to the Islamic teachings here. Also, please note that it is not appreciable for an individual to ask for any of administrative status yet in the current times, it is bearable that those who can do well at the Islamic administration, do ask for the membership at assemblies; it does not pose any problem as of now; Al-Hamdu Lillah. When there will be elections for assemblies (that would be held every four years) as happens in Democracy, the candidates would be required to get fixed number of votes at their respective constituency that is for the National and the Provincial assembly, without challenging each other in any way as if that is some kind of a bitter contest among candidates; the candidate must present his good intentions but not belittle those who have also requested the membership with him for the same constituency. Please note that Islam does not allow contest in the worldly matters but only asks to contest for the matters relating to AKHIRAT as is totally clear by the Holy Book Quran. This is an Islamic command and for the administration, it is the third necessary concern among the three important matters for administration; among the other two, the first one is that all Muslims including the personnel at administration must have firm acceptance of all three basic matters of belief in Islam, with total commitment that Allah only is the true Lord so only His commands would be obeyed and the second one is that all Muslims including the personnel at administration, would strive for putting the Islamic commands at-least on the minimum level of application without fail in all matters of life. The true belief and the good deeds according to that belief, are the necessary two things that lead the Muslim person to the height of TAQWA when there is awareness in general that Muslims are brothers; they would contest for AKHIRAT yet they would never contest for worldly matters; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that the constituency would present two successful candidates and not one; the first of them with more than the fixed votes to get would proceed towards the National assembly and the second of them with more than the fixed votes to get would proceed towards the relevant Provincial assembly; the constituency being the same in area for both. Anyone who fulfills the demands of the “Subject” can be candidate in these elections though he would only ask representation from one of such constituencies and not more. These candidates asking a say at assemblies shall not be at the double figure for which the law must care; this implies that there are preferably not more than nine parties, all committed to the basic teachings of Islam at the country, though a tenth candidate might apply as private candidate without any more at some constituency, and all these candidates would themselves set a target to achieve in the constituency to be elected that would be endorsed by the body of such personnel who represent the State (if Senate, the upper house representing the State, is available that cares highly about the Islamic teachings then its members would endorse the fixed number assigned by candidates to get at their respective constituency or the neutral Commission that is committed to Islam and that is set for the election, might take-up the task); these personnel would also permit or disallow the private candidate at any constituency and that permission would only recognize one private competent candidate that must have worthy status to present himself for the election at any given constituency certainly. Please note that there actually would be no contest but elections would only manifest those who might apply the Islamic commands in better way; there would be no challenge to each other but assistance on the same job among all Muslims at the place. With that fixed number of votes, if two candidates do not succeed or only one of them gets through, due to the error about the turn-out or due to the error about the number fixed to achieve for success, then the election has to be repeated there in which the new number would be fixed for the votes to achieve though where one candidate has succeeded, he would be taken to become the member at the National assembly and there the repeated election would be held among the three leading candidates from the rest to get a single candidate only that would be for the Provincial assembly; the second in line might be favored without any repetition of the election if he is near to the border-line of desired votes but that would be mentioned clearly at the law of the land. Note that the acceptable votes might be established by the ratio of votes that are casted in total at the constituency (each having its own ratio endorsed by the relevant authority), but the law of the land must establish that clearly. It is totally feasible to allow two votes to each person at some constituency if needed and it is also totally feasible to disallow women to vote at some constituency without intending their degradation in any way; note that this is much nearer to the Islamic values. Women might apply at general elections as representatives of some party though that is not appreciable and if elected to the Parliament (the National assembly or the Provincial), they would not be liable to become heads to departments but they would work at the status of advisers to heads only; they might rise to become at-most one of MUNTAZIM; they would not be allotted separate representation at the Parliament by the law just to bring them to the Parliament anyhow in quite a number against the traditional values which Islam does respect. Keeping to the Islamic guidance strictly, it is notable that Islam takes their coming at fore with boldness to lead people as their disrespect and it does not take it as any virtuous turn to them though the presence of some at assemblies when they strictly remain to advice only, Islam would tolerate; note here that whatever rights the west has given to the woman, that is on the basis of taking her as a man and not as a woman and if one ponders on this statement, one would certainly find it as truly valid insha-Allah. Now, even in the matter of voting for the candidates at their constituency, women might be asked in Referendum to respond to the question if they would appreciate not to participate in voting at their constituency especially if it represents most conservative living relating well to the traditional ways, as notably that is nearer to the Islamic values; note that asking their identity by voting sheets that have their photographs on and by such cards that also do have their photographs on as is being done generally, is much against the Islamic values; these values ask to remain most strict on the matters of HEJAB; Al-Hamdu Lillah. These things need elimination by EHSAAN with time insha-Allah but as these current times, the good values that Islam asks to, seem to get utmost denial by the administration all over the world and as such, the ordinary Muslim person needs even more commitment to these good values for the elimination of wrongs; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Going ahead, note that it is somewhat difficult to understand how the turn-out realizes at different constituencies, at-least initially about the fixed number of votes yet that would manifest well insha-Allah with time hopefully; another way to get results is by the ratio of votes and that probably at such need might be better. Where more than two candidates might succeed then the two ahead by votes would go to relevant assemblies and the other ones preferably not more than four, who also achieve the target well, might become the close advisors by EHSAAN in the affairs that those two take-up in administration; even if only two pass the criterion, the others that are near in votes to criterion, would still be liable to advise them at their liability by EHSAAN and the candidates going to administration must comply to it if they find it commendable; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that voting is allowed among equals for the task to establish the Islamic teachings well without any negativity to those who do not get through though even they would get their say in the administration; it is to recognize the worthy person to perform the needed task even though it is represented by number of votes without any contest and there are no losers; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that everyone who once gets into an Administrative institution, would be allowed to enjoy an effect in the administration certainly, because when the ability is recognized, the effect would also be allowed; Al-Hamdu Lillah. As far as the referendum is concerned, it is simple method to keep decisions correct so whenever the national assembly has a decision to make of important nature for the whole country, then the nation has to be asked for a "Yes" or a "No" about that and there would be space given for reason in the referendum form that they might avail if they so will. Wherever the weight seems to the members of the national assembly, they would take that answer; note that at the assembly to get the weight of the referendum, the votes of the respectable members would count to decide the answer acceptable to them; or in other words, the majority by number of votes at the assembly would decide its outcome and they would not necessarily take the higher number of people that the answer from the two might have behind it; they may favorably accept its answer having the lower number if they understand the reasoning for it is more valid by Islamic teachings by an open debate. The third thing here is the direct contact, which means that the rulers would have direct link with all people and protocol, paper work, personal danger would not come between this direct contact; they may see the messages at e-mails sent to them personally for this purpose and have the ability to answer the high load of e-mails sent to them directly each day within a couple of days or so, taking necessary practical steps for convenience of the common man; if they take this way only to keep contact with the people, then even, they do command with commitment to the Islamic guidance, as that fulfills the need to the direct contact insha-Allah; this attitude is necessary in Islamic environment so that it achieves glory by Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The national assembly might consolidate or introduce such laws that facilitate the election of the members that represent the state; however, it is better to get the President of the country who represents the state, by the direct election all over the country even if he is given nominal authority. He would be respectable figure by asking of the Islamic morals, and highly aware of all Islamic values; he would be most capable to guide well whenever & wherever needed; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
POINTS TO NOTE (The Administrative-Issue at ADL)
Al-Hamdu Lillah
(23) The personnel at the administration shall take all matters of life by Islam in the individual and the collective sphere and they shall guide all Muslims that they tackle matters of life practically according to Islam; this shall be the Islamic administration.
(24) The personnel at the administration shall clearly lighten the impression of the modern tight hold of the administration with their good efforts, that have been made possible by technical gadgets and administrative techniques.
(25) The personnel at the administration shall clearly appreciate the assistance and themselves assist ULAMA among the people in remaining pressure-group for the task told at the point-24 and for all good tasks according to Islam.
(26) The personnel at administration, though at any field of activity at the Islamic environment, shall clearly show all three matters of the Islamic belief by all their activities as they keep to the KITAB (the Quran) and the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH.
(27) The personnel at the administration shall not challenge each other; they must keep in mind that all Muslims are brothers; they shall assist each other without any competition at worldly matters.
(28) The personnel at the administration shall be capable to manage their jobs well (QAVI) and they shall be highly trustworthy (AMIN), not given to any high or any low corruption in any manner at all.
(29) The Islamic administration shall manifest Democracy for the making of the administrative set-up at any place in today’s scenario, when it cares for the Islamic teachings and when it is cleaned of the poison that the current western Democracy has.
(30) The Islamic administration shall have the basis on three matters of Islamic belief that the KITAB and the SUNNAH of the Prophet PBUH demand from all Muslims – these are that its rulings are based on the commands of Allah, the only true Lord; it works for the betterment of matters caring about AKHIRAT guiding the people to care for the same; it believes in Muhammad PBUH as the last Messenger of Allah, and puts the message he has provided in practice and professes it far and wide by affection.
(31) The Islamic administration shall take up Democracy by two acceptable concepts in vogue as of now according to the Islamic teachings; one of these two acceptable things is that the administrative institutions shall remain separate in task though co-operative in essence to each other in the management of the administration; the other of these two acceptable things is that the common people shall have their clear say too in that.
(32) The Islamic administration shall necessarily reject the two erroneous concepts that the west has attached to Democracy; these two erroneous concepts are the concept of secularism and the concept that the man is but an animal, respectively.
(33) The Islamic administration shall take up Democracy as Islam presents it according to the clarification provided at the Point-31 and the Point-32 and to apply this Democracy at the Islamic environment, it shall see that no actual competition takes place among Muslims in the making of the administration and so it shall conduct elections in such way that only those Muslim persons do come at the administrative posts that are QAVI (capable for the execution of their work in the Islamic manner) and AMIN (most trustworthy by character) clearly. Such Democracy at the Islamic environment then only, is the clean Democracy.
(34) The personnel at the administration shall hear all sides of MUBAH (which are all such matters for which acceptance or rejection does not cause harm to the Islamic mode of living) with tolerance; they shall take-up only the better side at application at the Islamic environment with their total commitment to the KITAB and the SUNNAH.
(35) The personnel at the administration shall work at three administrative levels; the first one of those shall be the Central Chief Executive who is termed as the Prime Minister as of now, though it is even fair to call him AMEER-e-MUAZZAM at the national level. The Provincial Chief Minister, the Provincial AMEER, is also to be counted at the first level though at lesser degree of authority than the respectable AMEER at the National assembly.
