Question
14th August was Pakistan's Independence Day. It is when everyone - including 'Ulama' - reveal their nationalistic, pro-Pakistan, bootlicking views and spread confusion among the masses. A modernist in Deeni guise implied that there is an Islamically valid Sultan in Pakistan. He used Hakeem Akhtar Saheb's statements to bolster his claim. The relevant quotes from Hakeem Akhtar's bayaan have been copied, and the transcription of his nationalistic, pro-Pakistan bayaan 'Islaami Mamlikat Ki Qadar wa Qeemat' (which was given on 14th August - which is the 'Independence' Day of Pakistan) is attached. Hakeem Akhtar Saheb said the following, where he quotes a saying of Hadhrat Thanvi to bolster his nationalistic claims: "Pakistan is an Islamic State I am now answering one more issue. Some people think that although such a long time has lapsed since the formation of Pakistan, Islamic law has not yet been promulgated. Therefore, it is not known if this is an Islamic state or not? Some people also ask that if one 's life is given in defence of an inch of Pakistan, will one attain the rank of shahaadat or not? I shall answer both these questions. Furthermore, I shall proffer such an answer which all the Ulama of the whole world will have to accept. Molvi Shabbeer Ali Marhoom who was the nephew of Hakeemul Ummat, the Muhtamim of Khaanqah Thanabovand said to me that Hakeemul Ummat Mujaddid-e-Millat Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Rahmatullah alayh) had said immature Ahl-e-Ilm are under the impression that a land where there are Muslim rulers is not an Islamic state if Islamic Law is not implemented, and Nauthubillah!, such a country should be given to the kuffaar. In other words, it will be okay if kuffaar conquer such a country because it is not an Islamic state." In response to this, Hadhrat Hakeemul Ummat Mujaddid-e -Millat Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Rahmatullah alayh) said: "Listen to the definition of an Islamic state." The newspapers should in fact publish this Shar'i meaning of an Islamic state, and it should also be published in books. He (Hadhrat Thanvi) said: "This is the definition of an Islamic state: If the rulers are Muslims who do have the power to promulgate Islamic Law, then regardless of how great sinners they may be, that country will be an Islamic State according to Islamic Law even if the Muslim Ameerul Mu'mineen or the Sultan does not implement Islamic Law due to fear for the super powers or to the treachery of his own populace or because of his own Imaani weakness or human weakness. However, since he does have the power to implement Islamic Law, hence on the basis of this power the country will be an Islamic state." All the rulers of Pakistan to this day had and do have the power to implement Islamic Law. Therefore, Pakistan is an Islamic state, hence the one who gives his life to defend even one inch of the land, he will be a shaheed." (End of Hakeem Akhtar's bayaan)
Answer
While Pakistan is a Muslim country, it is never an Islamic state. The idea of there being a valid Sultan (or Ameerul Mu'mineen) in Pakistan is laughably ludicrous, preposterous and utterly baseless.
An Islamic State is a country governed by the Shariah – the Law of Allah Ta'ala, not the law of Taaghoot. For a country to qualify as an Islamic state, the Shariah being its Law is an imperative requisite. The fundamental basis of an Islamic State is the Law of the Qur'aan. How can a country be described as an Islamic state when its official law is KUFR law, western law, the law of Taaghoot?
Yes, it is conceded that the fisq and fujoor of the Sultan/ Ameerul Mu'mineen does not cancel the Islamic status of the country. But, when the law of Taaghoot is the official law of the country ---- when the Shariah has been cancelled and substituted with western kufr law, then most assuredly, the country will not be an Islamic state regardless of the populace being Muslim. It will remain a Muslim country, but never an Islamic state.
When the so-called Muslim courts of the country override the Shariah and adjudicate strictly in accord with western kufr law, then such a country can never be an Islamic state.
No one claims that a Muslim country should be handed to the kuffaar or that Muslims should not defend the Muslim land because it is not an Islamic state. In fact, we say that if the kuffaar attack even the kufr state of Iran, then the Muslim countries have the duty of aiding Iran. This is entirely a different issue.
As long as the official law of the land is the Shariah, the country will be an Islamic State. Today, only Afghanistan is an Islamic State albeit extremely weak. The issues should not be confused. One issue is the Islamic state, which Pakistan is not. The other issue is defending Pakistan against the kuffaar. That is Waajib.
The rulers of Pakistan are not Muslims. They are murtaddeen. They have abrogated, cancelled and thrown out the Shariah. They have substituted the Qur'aan with western kuffaar law. Their beliefs are corrupt and kufr. How can a country's legal, executive and judicial systems ever be described as Islamic when the entire satanic governmental organization is in diametric conflict with the Shariah of the Qur'aan and Sunnah? How can a government be said to be Islamic when it detests and despises the Shariah – when it abrogates the entire Shariah and substitutes it with kufr western law – the law of Taaghoot?
When it is said that Pakistan, or Egypt or Saudi Arabia, etc. are not Islamic states, it means nothing more than stating the truth, viz., that these regimes are murtad; that these regimes are not Islamic; that these regimes are satanic; that these regimes govern by the law of Taaghoot; that these regimes have brutally kicked out and extinguished the Shariah; that these regimes have preferred western kuffaar law over the Law of Allah Azza Wa Jal, the immutable Shariah stemming from the Qur'aan and the Sunnah.
How can it be said that Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the like are Islamic states when they fine Muslims who perform Salaat? Muslims have to conceal even the copies of the Qur'aan Majeed. They ban Hijaab. In fact they have banned the entire Shariah, yet the illegitimate progeny of Iblees, the rulers, claim to be Muslim!
By saying that Pakistan and the other Muslim countries are not Islamic states, it never means that Muslims should not defend the lands of Muslims when attacked by the kuffaar. The only rubbish devils who have made such a claim are the Swami/Pundit molvis of Jamiatul Ulama Hind who had declared war against Hadhrat Jibraeel (Alayhis salaam) on the recent occasion when the cow worshippers, cow urine drinkers and idol worshippers of India had attacked