(36) The Respectable AMEER (the Prime Minister) shall be chosen by an election among three of candidates from the relevant assembly, that shall be the members of the relevant assembly, with the most favorable votes of all members in there and likewise the Respectable AMEER (the Chief Minister of each province) shall be chosen from among three candidates from the relevant assembly; both the respective Respectable AMEERS shall present themselves with the favorable advice from high quantity of members of their respective assemblies for their respective posts; note that there shall not be more than three candidates at each assembly that represent their good parties well.
(37) The respective assemblies shall care, each in its own sphere of authority, to legislate keeping to the Islamic teachings caring for the people under its command in physical and spiritual needs, so as to guide them in their necessary economic activities by Islam and to keep them towards Islam in all matters of life for the true success of AKHIRAT.
(38) The respective assemblies shall also bring at fore the HAKIMS (ministers from among the members of their respective assemblies) at the second level of administration. This shall be in accordance to the good asking of the AMEER and from the prominent members of all good parties that have their representation at those assemblies; and MUNTAZIMEEN at the third level of administration. This shall be in accordance to the good asking of the HAKIMS that shall come at the post of HAKIMS from there for the management of respective departments; the practice here shall represent co-operation for Islam and not any “opposition” in the strict sense of the word.
(39) In this administration, any member, even if at some specific post, may be removed from the membership during his tenure by 70% of the members of his respective assembly though the reason for such disposal shall be highly genuine according to the Islamic viewpoint; he may give resignation from his post or even from the membership of his respective assembly if he so wills, providing that resignation to the relevant person at authority.
(40) In this administration, the MUNTAZIMEEN shall work under the authority of their respective HAKIMS and they have to serve to manage the Government servants with total caliber caring that no atrocity takes place that is termed as corruption, keeping to Islamic teachings; they shall actually manage the affairs of people directly with censure to the Government officials whenever and wherever needed, so that they deal leniently with people in accordance with the softness in the law of the land; they shall see that it does remain soft for the common people at the Islamic environment according to the best of their knowledge and efforts; they shall keep their-selves constantly aware of the affairs of people according to their good posts.
(41) In this administration, the MUNTAZIMEEN shall see that the Government officials take trouble on themselves rather than putting trouble to the common man for any kind of documentation that shall remain extremely minimum in this set-up insha-Allah; the MUNTAZIMEEN (or in other words, the AAMILEEN) shall do the necessary official works by themselves within the framework of the law of the Islamic environment; they shall try to provide such relevant guidance to all that leads to needed softness in dealings for the common man and to the needed strictness to the official works of the Government officials.
(42) In this administration, the four significant rules shall manifest at the environment; they shall care that the Islamic teachings apply in practice in all its activities; these rules are Principal & Scattered, Subject & Object, Fear & Hope and Command & Advice.
(43) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, “Subject & Object” means that the personnel who head the Government at any level of the Islamic environment termed as the “Subject” here, shall be practicing Muslims, at-least at the minimum level required for an ordinary good Muslim person and they shall be adult and sane (in fact, the law of the Islamic land shall see by ADL that they must also be well-versed in the Islamic teachings with the ability to clarify those teachings with caliber when & where necessary); they shall abstain from any such act that is considered among the major sins by the Islamic viewpoint. The other part “Object” denotes the voters that send members to the assemblies; they have to be guided by EHSAAN to develop awareness for the good necessary judgment of the candidates that they vote for.
(44) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, “Fear & Hope” means that for the matters of men in general at the Islamic environment, the management shall be at the level of ADL with some fear of punishment where necessary; this needs the formulation of laws to respect and practice the rights of all citizens at the Islamic environment as the Islamic teachings indicate well. The Government Officials at the Islamic environment shall have fear that by the abuse of their authority that puts the people to trouble, they are publicly insulted and are publicly punished according to the good law of the land. As for the other part of the rule that is Hope, note that the general attitude towards the women at the Islamic environment shall remain at EHSAAN with the hope there to achieve high morality; they shall be guided towards the Islamic teachings especially towards HEJAB with leniency and there shall be no undue force to put commands in practice that relate to matters of women in general, with care to the Islamic teachings.
(45) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, “Command & Advice” means firstly, the administration shall hold elections every four years according to Islamic manner; secondly, it shall hold referendums whenever necessary, according to Islamic manner and thirdly, there shall remain a direct contact between the persons at administration and all people they command as directed by the Islamic teachings; there shall neither be any Command nor any Advice at the Islamic environment that challenges the Islamic teachings.
(46) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, the elections shall be held after four years from the last elections by the administrative persons not participating therein, within a period of six months ahead and these elections mean that there shall be compatible trustworthy candidates who would ask to get into administration presenting themselves for the assemblies; to get the membership at assemblies, they shall get the fixed number of votes set by the administrative council for elections or alternately they shall get the specified ratio of votes from among the total casted votes set by the administrative council for elections at their respective constituency that is valid for both the national and the provincial assembly according to their standing, without challenging each other in any way as it actually is not contest in the strict sense of the word among the candidates that present themselves for the membership of assemblies.
(47) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, the candidates that present themselves at elections for the administrative task shall not be more than nine, each candidate representing his political party and each of these political parties committed to the application of the basic Islamic teachings at the country; women candidates at elections shall not be appreciated.
(48) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, one of the manifestations of “Advice & Command” is Referendum as whenever the National assembly has to make extremely important decision, then it shall ask the people for a "Yes" or a "No" about the related decision; there shall be space given for their reason in simple terms in the referendum form that they might avail if they so will. The national assembly shall take the answer by their majority in number after the consideration of the outcome of the referendum yet without regards to the number of people that their accepted answer might have behind it.
(49) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, one of the manifestations of “Command & Advice” is the direct contact of the persons at administration with the general people that they command and protocol, paper work, personal danger shall not come between this direct contact; they shall reply to all significant messages sent to them by e-mail by the general people within as short time as possible, keeping to the Islamic guidance.
(50) In this administration, it is not improper by Islamic teachings to have the state representatives that would include the President of the country, the Governors of the provinces and the Senate, though it is preferable at the Islamic environment that the President in particular, gets elected directly by the votes of all such Muslim persons in the country who are sane, adult and aware of the basic teachings of Islam.
(51) The President shall be elected for the four years ahead and even if he is elected by the people in general as the President, he is liable to be removed by the national assembly only, during his tenure by more than 70% of votes. However, the reason for such removal shall be highly genuine, keeping to the Islamic viewpoint; he might resign during his tenure if he so wills.
(52) The President shall be Muslim, sane, adult citizen of the country where the Islamic environment manifests and he shall highly care for the Islamic teachings in the individual and the collective practice. He shall be well-versed in them and shall have the capability to guide according to those teachings, all members of all assemblies and even all people of the country whenever and wherever necessary without fail.
Al-Hamdu Lillah
Continued at Part-2
Muhammad Saleem Dada
PART-1
(This writing is about making of the Islamic environment)
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Al-Hamdu Lillah; Ramadhan of 1435 is in progress and each year, this month provides such blessing to all of us Muslims that we do feel a very high spiritual satisfaction at this period. By this paper, I, MSD, intend to present the Guidance that provides a clear representation of the Islamic environment to all persons, especially those who do have a good basic knowledge of Islam, interested in understanding it. In my previous writings, notably “The Expressions of Quran”, I, MSD, have pointed-out 15 points for the collective implementation so as to provide for the making of an Islamic environment and this writing at hand furnishes the detail for the same. Among these, the first point denotes the basis and then there are seven points of ADL (Justice; these must be implemented at the Islamic environment by the force of law with fear to some penalty on violations here and in the hereafter) that the Muslim men must care about much more than the Muslim women and seven points of EHSAAN (sense of goodness; these have implementation at the Islamic environment by care towards the Islamic moral values without any pressure but only with hope of the betterment here and in the hereafter) that the Muslim women, with all the Muslim people as whole, giving the utmost attention to HEJAB, must care about more than the Muslim men; note that one another way to express EHSAAN is that it is the best manner to do some good deed and by this expression, the Muslim men must also care about it highly in all the deeds they take on their-selves; Al-Hamdu Lillah; there are other meanings too to this term EHSAAN that I would insha-Allah take-up ahead in this paper. When the Islamic environment does come into existence, there would insha-Allah be the good manifestation of all the five pillars of Islam at this environment yet I intend to tread beyond the individual liabilities of the Muslim Person in this paper and show how Islam would manifest at the collective matters of life clarifying its Elementary Aspect that is the basis; clarifying its commands for the Administrative Level relating to ADL and clarifying its commands for the Social Level on the basis of HEJAB relating to EHSAAN; I intend this paper to prove basic guidelines to present the total picture in essence of the Islamic Environment strictly by the clear principles of Islam, without going for unnecessary detail that might blur the focus to this intention; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that Allah is the Only True Authority; His commands only have to be obeyed while others can claim obedience only when they command according to His commands; once these commands apply at the environment in the principle practically, the personnel at the administration only need to refine this very application with time keeping attention to Allah completely; Al-Hamdu Lillah. I, MSD, have taken-up three issues on the basis of ADL here at this paper that are the Administration, Dealings in Finance and Legal-Issue (and I have discussed these three under the head of “The Administrative Level”; this level includes the Martial Issue responsible to its defense and to organize the friendly sports contests that are martial in nature; with that, I would insha-Allah also comment most briefly at the most basic Education that the Administration must care for at the Islamic environment). After the Administrative Level, I have taken-up two issues that need care to HEJAB with EHSAAN (and I have discussed these issues under the head of “The Social Level”); mainly this section discusses couple of topics that are complementary to the couple of topics I just mentioned at the last of the Administrative Level; these are the discussion for the General-Education at the Islamic environment and the discussion for the Fine-Arts at it. I, MSD, would insha-Allah provide the Islamic viewpoint about Medicine too at the first discussion and I would insha-Allah incorporate the presentation of the Islamic viewpoint about Media too briefly that we have today, at the second. Also, please note that the Administrative Level, though related to ADL, would certainly have some touch of EHSAAN in it while the Social Level, though related to EHSAAN, would certainly have some touch of ADL in it when and where necessary. This presentation would present the picture of the Islamic environment in the principle for the current era insha-Allah with brevity in black and white according to the KITAB and the SUNNAH. Here I state the relevant 15 Points for the making of the Islamic Environment that I referred to at the beginning of this paper as these points do relate well to the subject-matter of this paper and as such, would provide some good insight into it insha-Allah.
Note that ----- (a)-All Muslims do believe totally that Allah only has the true authority; Al-Hamdu Lillah ----- (b)-The Muslims would eliminate all injustice by ADL (i.e. by the law that Islamic teachings provide us) insha-Allah for which firstly, they would eliminate all such clauses of the law that do not conform to Islam; secondly, they would eliminate all cruel attitude towards children for purpose of their education and also, all cruelty towards the accused persons for their confession of crimes specially putting them in shameful condition; thirdly, they would eliminate the post mortem of human bodies for the sake of medical education or in the name of justice and all such attitude at hospitals that Islam disapproves; fourthly, they would eliminate much documentation which is normally taken in the name of official needs (so that would remain near to none here insha-Allah in all walks of life); fifthly, by good things like QARDH-HASANAH (i.e. the long-term loans that well-off Muslims would provide to needy Muslims without any interest, who would put it to use at some appreciable economic activity), they would eliminate the practice to take usury (interest) in activities related to the field of Economics; sixthly, they would eliminate the likelihood of any person to live by extreme poverty (MEHROOMEE), where he does not find even basic necessities to fulfill his needs and the needs of those who are dependent on him and also, the likelihood of any person to live by extreme wealth where he considers himself as able to do whatever right or wrong he wills by his wealth; seventhly, by necessary TABLIGH (spreading of the teachings of Islam) with the plea to Allah that He keeps all Muslims to justice, they would eliminate all evil effects of Satan at the surroundings. So insha-Allah with these seven points, the Muslims would eliminate injustice by the blessing of Allah from the current surroundings by ADL totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah ----- (c)-All attitudes that Islam takes as shameful behavior, the practice of Islamic teachings at the environment would bring them to an end by EHSAAN (the doing of good deeds by natural inclination in addition to obligatory good deeds) insha-Allah without any force of law for which firstly, the indecent clothing, as Islam recognizes for the women-folk when they come out for necessities, would end; secondly, the dancing of women anytime anywhere for any reason, would end; thirdly, all service in public or private sector by womenfolk that are not at or above the age of 30 years, would end; fourthly, all education at high level for girls who are unable to excel in studies, that is after the second year of college-education (which is not to be provided at co-education), would end; fifthly, any medical service provided by men in gynecological afflictions and in all major afflictions of women that ask for surgery, would end; sixthly, the making of movies at film industry would end though up-to 14 private TV channels plus one Government official channel might stay on without taking any caller online except for letters sent to these channels, with the timing of these channels specified clearly and each of these channels would remain to the specific task assigned to it by official guidance with care strictly towards Islam by their own, that would relate respectively to Islamic teachings, and Politics, Education, Medicine, Business, Stories, Home-Management, Law, News (all with care to Islamic Guidance); seventhly, the making of still photos for un-official reasons plus videos that are intended for private use only, would end but this matter also has to remain at EHSAAN in general; this is due to SADD-e-ZARAI’ (stopping of means that lead to wrongs), there would be no marketing of such mobile cell-phones and such gadgets that manifest still-photos and video-clips by their usage except for the specified validated gadgets that the registered TV-channels, certified big business firms or the Government institutions officially would use due to necessity. Note that the administration of Muslims, which has authority at certain place, would have to see to the initial set-up there even of these last seven points that challenge all shameful behavior at the environment on the basis of HEJAB, by their authoritative steps guiding towards the Islamic values explicitly though after the set-up, they would pursue the points of ADL insha-Allah for their practice yet these of EHSAAN would come to application insha-Allah by the good natural tendency among all Muslims as whole, especially among the Muslim women, in general; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note about the fourth point here that the environment would see that the further study after the second year education for girls, remains available to the very few highly intelligent girls only, due to necessity up-to necessity at the medical university for related subjects or at the general university for Arts & Commerce (but not for Science) where they would have the compulsory reservation in attitude, especially IF that is provided in co-education. So insha-Allah with these seven points, the practice of Islamic teachings would see by the blessing of Allah that the shameful-behavior as Islam takes it, ends from the current surroundings by EHSAAN totally; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Please note here that Islam is not religion only but it actually is “DEEN” (complete integrated code of life) that covers all features of human life. In today’s scenario, there is much attention on the secular attitude providing ease for religious liabilities yet trying to limit it to the personal life; there is also an inclination to concentrate on the physical side of the man disregarding his spiritual side completely in practice as if he also relates to the animal kingdom. There has developed an attitude now specially among those who are at authority to take Islam as religion only relating it totally to the individual life ignoring the fact that Islam is DEEN which Allah, the true Lord, has given to the man; He certainly would judge at AKHIRAT all that the person has done in the life at the world; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that the presentation of this paper is in four sections besides this Foreword at the beginning and the Conclusion at the last, that are the Elementary-Aspect (the 22 points of ULAMA), Administrative Level (in three parts that are Administrative-Issue, Dealings in Finance and Legal-Issue), Social-Level (with its discussion on the basis of HEJAB at the General Education and at the Fine Arts) and Extra Significant Points; these form “EASE” by their initials. I, MSD, intend to show here at this paper insha-Allah somewhat near to the whole appearance of the Islamic environment in principle so I would not care much for the minute features that are readily available even at FIQH text-books for those who do intend such refinement with total adherence to Islam. I, MSD, have tried to present here those essential Islamic teachings that provide “The Islamic Guidelines” which are related to the Islamic environment; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Though all sections do have the Islamic support well for certain by the KITAB and the SUNNAH, Al-Hamdu Lillah, yet I, MSD, would write this paper without much care to reference except at minimum that would yet provide reason in essence insha-Allah to all such persons that are learned well in the teachings of Islam. I, MSD, would certainly ask all persons to read the Holy Book Quran with assistance of some authentic commentaries plus Ahadith (especially of Tirmidhi to which I, MSD, have provided ample notes on the Net); with this, awareness of Arabic Language is highly preferable. As the Holy Book Quran (with the assistance of the authentic Sunnah of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH to learn it in practice) is the basis to all principles of Islam so these both, the KITAB and the SUNNAH, are the basis to this writing; Al-Hamdu Lillah. For assistance, I, MSD, have also taken guidance for this paper by a number of relevant Urdu writings presented by prominent ULAMA in the last sixty-six years in Pakistan with utmost care that all these together clearly do represent the relevant Islamic thought according to the KITAB (the Holy Book Quran) & the SUNNAH; Al-Hamdu Lillah; note that it is totally necessary that we never become highly rigid in thought. It also is totally necessary today to take reasoning by the KITAB (the Holy Book Quran) and the SUNNAH of the Prophet PBUH directly for some of matters that we face at these current times; however, this necessity asks to read the good righteous ULAMA of the ancient times as the good understanding of the KITAB and the SUNNAH is available there certainly; Al-Hamdu Lillah. There is some misunderstanding among some highly learned Muslim men in current affairs today, though they are not among ULAMA, that they consider it highly difficult to understand Islam in such manner as to apply it in the genuine practice at this current era of time; they try to take some necessary principles of Islam by choice that seem to them quite applicable in the current era omitting the other of its principles and then, try to make some combination of the asking of those chosen principles and of the asking of the current era, to live upon Islam (or what they take as Islam); this is highly erroneous and these people are highly malleable in thought. Note that Allah only has created all the universe and all that is in it; Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; Islam is His Word only that He has chosen for us as our DEEN and that also is based on simple, clear and integrated rules for all times and all places; it is therefore harmonious to the whole set-up of the life as the work of Allah complements the word of Allah. As such, it is easy to understand to practice individually & collectively, at-least at the minimum of good levels without any problem for sure any-time anywhere, though it might ask for necessary sacrifice of worldly things in these current times; certainly, adjustments at the practical necessity would remain strictly to detail but not to principles; Al-Hamdu Lillah. With this statement, note that whenever the environment needs change by Islam, the good Muslim persons would keep inside its present format and provide Islamic touch to all issues inside that format by the teachings of the Quran, without drastically changing it; Al-Hamdu Lillah; this is the good message that we all Muslims have received from the change that the Prophet PBUH had brought to the environment of his time, by the teachings of the Quran. I, MSD, did try even in the decade of 80’s gone-by to provide comprehensive way to implementation of specific points for the establishment of Islamic environment by Urdu writings; I provided the essence of those at the net in English in 1999 by the name of “The Islamic Manifesto” by the blessing of Allah; that writing also affects this paper. Note that just as Pakistan took shape, there arose a problem of making a constitution that would provide for the Islamic system of life well to apply in practice. The persons who professed secularism and were impressed by the western thought about the man taking him as an animal only, opined that ULAMA of various schools of Islamic thought were incapable of giving clear systematic constitutional plan that could be implemented in Pakistan and with that stance, they set-out to prove it by all ways possible. To counter this argument at that crucial time, ULAMA of all three relevant divisions of Muslims that are SUNNI, AHLE-HADITH and SHIA, gathered at the convention held at Karachi in January 1951 and they formulated 22 points that are the most relevant basic points for the constitution of Islamic State; these are known as 22 Points of ULAMA. These represent the most Elementary Aspect not only for making of the constitution of the Islamic state but also for making of an Islamic environment when put to practice so as to manifest the Islamic way of life in collective manner; Al-Hamdu Lillah. They represent this statement well that “All Muslims believe totally by heart that Allah only has the true authority Who would judge at AKHIRAT our belief and our deeds according to that belief, as told by the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH”; Al-Hamdu Lillah. I, MSD, would present these mentioned 22 points here as the Elementary Aspect to the Islamic environment (the First Section) and the writing ahead of this would not only be the elucidation for the relevant 15 points stated previously (and for my writing “the Islamic Manifesto”) but it also would remain systematic clarification to these elementary 22 points insha-Allah especially at the Administrative-Issue that I, MSD, would take first under the head of Administrative Level; certainly, all praise belongs to Allah only; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
THE FIRST SECTION
ELEMENTARY-ASPECT
The 22-Points of ULAMA
Al-Hamdu Lillah
(1) ALLAH is the Real Sovereign and the true Lord of this universe.
(2) The Law of the country shall be based on Quran and Sunnah and neither any law shall be enacted nor any Administrative injunction shall be laid down that is repugnant to the Holy Book Quran and the Sunnah.
(3) This country shall not be based on any geographical, racial, linguistic or any other concepts but only on those principles which are based on the code of life laid down by Islam.
(4) It shall be the obligation of Islamic state to establish all the Goodness defined by the Quran and the Sunnah, suppress all wrongs and arrange for the revival and supremacy of the Islamic belief and for the necessary education of established Islamic sects according to their understanding of religion.
(5) It shall be the obligation of Islamic state to strengthen the unity and brotherhood among all Muslims of the world. It shall get rid of all means that may give rise to differences among the Muslim citizens of the state due to ignorant prejudices of racism, linguistics, regionalism or any other sort of discrimination and ensure the stability of unity among the Islamic community.
(6) State shall sponsor, without any religious, racial or other discrimination, the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, health and education for all such people who cannot earn their livelihood or cannot do so temporarily due to unemployment, illness or other reasons.
(7) Citizens of the country shall enjoy all the rights laid down for them in the Islamic SHARIAH. It means protection of life, property and dignity within the Law, freedom of religion and sect, freedom to worship, freedom of caste, freedom of expression, freedom to move, freedom to gather, freedom to earn livelihood, equal opportunity to progress and right to get benefits from social organizations.
(8) None of the above-mentioned rights of any citizen shall be suppressed at any time without any legitimate reason according to the Islamic Law and none shall be punished for any accusation of crime without provision of an opportunity to defend and without a judicial decision.
(9) The established Islamic sects shall enjoy complete religious freedom within the prescribed boundaries and law. They shall have the right to educate their followers on their religion. The decisions related to their personal affairs shall be made according to their religious jurisprudence and it shall be suitable to make an arrangement that their own judges make such decisions.
(10) The non-Muslim citizens of the state shall enjoy complete freedom, within the prescribed boundaries and law, to practice their religion, worship, culture, religious education and they will have the right to get decisions on their personal affairs according to their religious law or traditions.
(11) It shall be mandatory to abide by the agreements made, with non-Muslim citizens of the state, within the boundaries of SHARIAH. Both the Muslim and non-Muslim citizens shall have equal civic rights as mentioned above in the clause number 7.
(12) It shall be mandatory for the President of the country to be a male Muslim whose trustworthiness, capability and decision-making enjoys the confidence of people or their elected representatives.
(13) The President of the state shall be actually responsible for administering the state. However, he can delegate any part of his authority to a person or an organization.
(14) The government of the President shall not be autocratic but consultative. It implies that he shall execute his duties after consultation with the members of government and the elected representatives of the people.
(15) The President shall have no right to govern without the help of consultation after suspending the constitution partially or completely.
(16) The organization that shall elect the President shall also have the right to remove him with majority of votes.
(17) The President of the state shall have the same civil rights as general Muslims and shall not be immune to impeachment.
(18) The same law shall be applied to the members and workers of the government and the citizens and the general courts shall implement it.
(19) The judiciary shall be separate and independent from the administration so that the judiciary does not get influenced by the administration in performing its duties.
(20) It shall be prohibited to preach or promote any such thoughts and ideologies, which may be destructive to the basic principles of the Islamic State.
(21) The various provinces and parts of the country shall be considered the administrative units of one state. Their status shall not be racial, linguistic or tribal entities but shall be of administrative territories, which may be delegated administrative authorities under the central dominion keeping in view the administrative convenience but they shall not have right to disintegrate from the center.
(22) Any interpretation of the constitution that is against the Quran and Sunnah shall not be valid.
Al-Hamdu Lillah
THE SECOND SECTION
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL
(Implementation by ADL)
The Administrative-Issue
Al-Hamdu Lillah
The past century proved very hard to Muslims as it introduced many amazing modern means to rule into the administrative aspect mostly due to the scientific inventions at Europe whereas it manifested an imperialist stance with high impression at the political affairs of the world. These number of scientific inventions not only led to the common usage of modern scientific devices but also brought about new ways of transportation & communication providing development in administrative ways that made it much involved in the individual life of the common man. But at this situation, the western imperialism was at the driving-seat of matters at the world (and it still impresses them), so this caused high chaos among Muslims how to fulfill those Islamic commands that do need the help of administration to manifest at the environment; this situation that Islamic teachings were not at command at administration was somewhat new in experience for Muslims and that also in such high magnitude. This in turn led many scholars of Islam in whom even few of the prominent ULAMA were included, to take attainment of administration as one of necessities of the time. Taking this necessity for the given time only to remove the west from the manifest authority over Muslims, due to its penetration into the life of an individual, it did have validity to it yet it became a problem when such thought went to such height in some factions of Muslims that they made it an obsession. Islam asks for the attainment of the pleasure of Allah by applying the teachings of the Holy Book Quran and the authentic Sunnah that are the commands of Allah only though Allah does raise the true Muslims to affect the environment when they are attentive towards Him totally as NEMAT (blessing) from Him yet that is the matter of His Will that He knows only; our efforts must strictly remain upon Islam without the asking of any worldly benefits but only for the success at AKHIRAT; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The best manner for good practicing Muslims to deal the wrongs of the administration as of now where mostly unworthy Muslims are heading it, is to work together as a pressure-group in today’s scenario keeping strictly to the KITAB and the SUNNAH of the Prophet PBUH; that would insha-Allah cause the persons at charge of affairs of Muslims to reconsider their attitudes in the long-run period due to the inherent voice of Truth inside; Al-Hamdu Lillah. It is highly praiseworthy to let these unworthy Muslims come to some worth and do the required task by their own even if they come to live at the minimum level of adherence to Islamic values though if they openly oppose Islam by their commands, all common Muslims must face them in the best peaceful way possible but indeed, only as pressure-group working by the discipline that Islam appreciates. As everyone has to answer individually at AKHIRAT for his belief and deeds and previously, as the administration could not penetrate into the individual’s life in such high manner as of now, there was not such high worry among the ULAMA about getting it anyhow, though they did understand and did point out that for the fulfillment of many Islamic commands, it needs to be co-operative to implementation of those commands. However the situation did remain favorable then in this sense that there never was such challenge to Islamic commands by the administration prior to this current period in progress since a century or so, as the rulers did not have such involvement in lives of peoples as of now and being Muslims by their own words and even by commitment to necessary Islamic tasks, they seldom challenged Islam in such way that Muslims do feel uneasy in the commitment to Islamic commands that relate to all of them collectively in any significant manner; as such, the ULAMA certainly did not consider attainment of the administration as utmost necessity to the Islamic way of life then and reasonably so. Please note that at those times, there were even those ULAMA who rejected offers to administrative posts when there were only unworthy Muslims at administration yet caring to Islam up-to necessity. Having said this, I would proceed on to say that in today’s scenario, it is utmost necessary that whatever we Muslims can peacefully do to change the situation in the collective sense to the Islamic way of life in these current times, we must do that for the pleasure of Allah; we need to present His commands that relate to manifestation in the collective sphere to all persons in the most simple manner, with all other of His necessary commands as this necessity certainly has come to “urgency” by Islam in these current times. Today, as the administration has achieved extreme penetration into the life of the individual with scientific gadgets to assist in it plus developed administrative ways to tighten its hold that lead the persons at authority, to take the common man as inferior to their status, the efforts to change it to the better side certainly has much urgency. We have to change the situation together without any challenge to each other by making factions among ourselves; we all Muslims that are among the common people or at administration, must tackle the matter to lighten the impression of the modern tight hold of administration that applies it by the management of technical gadgets and administrative techniques. The other thing that we all Muslims that are among the common people, need to do is to eliminate the negativity in all Muslim rulers after the fulfillment of the individual tasks that Islam asks of us but only in the best peaceful manner that we can assume. Note that even in this difficult situation for us, there needs to be the soft way to do the task of affecting the environment by Islamic values as we Muslims have to ask all to come towards Islam plainly by clear presentation of Islamic teachings. Previously, at-least the first of these both sides, was not present and even the Muslim rulers that came to power at difficult times for Muslims then, were not actually hostile to Islam in the collective sphere for the Muslims; in-fact they did present time & again, many such persons who respected righteous ULAMA highly and formulated ways to raise their impression into the environment of the respective places that they governed. At these current times, the attitude, that is mostly averse to Islam in many of Muslim rulers knowingly or unknowingly, is creating FITNAH for Muslims in general that means that it is creating such situation that is making trouble to an ordinary good Muslim to fulfill his liabilities even at the individual level as commanded by Allah, the true Lord; He only has all right to command; Al-Hamdu Lillah. So, the best approach as of now seems to become a peaceful pressure-group with TABLIGH of Islam to all peoples of the world as best as possible; this might keep the Muslim rulers away from Secularism and from taking the man as if he is something among animals only; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Please note at this discussion here that Islam asks us to believe in three things basically; first is that Allah only is the Creator of all the creation and He always has all His attributes and He only is the true Lord; second is that AKHIRAT that is the true Life after this life has to come and there at its first day that is named as HASHR (that consists of 1000 years by our count), everyone would have to account for his/her belief and deeds individually; third is that Allah has provided His message that all must remain attentive to Him believing in Him truly and putting His commands into their lives, individually and collectively, by sending Messengers into the world time & again, who would witness at the Day of Judgment that they had forwarded the message of Allah to all they were appointed to. So no-one gets the argument there that he/she was unaware of these three basic points and the necessary detail there-from; it is necessary to believe in the Holy Prophet Muhammad PBUH as the last of Messengers of Allah so as to fulfill the asking of this last basic point. We Muslims have to provide these fundamental teachings of Islam by the Holy Book Quran and the authentic Sunnah of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH to all peoples of the world. These three basics of belief in Islam with their necessary detail, indicate all attitudes that would be present at all aspects of the Islamic environment and this certainly includes the administration too as they give the answers to the relevant questions that relate most directly to it. These relevant questions are as follows that who is the actual authority in the administration; on which direction, the administration has to guide the people at its command; how must the administration manage its affairs in the long-run period. The west gives answers to these questions in its own way and we would study that ahead here at this paper so as to understand the difference between both views on the scholarly level that would hopefully promote the understanding to the Islamic living in better way insha-Allah. There is a fourth relevant question too that is how the personnel at this administration would come at their respective status to rule, guide and educate the people and that also, we all students would take-up later-on insha-Allah. Now, the answers to these three questions according to Islam, are as follows; the first question is “Who is the actual authority in the administration?” The answer to this according to the first matter of belief is that it is Allah, the true Lord; the second question is “on which direction, the administration has to guide the people at its command?” The answer to this according to the second matter of belief is that it has to guide the people towards the care for AKHIRAT in all their attitude that is the true coming life remaining totally attentive to get the pleasure of Allah that is the only true aim of life; the third question is “how would it manage the administration in the long-run period?” The answer to this according to the third matter of belief is that it has to spread the message of Islam that Allah provided to the last of Messengers i.e. Muhammad PBUH as best as possible to provide convenience to all peoples at its rule for the practice of Islam; thus they have to care for their convenience not only in physical sense that they do get their necessities without trouble, but also in spiritual sense that is much more important; it is the spiritual goodness that would lead to physical convenience insha-Allah. When, due to the good manifestation of Islamic values, all peoples of the world believe in Allah, the true Lord, without any external force just by their own good leaning towards the Truth with the acceptance that they have to answer for all they do at the worldly life, the administration in the following of the last Messenger PBUH, has done its task well; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that the most important thing that establishes everything in the Islamic environment including the administration in it, is the recognition that Allah only is the true Lord and we all have to answer for our belief and our deeds at AKHIRAT to Him so we only have to put His commands in practice in principle; this settles the main Administrative-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Whatever He has given to us from the worldly things is actually due to His trust on us that we show our true worth to get JANNAH by high care about AKHIRAT and take only necessary bother for our worldly sustenance providing the surplus of the worldly possessions to those who are in high need of it by our own purposeful determination; this settles the main Economics-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Whatever He has given to us from the true knowledge of Islam, it is due to His asking from us to provide justice at all times & places according to Islam; this settles the main Judicial-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Islam gives the message that Allah has given us our lives as an examination to show our worth for JANNAH with the man dominant over the woman here in the world who must guide her to Islam well and must care for her worldly needs totally well so that she might adhere necessarily to the fulfillment of HEJAB (though in matters of AKHIRAT and at AKHIRAT, both genders are equals and each would get his/her result in the individual capacity), so we all must live a simple life by the Islamic guidance and put all our efforts mainly to care about AKHIRAT; this settles the major part of demand by Islamic values at the Social-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Also, we have to keep much reservation in our sentiments towards beauty, charm & entertainment with respect for HEJAB as that good reservation would hopefully prevent any unpleasant effect to Islamic morality insha-Allah; this settles all other of demand by Islamic values at the Social-Issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Now, the true Islamic administration is the one that cares for these three things that its rulings are based on the commands of Allah, the true Lord; it works for the betterment of matters caring about AKHIRAT for the people it heads, taking measures not only for their necessary physical needs but also guiding them to care totally for spiritual improvement according to the KITAB and the SUNNAH for the true success at AKHIRAT; it believes, applies & professes the teachings of Islam as the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH has given, clearly by action spreading them far and wide with total affection; note for the fourth question that it does not matter in essence whether the administration is labeled as a Kingdom or a Democracy due to the difference in the manner of election for the administrative system that heads the Government but it must keep to such norms of the day only that do not challenge Islamic values in any way; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that in Islam, the Islamic character of the ruler values rather than the system that brings him at fore to take-on the matters of men; so the ruler would be totally committed to the mentioned three basic Islamic matters of belief, coming at his post by acceptable norms of the day that do find acceptance by Islam too in clear terms; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Here it would be better to see in brief what system among those that are at hand might bring the best of Islamic administration as one of these would do well if it can fulfill the Islamic demands even at the minimum level as of now satisfactorily; this would certainly answer the fourth question too that is relevant in this discussion; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The man has practiced different forms of administration at different times and many of these forms are represented even at these current times more or less, even if not at countries then at different types of groups at different places; these include Monarchy (authoritative or nominal), Democracy, Dictatorship and the rule of Aristocracy (which might be feudalism or socialism; even nationalism and its extreme form that is fascism, might be included here). Among these, we would leave Dictatorship and Aristocracy with all its colors as the former is against the Islamic asking of SHURA (i.e. the AMEER has to take advices necessarily from high number of good representatives of Muslims whom he commands, mutually discussing issues of concern and has to decide there-from; note that Islam does allow the AMEER, the ruler at the Islamic administration, a special influence in making of the decision for Muslims keeping to the Holy Book Quran and the SUNNAH, without any touch of Dictatorship) and Aristocracy always develops hatred of groups other than the one that it claims to be its own as it takes only that one in unworthy pride as valid for authority disregarding all other aspects to the society. This attitude is against the Islamic asking of love to all peoples and its asking for equality among all Muslims in general that puts emphasis on their willful good actions rather than on their status that they get even without those actions; however, please note that the love of the country where the Islamic environment prevails is not questionable by Islam and to fight for its safety from un-Islamic influence without any touch of hatred to anyone, is praiseworthy by Islam. Both of these systems, Dictatorship and the rule of Aristocracy, manifest forms of monopoly to the administration posing challenge to the true Lord Allah (also please see the point-14 & the point-15 of the 22 points of ULAMA). Islam gives value to goodness and as such, the prominence in the Islamic environment at the world is the same as at AKHIRAT and that is due to TAQWA (the goodness that comes with the righteous belief and virtuous deeds done continuously according to that belief). This gives a clear just opportunity to all that are capable to lead by Islam without the conversion of the administration to religious Aristocracy; note again that Islam is DEEN which guides the man according to his inner asking and it not a religion only; the Muslims have to bring Islam to administration too with all other activities as that only is in-line with the righteous belief they have; as such, all Muslims at this environment live in-line with each other whether at the administration or otherwise and that living totally by Islam, is the matter of natural living and not a forced compulsion; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Also, please note that all at the good level of understanding in this Islamic environment would certainly be well-aware of Islamic basic matters and their necessary detail for action; this ultimately would set limits even to persons at authority that have to remain inside the commands of Allah without fail; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Islam is that we Muslims know in total practically since many centuries now and taking it as it is, we Muslims would not have any problem insha-Allah in its application at the environment; Al-Hamdu Lillah. This leaves us with Monarchy and Democracy and these both are well to take-up to administration at the Islamic environment when they become total custodians with total attention towards Allah, to the three basic Islamic matters with their necessary detail and this is well-established by the Quran and the Sunnah; however in today’s scenario, Democracy when it is applied by the Islamic touch, certainly does have better space by the Islamic viewpoint to become worthy shade of AMARAT (the Islamic administration at given time & place) having the potential to rise to KHILAFAT (that is the name for the Islamic administration when it rises without compulsion to any people to somewhat represent all Muslims of the world) so presently, I, MSD, would provide the detail to this mentioned statement about Democracy for the Islamic environment here insha-Allah but after elucidating the erroneous concept of the same that is taken by the west as of now. This would in turn, tell about the Islamic administration by the suitable Democracy, at-least at the minimum of acceptance, insha-Allah that we Muslims might apply for the making of an Islamic environment in the scenario we face today; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Democracy, as practiced in the west, mostly depends on its application on the answers of their own to the three relevant questions given by different of their thinkers though basically given by the French political thinkers named Montesquieu (d-1755) and Rousseau (d-1778) about 260 years back from now (from 2014) that they took-up organizing them with time into a system of administration; with time they added the secular attitude to it that asked the religious attitude to remain strictly at the individual level but not to manifest at the collective level in any way whatsoever. Note that this added secularism too, has its basis from that very time that took hold gradually as the time passed on; this was initiated by the concept that facts are those only that are related to human senses as forwarded by their philosophers averse to Christianity then. According to the guidance given basically by Montesquieu, they took-up the separation of the administration in three parts that are in “Legislative” that makes laws of the land by the representatives of the people, in “Executive” that applies those laws to practice over the land with the head of the administration at its charge and in “Judiciary” that decides for the actual asking and the practical level to those laws. According to the guidance given basically by Rousseau, they took up the establishment of the administration in accordance to the will of the people of the land as he had stressed the rights of the people over the administration and the need to care for the individual according to social contract among the rulers and the ruled; these both guidance, the west applied with the application of the attitude that is currently named as Secularism. Forming a man-made integration of some sort among both these guidance and Secularism, adding the concept with it that the man is but an animal, they developed the system which now they term as “Democracy”. Please note that the separation of power by different institutions in administration and the care about the will of the people at administration go well with Islamic teachings when there is high care about the three basic matters of Islamic belief in all of environment; note that these guidance were given by those two thinkers that belonged to the time where Muslims still had quite an influence at the matters at hand though going towards decline then, and I, MSD, would remark about their mentioned guidance, without any inclination to any other of their thoughts, that there is very high probability that they might have been influenced in some way then by the Islamic thought in these mentioned good directions; the other two of these four basic points that the west takes for Democracy are totally against Islam. Please note that though the Reformists and those that asked for enlightenment at that time at Europe did not intend to take-up Islam because that meant total surrender to Allah doing only whatever He commands clearly by the guidance of the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH yet with that, please note this well too according to a quote that tells us of the Islamic Impression on the people asking for change at the west then that “there was an internal need in Europe for the reformation it needed yet was totally unable to provide without taking-up the impression of the Islamic ideas; these Islamic ideas were even modified by Europe at that time to provide for its needs then”. It certainly is possible to understand this statement better by the writings of that time and more so, by the French Revolution (and after that by the thoughts of Bonaparte at his rise & decline); this brief writing can only guide attention to the fact that at that time when the mentioned two French political thinkers presented their views on the desired political system, Islamic views still had impression at the world in such ways that it was not possible to ignore it in any scholarly pursuit. But having said this, we would go on ahead with our discussion on Democracy as the west has designated. Now, as for Secularism, I, MSD, would only remark that many of people at the west were fed-up with their religious leaders at that time due to reasons that we are not concerned with at this paper; briefly, note that at that time, their religious leaders were leading them in the name of Jesus Christ-AS, the Messenger of Allah, but doing otherwise than the actual teachings of love that he had provided to them; as such the peoples at the west took-up Secularism to expel the religious impression totally from the collective life of the man. Secularism does not go with Islam in any way and certainly Islam, being DEEN of Allah that cares about the human beings naturally in all fields of life, does not have anything to do with this thought; note also that ULAMA have generally guided the masses among the Muslims at all times & places strictly according to Islam even taking troubles on their own selves whenever & wherever necessary; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Now, before proceeding to see the answers to the three mentioned relevant questions given by the west, we all must address the last of the basic points too of its Democracy which is the idiotic concept about the mankind that it has developed with time after the period of the mentioned guidance of the French thinkers and after the inclusion of secularism to it. This idiocy has penetrated into them as basis to their attitudes that it considers the man as a form among animals belonging to the animal kingdom and this idiotic concept too like secularism is clearly against Islam. Please note that the west is totally given to the worldly life now due to the impression of this idiotic concept that resides inside it as the corner-stone of all its other concepts; many of traits that the west shows in collective, hint clearly on that and as such, a huge difference takes place between it and the Islamic concept that takes the man as not only Physique but also Spirit that naturally recognizes Allah, the true Lord; it tells that the man knows inside that he has to account for his belief and his deeds certainly at a certain day in front of Allah, the true Lord; Al-Hamdu Lillah. This idiocy in thinking of the west that Islam naturally challenges, has led the west, at-least many of its thinkers unjustifiably, to take Islam as some monster to which it must respond aggressively if it is not to gobble it up and must eradicate it out of the man’s life in the collective sense. The west is certainly ready to bear it as religion with no say in the collective matters of human life but it is unbearable to the west as DEEN, the complete code of life. I, MSD, reckon their fear as much related to their history as it is in much contrast to the history of Muslims; they have faced only trouble from the powerful, especially those who derived their power from their religious status among them. It seems to me that the attitude of many of western women too that has led to much immorality at the west according to the Islamic viewpoint, is also a retaliation now, when she has achieved a say in matters of life, that is much related to the suppression she has faced from the stronger gender in their history; but Islam does not appreciate to use power against the weak in any way. We Muslims are able to state without any fear to its refutation by any of the just characters, that Islam has never been involved in that suppression here in the east by the blessing of Allah; certainly it is fair to say that Muslims might have erred at times, and even then not generally, yet the Islamic teachings are totally clear on the matter that they generally have cared for, at all times certainly and at all places in their history; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Now, these thinkers at the west are trying hard that Islam does not achieve the power they irrationally fear; the problem has highly developed as of now as the west takes much of its advises from the ill-wishers of Islam. There is hope but little that with the animal-traits that the west has developed as of now, it would learn something without any reference to the Trial & Error; we must still present the Islamic teachings in plain terms to them with as simplicity as possible. Having said this, I would avoid any more remarks to the psyche of the west here except for the statement that “hatred”, especially when it had its basis on fear, has been the only reason at many times in the history of the man that has led to high destruction of his life, property and honor without any valid reason; the previous century also proves this fact truly well where some western leaders arose to make deadly wars among the western peoples under their respective command, justifying their stance on the basis of some hatred and this, the learned men of the west know well with all certainty; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Now, among the mentioned relevant questions, the first one is “Who is the actual Authority in the administration?”; the second one is “On which direction, the administration has to guide the people at its command?”; the third one is “How would it manage the administration in the long-run period?” Noting this well that the west takes the man as form of an animal and professes Secularism, it becomes clear by reading its answers to these relevant three questions of administration that the west has only produced a challenge again to the man that has proved again a very high trouble to him. According to the method of administration that they term as “Democracy” taking the guidance of the two French thinkers previously mentioned, making it totally attached to Secularism and to the idiotic concept mentioned, the west has answered to the first question that the authority to rule rests with the people of the land so they would formulate the laws as they will that would be manifested by the authority of their representatives seeing in practice the benefits of the life at the world only; all other institutions having impression at the environment would work practically to enhance this attitude of getting worldly benefits. To the second question, they have made it clear that the people would lead themselves as they deem fit by their representatives that are totally given to the idiotic concept mentioned and the popular stance among them on issues at hand would become the rule without any respect even to those values that historically, have always been respected by the mankind; this means that the administration would comply to the will of the people unconditionally except where that will challenges their worldly benefits by the reasoning of their best “think-tanks” (the impression of whom they accept well) and the thinking of whom is totally committed to their “Democracy” only with its necessary detail. To the third question, they answer with strange mental inclination of their superiority that they have finally reached the best of solution to run administration with such system of life that is unsurpassable in excellence for the mankind; that answer with that mental inclination, means practically that they have the right to finish-off any notable challenge to any of the high manifestation of their life-style by their available might deciding that notable challenge in accordance to “their understanding” without any care to what others than their own-selves have to say on the same; this third answer is clear indicator to animal traits they incline towards and it ultimately leads to their “hatred” to others than their own-selves in practice and as such, to the same fate that the previous century has manifested clearly; that is to fight in the name of prejudice only. These answers need no reference as they manifest well in their practice as of now in these current times. Now, the Islamic guidance clearly indicates their fallacy that when matters of the man are left on the human-mind totally, such dependence asks to care for the unworthy unjust desire to head things by own way getting them in total control in all manner. This is because the Man naturally desires to rule while the Woman naturally desires to crave for appreciation of her manifest physical beauty that if unchecked, leads her to manifest her physical beauty in most objectionable way according to all good morality that had been respected since all times previous to this current era that is in progress since a century or so. It is the administration based on the “desire” of the people and not actually on the “will” of the people; “desire” has to be controlled as it is part of the Physique (NAFS) of the man that rises to control the Spirit (ROOH) of the man with time if it is left unchecked becoming AMMARAH (basically at birth, it is LAWWAMAH that leads the man to the consciousness of guilt); this AMMARAH leads only to wrongs then with matters getting worse for living except when Allah intends to make things better. This is the end-result of taking the mankind among animals and then expecting the righteous guidance from the same to questions of high practical value to environment that actually must keep to decency in all aspects, if he has to achieve the true inner satisfaction. Note that if the Spirit of the man rises to control the “desire” making it liable to work under the guidance of the Spirit that is attentive to Allah, it becomes MUTMA’INNAH; having said this, I, MSD, would go ahead to define the Islamic manner of administration insha-Allah with clarity necessary for the fourth question relevant to it; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Keeping the given detail in view, please note that it is not difficult to form an Islamic administration by the manner of administration that is termed as “Democracy” by avoidance of all wrongs that have been put onto this system by the west in today’s scenario; this needs total adherence to the three basic Islamic matters of belief. It is notable that Islam does ask to keep to the advice of the common people to establish the administration; this is manifested even in the concept of BAYAT yet the omission of the discussion of this concept here would not cause any harm in understanding the matter in any way insha-Allah as I, MSD, intend to convey the Islamic manner of administration at the minimum level at least for the current era, so leaving its discussion, let us see the elimination that we need at the western concept of Democracy and the needed approach to take it by Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The basics of belief according to Islam tell us that Allah is the true Lord and whatever any man commands, that must not challenge the commands of Allah; these are known by the Holy Book Quran and the authentic Sunnah of the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH. This implies that whatever law is formulated to affect the Islamic environment, it must certainly not challenge the commands of Allah in any way whatsoever as the 22 Points of ULAMA also do guide. This needs that the persons at authority are well-aware of the commands of Allah with the intention and wisdom to apply them well at the individual and the collective level; they all would be totally sincere to Him and all His Messengers especially the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, so as not to violate this basic asking of the Islamic belief. The Administrators at the Islamic environment on any level, have to ask all to care about AKHIRAT and they must guide people to live the life at the world preferably by necessities only; they all must have the learning and the potential to guide all peoples towards Islam whenever necessary. The administration has to manifest the Islamic teachings in different matters of life in the environment by the good application of them; that application comes by HUKM that is to provide the ruling for practice at some issue directly, or by HIKMAT that is taking circumstances to such position by intelligent tackling of matters that provides the ruling for practice at some issue; Al-Hamdu Lillah. As for the personnel that run the administration, it is better that they work at three planes i.e. AMEER, HAKIM and MUNTAZIMEEN while at elections and other times too, there would be the application of four important rules that Islam tells to care for and that I, MSD, would elucidate a little ahead in this writing. With these three planes and four rules at this Administrative-Issue, our study would see the working of the Administrative Level in different fields of life in the Islamic manner insha-Allah. Note that it is much better if these representatives in the administration work strictly under only few notable heads of issues that relate to it as manifested nowadays by some of departments where ministers of the Government deal the relevant issues; note that limiting these departments in quantity according to needs is not questionable by Islam; note also that it is better to keep to minimum necessary requirement of the Islamic teachings in all issues of life in the troublesome scenario that we face today; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
Keeping the manner that we find in general for administration at these current times by Democracy, I, MSD, would point out that if the Chief-Executive of the administration is taken as the Central AMEER (not necessarily giving this specific name to him but taking him as such), and the Chief-Ministers at their respective provinces as Provincial AMEERS while the Ministers at both are taken respectively as HAKIMS connected to each of Issues that relate to administration, the application of such nomenclature is fine. The MUNTAZIMEEN (or AAMILEEN that would be provided administrative authority for the execution of some specific tasks) would be the good number of persons at the assembly that each of HAKIMS (who belongs to the same assembly) takes-up for assistance in his respective relevant issue. They would directly work under the observation of their respective HAKIMS to provide services to all peoples at the land keeping to their specific designation in their relevant department; they would insha-Allah avoid the atrocities that are often caused by the employed persons at the Government service who remain at their official posts without the choice of the people; they actually manage the concerned administrative affairs of the people that they serve by their own direct administration without much of check & balance; AAMILEEN would provide the check to them insha-Allah and the people, whenever in need of good administration, would insha-Allah see to the balance. These all AAMILEEN like the AMEER who is at head of affairs and like all HAKIMS, would insha-Allah be QAVI (compatible to fulfill their duties) and AMIN (totally trustworthy). The representatives of the State besides the representatives of the Government, can remain well-intact in this system of administration (but they would be well-versed in the Islamic teachings, even more than the AMEER, the HAKIMS and the AAMILEEN) as their good presence would remain as guides to Islamic attitudes for all persons that are at the administration that runs the country and also for the common man especially in matters of EHSAAN whenever necessary, with commitment to practice of Islamic values at the good Islamic environment; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
As for the four rules, they may be named as Principal & Scattered, Subject & Object, Fear & Hope and Command & Advice. For the “Principal & Scattered”, note that it is known that in the days of the great Caliphs of Islam, the administration was carried out by making a place DAR-UL-KHILAFAT (Capital) where the Caliph lived and from there, commands were carried out in the whole of the country keeping to Islamic teachings. The persons in the local administration also had enough power to give orders and enforce their judgment in many matters without asking for any guidance from the Capital, keeping to the Islamic teachings. But, this rule at this present era does not need any address as the world by its change has made it irrelevant where all information travels amazingly fast; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The second rule of administration is "Subject & Object". It affects the administration by asking for some conditions that relate to the rulers (that are the Subject) by demands of the law, and by asking for some conditions that relate to the ordinary people (that are the Object) on the level of the good natural tendency. The rulers, whatever the level, need to be well-versed in the Islamic commands; they would be highly conscious of their responsibilities but above all, they must have great love towards Allah and towards all His Messengers especially towards the Last Prophet Muhammad PBUH as that would certainly keep them on righteousness insha-Allah. The ordinary Muslims that put them ahead at the administration must also be committed highly to Islam with true love for Allah and for all His Prophets especially for the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH. They must have total belief at the three basic matters of Islam and they must have total realization that they have surrendered to the will of Allah and so they would never accept any command that falls against His commands; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Both sides would have respect to each other and care for needs that each of them has. The third rule of administration is “Fear & Hope”. For the commands that are better related to men only in the Islamic environment, the notable point is that their application would be on the basis of Fear of punishment besides the natural adherence to Islamic values (so their basis would be ADL). For the commands that are better related to women only, the notable point is that their application would be on the basis of Hope for attainment of the high level of goodness so there would be no force except for love of righteousness (so their basis would be EHSAAN). Note that EHSAAN when it relates to the deed at the general plane, it denotes the best manner to perform it by the Muslim person, whether that person is a man or a woman, but there are other valid meanings too for this term. Its second meaning relates to the individual plane that when there is an option to perform a deed that is allowed yet there is another that is even better to take instead, so then the former is at the position of ADL and the latter is at the plane of EHSAAN; for instance, when one responds to some wrong done to one in the same manner with the same intensity then that is ADL but if one forgives even when capable to respond at ADL, this is EHSAAN. Its third meaning relates to the collective plane (and even to the administration) where EHSAAN is to do something required by Islam from all Muslims without any fear of punishment; when Muslims practice such task on the basis of their good inclination only (that means the natural good tendency towards righteousness though Muslims would do it necessarily) in the virtuous hope of getting TAQWA then that also is EHSAAN. Note that HEJAB would relate to the third meaning and it is the best of attitudes in Muslim women that Islam asks of them; it then specifically relates to the Muslim woman only with the meaning here that she would keep away from all immorality by her personal good inclination that Islam asks of her; she would make such traditions with all Muslims at the Islamic environment that make living convenient at Islam without any fear whatsoever; Al-Hamdu Lillah. I, MSD, would advise here that when the Islamic environment manifests, then it is much feasible to keep even the SALAH, SAUM, ZAKAH & HAJJ at EHSAAN (in the third meaning) where they would manifest well insha-Allah with general care to Islam; but without that manifestation in general, the persons at authority, would apply some Administrative measures by ADL to implement them at the environment yet that even would have an inclination towards EHSAAN; these are most related to Muslims as they are SHA’AER (highly notable features) to Islam; note that the administration is liable to care for the HAJJ for its people and it is liable even to collect ZAKAH to spend on its rightful places if it cares about its other liabilities well in the Islamic sense towards the people under its rule; Al-Hamdu Lillah. However, note that when someone does show his commitment to Islam clearly, he would not be allowed to leave the true belief as that commitment relates to ADL; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Now remains the fourth rule of administration that is “Command & Advice” on which I, MSD, would comment in some detail as it also relates to elections, one of the factors at Democracy, that need to remain in accordance with Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
The last of these rules i.e. the fourth rule is "Command & Advice". This rule is feasible to apply at all occasions where the dealing is between the commanding person and his subordinates. To advise is the right of the people and to command keeping that advice in view is the right of the ruler, to advise is the right of the children and to decide for a situation is the right of the parents, to advise is the right of the wife and to make important decisions for both of them (and for their children) is the right of the husband. The notable thing here is that there should be no command and no advice against the principles of Islam. This rule would apply in many general ways in the administration but its special application would remain particularly in 3 ways. First is that the elections would be held according to an Islamic manner, the second is that referendums would be held according to an Islamic manner and the third is that there would be a direct contact between the ruler and the people as directed by the Islamic teachings. The election would be based on weight of votes rather than the number of votes and the referendum also would be based on weight. I, MSD, would try to provide a way here to take-up elections for the assembly that relates to formulating of laws though please note that I present it as one of the good ways to establish it keeping to Islamic teachings yet there might be other such valid ways, perhaps even better, that are according to the Islamic teachings here. Also, please note that it is not appreciable for an individual to ask for any of administrative status yet in the current times, it is bearable that those who can do well at the Islamic administration, do ask for the membership at assemblies; it does not pose any problem as of now; Al-Hamdu Lillah. When there will be elections for assemblies (that would be held every four years) as happens in Democracy, the candidates would be required to get fixed number of votes at their respective constituency that is for the National and the Provincial assembly, without challenging each other in any way as if that is some kind of a bitter contest among candidates; the candidate must present his good intentions but not belittle those who have also requested the membership with him for the same constituency. Please note that Islam does not allow contest in the worldly matters but only asks to contest for the matters relating to AKHIRAT as is totally clear by the Holy Book Quran. This is an Islamic command and for the administration, it is the third necessary concern among the three important matters for administration; among the other two, the first one is that all Muslims including the personnel at administration must have firm acceptance of all three basic matters of belief in Islam, with total commitment that Allah only is the true Lord so only His commands would be obeyed and the second one is that all Muslims including the personnel at administration, would strive for putting the Islamic commands at-least on the minimum level of application without fail in all matters of life. The true belief and the good deeds according to that belief, are the necessary two things that lead the Muslim person to the height of TAQWA when there is awareness in general that Muslims are brothers; they would contest for AKHIRAT yet they would never contest for worldly matters; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that the constituency would present two successful candidates and not one; the first of them with more than the fixed votes to get would proceed towards the National assembly and the second of them with more than the fixed votes to get would proceed towards the relevant Provincial assembly; the constituency being the same in area for both. Anyone who fulfills the demands of the “Subject” can be candidate in these elections though he would only ask representation from one of such constituencies and not more. These candidates asking a say at assemblies shall not be at the double figure for which the law must care; this implies that there are preferably not more than nine parties, all committed to the basic teachings of Islam at the country, though a tenth candidate might apply as private candidate without any more at some constituency, and all these candidates would themselves set a target to achieve in the constituency to be elected that would be endorsed by the body of such personnel who represent the State (if Senate, the upper house representing the State, is available that cares highly about the Islamic teachings then its members would endorse the fixed number assigned by candidates to get at their respective constituency or the neutral Commission that is committed to Islam and that is set for the election, might take-up the task); these personnel would also permit or disallow the private candidate at any constituency and that permission would only recognize one private competent candidate that must have worthy status to present himself for the election at any given constituency certainly. Please note that there actually would be no contest but elections would only manifest those who might apply the Islamic commands in better way; there would be no challenge to each other but assistance on the same job among all Muslims at the place. With that fixed number of votes, if two candidates do not succeed or only one of them gets through, due to the error about the turn-out or due to the error about the number fixed to achieve for success, then the election has to be repeated there in which the new number would be fixed for the votes to achieve though where one candidate has succeeded, he would be taken to become the member at the National assembly and there the repeated election would be held among the three leading candidates from the rest to get a single candidate only that would be for the Provincial assembly; the second in line might be favored without any repetition of the election if he is near to the border-line of desired votes but that would be mentioned clearly at the law of the land. Note that the acceptable votes might be established by the ratio of votes that are casted in total at the constituency (each having its own ratio endorsed by the relevant authority), but the law of the land must establish that clearly. It is totally feasible to allow two votes to each person at some constituency if needed and it is also totally feasible to disallow women to vote at some constituency without intending their degradation in any way; note that this is much nearer to the Islamic values. Women might apply at general elections as representatives of some party though that is not appreciable and if elected to the Parliament (the National assembly or the Provincial), they would not be liable to become heads to departments but they would work at the status of advisers to heads only; they might rise to become at-most one of MUNTAZIM; they would not be allotted separate representation at the Parliament by the law just to bring them to the Parliament anyhow in quite a number against the traditional values which Islam does respect. Keeping to the Islamic guidance strictly, it is notable that Islam takes their coming at fore with boldness to lead people as their disrespect and it does not take it as any virtuous turn to them though the presence of some at assemblies when they strictly remain to advice only, Islam would tolerate; note here that whatever rights the west has given to the woman, that is on the basis of taking her as a man and not as a woman and if one ponders on this statement, one would certainly find it as truly valid insha-Allah. Now, even in the matter of voting for the candidates at their constituency, women might be asked in Referendum to respond to the question if they would appreciate not to participate in voting at their constituency especially if it represents most conservative living relating well to the traditional ways, as notably that is nearer to the Islamic values; note that asking their identity by voting sheets that have their photographs on and by such cards that also do have their photographs on as is being done generally, is much against the Islamic values; these values ask to remain most strict on the matters of HEJAB; Al-Hamdu Lillah. These things need elimination by EHSAAN with time insha-Allah but as these current times, the good values that Islam asks to, seem to get utmost denial by the administration all over the world and as such, the ordinary Muslim person needs even more commitment to these good values for the elimination of wrongs; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Going ahead, note that it is somewhat difficult to understand how the turn-out realizes at different constituencies, at-least initially about the fixed number of votes yet that would manifest well insha-Allah with time hopefully; another way to get results is by the ratio of votes and that probably at such need might be better. Where more than two candidates might succeed then the two ahead by votes would go to relevant assemblies and the other ones preferably not more than four, who also achieve the target well, might become the close advisors by EHSAAN in the affairs that those two take-up in administration; even if only two pass the criterion, the others that are near in votes to criterion, would still be liable to advise them at their liability by EHSAAN and the candidates going to administration must comply to it if they find it commendable; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that voting is allowed among equals for the task to establish the Islamic teachings well without any negativity to those who do not get through though even they would get their say in the administration; it is to recognize the worthy person to perform the needed task even though it is represented by number of votes without any contest and there are no losers; Al-Hamdu Lillah. Note that everyone who once gets into an Administrative institution, would be allowed to enjoy an effect in the administration certainly, because when the ability is recognized, the effect would also be allowed; Al-Hamdu Lillah. As far as the referendum is concerned, it is simple method to keep decisions correct so whenever the national assembly has a decision to make of important nature for the whole country, then the nation has to be asked for a "Yes" or a "No" about that and there would be space given for reason in the referendum form that they might avail if they so will. Wherever the weight seems to the members of the national assembly, they would take that answer; note that at the assembly to get the weight of the referendum, the votes of the respectable members would count to decide the answer acceptable to them; or in other words, the majority by number of votes at the assembly would decide its outcome and they would not necessarily take the higher number of people that the answer from the two might have behind it; they may favorably accept its answer having the lower number if they understand the reasoning for it is more valid by Islamic teachings by an open debate. The third thing here is the direct contact, which means that the rulers would have direct link with all people and protocol, paper work, personal danger would not come between this direct contact; they may see the messages at e-mails sent to them personally for this purpose and have the ability to answer the high load of e-mails sent to them directly each day within a couple of days or so, taking necessary practical steps for convenience of the common man; if they take this way only to keep contact with the people, then even, they do command with commitment to the Islamic guidance, as that fulfills the need to the direct contact insha-Allah; this attitude is necessary in Islamic environment so that it achieves glory by Islam; Al-Hamdu Lillah. The national assembly might consolidate or introduce such laws that facilitate the election of the members that represent the state; however, it is better to get the President of the country who represents the state, by the direct election all over the country even if he is given nominal authority. He would be respectable figure by asking of the Islamic morals, and highly aware of all Islamic values; he would be most capable to guide well whenever & wherever needed; Al-Hamdu Lillah.
POINTS TO NOTE (The Administrative-Issue at ADL)
Al-Hamdu Lillah
(23) The personnel at the administration shall take all matters of life by Islam in the individual and the collective sphere and they shall guide all Muslims that they tackle matters of life practically according to Islam; this shall be the Islamic administration.
(24) The personnel at the administration shall clearly lighten the impression of the modern tight hold of the administration with their good efforts, that have been made possible by technical gadgets and administrative techniques.
(25) The personnel at the administration shall clearly appreciate the assistance and themselves assist ULAMA among the people in remaining pressure-group for the task told at the point-24 and for all good tasks according to Islam.
(26) The personnel at administration, though at any field of activity at the Islamic environment, shall clearly show all three matters of the Islamic belief by all their activities as they keep to the KITAB (the Quran) and the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH.
(27) The personnel at the administration shall not challenge each other; they must keep in mind that all Muslims are brothers; they shall assist each other without any competition at worldly matters.
(28) The personnel at the administration shall be capable to manage their jobs well (QAVI) and they shall be highly trustworthy (AMIN), not given to any high or any low corruption in any manner at all.
(29) The Islamic administration shall manifest Democracy for the making of the administrative set-up at any place in today’s scenario, when it cares for the Islamic teachings and when it is cleaned of the poison that the current western Democracy has.
(30) The Islamic administration shall have the basis on three matters of Islamic belief that the KITAB and the SUNNAH of the Prophet PBUH demand from all Muslims – these are that its rulings are based on the commands of Allah, the only true Lord; it works for the betterment of matters caring about AKHIRAT guiding the people to care for the same; it believes in Muhammad PBUH as the last Messenger of Allah, and puts the message he has provided in practice and professes it far and wide by affection.
(31) The Islamic administration shall take up Democracy by two acceptable concepts in vogue as of now according to the Islamic teachings; one of these two acceptable things is that the administrative institutions shall remain separate in task though co-operative in essence to each other in the management of the administration; the other of these two acceptable things is that the common people shall have their clear say too in that.
(32) The Islamic administration shall necessarily reject the two erroneous concepts that the west has attached to Democracy; these two erroneous concepts are the concept of secularism and the concept that the man is but an animal, respectively.
(33) The Islamic administration shall take up Democracy as Islam presents it according to the clarification provided at the Point-31 and the Point-32 and to apply this Democracy at the Islamic environment, it shall see that no actual competition takes place among Muslims in the making of the administration and so it shall conduct elections in such way that only those Muslim persons do come at the administrative posts that are QAVI (capable for the execution of their work in the Islamic manner) and AMIN (most trustworthy by character) clearly. Such Democracy at the Islamic environment then only, is the clean Democracy.
(34) The personnel at the administration shall hear all sides of MUBAH (which are all such matters for which acceptance or rejection does not cause harm to the Islamic mode of living) with tolerance; they shall take-up only the better side at application at the Islamic environment with their total commitment to the KITAB and the SUNNAH.
(35) The personnel at the administration shall work at three administrative levels; the first one of those shall be the Central Chief Executive who is termed as the Prime Minister as of now, though it is even fair to call him AMEER-e-MUAZZAM at the national level. The Provincial Chief Minister, the Provincial AMEER, is also to be counted at the first level though at lesser degree of authority than the respectable AMEER at the National assembly.
(36) The Respectable AMEER (the Prime Minister) shall be chosen by an election among three of candidates from the relevant assembly, that shall be the members of the relevant assembly, with the most favorable votes of all members in there and likewise the Respectable AMEER (the Chief Minister of each province) shall be chosen from among three candidates from the relevant assembly; both the respective Respectable AMEERS shall present themselves with the favorable advice from high quantity of members of their respective assemblies for their respective posts; note that there shall not be more than three candidates at each assembly that represent their good parties well.
(37) The respective assemblies shall care, each in its own sphere of authority, to legislate keeping to the Islamic teachings caring for the people under its command in physical and spiritual needs, so as to guide them in their necessary economic activities by Islam and to keep them towards Islam in all matters of life for the true success of AKHIRAT.
(38) The respective assemblies shall also bring at fore the HAKIMS (ministers from among the members of their respective assemblies) at the second level of administration. This shall be in accordance to the good asking of the AMEER and from the prominent members of all good parties that have their representation at those assemblies; and MUNTAZIMEEN at the third level of administration. This shall be in accordance to the good asking of the HAKIMS that shall come at the post of HAKIMS from there for the management of respective departments; the practice here shall represent co-operation for Islam and not any “opposition” in the strict sense of the word.
(39) In this administration, any member, even if at some specific post, may be removed from the membership during his tenure by 70% of the members of his respective assembly though the reason for such disposal shall be highly genuine according to the Islamic viewpoint; he may give resignation from his post or even from the membership of his respective assembly if he so wills, providing that resignation to the relevant person at authority.
(40) In this administration, the MUNTAZIMEEN shall work under the authority of their respective HAKIMS and they have to serve to manage the Government servants with total caliber caring that no atrocity takes place that is termed as corruption, keeping to Islamic teachings; they shall actually manage the affairs of people directly with censure to the Government officials whenever and wherever needed, so that they deal leniently with people in accordance with the softness in the law of the land; they shall see that it does remain soft for the common people at the Islamic environment according to the best of their knowledge and efforts; they shall keep their-selves constantly aware of the affairs of people according to their good posts.
(41) In this administration, the MUNTAZIMEEN shall see that the Government officials take trouble on themselves rather than putting trouble to the common man for any kind of documentation that shall remain extremely minimum in this set-up insha-Allah; the MUNTAZIMEEN (or in other words, the AAMILEEN) shall do the necessary official works by themselves within the framework of the law of the Islamic environment; they shall try to provide such relevant guidance to all that leads to needed softness in dealings for the common man and to the needed strictness to the official works of the Government officials.
(42) In this administration, the four significant rules shall manifest at the environment; they shall care that the Islamic teachings apply in practice in all its activities; these rules are Principal & Scattered, Subject & Object, Fear & Hope and Command & Advice.
(43) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, “Subject & Object” means that the personnel who head the Government at any level of the Islamic environment termed as the “Subject” here, shall be practicing Muslims, at-least at the minimum level required for an ordinary good Muslim person and they shall be adult and sane (in fact, the law of the Islamic land shall see by ADL that they must also be well-versed in the Islamic teachings with the ability to clarify those teachings with caliber when & where necessary); they shall abstain from any such act that is considered among the major sins by the Islamic viewpoint. The other part “Object” denotes the voters that send members to the assemblies; they have to be guided by EHSAAN to develop awareness for the good necessary judgment of the candidates that they vote for.
(44) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, “Fear & Hope” means that for the matters of men in general at the Islamic environment, the management shall be at the level of ADL with some fear of punishment where necessary; this needs the formulation of laws to respect and practice the rights of all citizens at the Islamic environment as the Islamic teachings indicate well. The Government Officials at the Islamic environment shall have fear that by the abuse of their authority that puts the people to trouble, they are publicly insulted and are publicly punished according to the good law of the land. As for the other part of the rule that is Hope, note that the general attitude towards the women at the Islamic environment shall remain at EHSAAN with the hope there to achieve high morality; they shall be guided towards the Islamic teachings especially towards HEJAB with leniency and there shall be no undue force to put commands in practice that relate to matters of women in general, with care to the Islamic teachings.
(45) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, “Command & Advice” means firstly, the administration shall hold elections every four years according to Islamic manner; secondly, it shall hold referendums whenever necessary, according to Islamic manner and thirdly, there shall remain a direct contact between the persons at administration and all people they command as directed by the Islamic teachings; there shall neither be any Command nor any Advice at the Islamic environment that challenges the Islamic teachings.
(46) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, the elections shall be held after four years from the last elections by the administrative persons not participating therein, within a period of six months ahead and these elections mean that there shall be compatible trustworthy candidates who would ask to get into administration presenting themselves for the assemblies; to get the membership at assemblies, they shall get the fixed number of votes set by the administrative council for elections or alternately they shall get the specified ratio of votes from among the total casted votes set by the administrative council for elections at their respective constituency that is valid for both the national and the provincial assembly according to their standing, without challenging each other in any way as it actually is not contest in the strict sense of the word among the candidates that present themselves for the membership of assemblies.
(47) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, the candidates that present themselves at elections for the administrative task shall not be more than nine, each candidate representing his political party and each of these political parties committed to the application of the basic Islamic teachings at the country; women candidates at elections shall not be appreciated.
(48) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, one of the manifestations of “Advice & Command” is Referendum as whenever the National assembly has to make extremely important decision, then it shall ask the people for a "Yes" or a "No" about the related decision; there shall be space given for their reason in simple terms in the referendum form that they might avail if they so will. The national assembly shall take the answer by their majority in number after the consideration of the outcome of the referendum yet without regards to the number of people that their accepted answer might have behind it.
(49) In elaboration to the previous relevant point, one of the manifestations of “Command & Advice” is the direct contact of the persons at administration with the general people that they command and protocol, paper work, personal danger shall not come between this direct contact; they shall reply to all significant messages sent to them by e-mail by the general people within as short time as possible, keeping to the Islamic guidance.
(50) In this administration, it is not improper by Islamic teachings to have the state representatives that would include the President of the country, the Governors of the provinces and the Senate, though it is preferable at the Islamic environment that the President in particular, gets elected directly by the votes of all such Muslim persons in the country who are sane, adult and aware of the basic teachings of Islam.
(51) The President shall be elected for the four years ahead and even if he is elected by the people in general as the President, he is liable to be removed by the national assembly only, during his tenure by more than 70% of votes. However, the reason for such removal shall be highly genuine, keeping to the Islamic viewpoint; he might resign during his tenure if he so wills.
(52) The President shall be Muslim, sane, adult citizen of the country where the Islamic environment manifests and he shall highly care for the Islamic teachings in the individual and the collective practice. He shall be well-versed in them and shall have the capability to guide according to those teachings, all members of all assemblies and even all people of the country whenever and wherever necessary without fail.
Al-Hamdu Lillah
Continued at Part-2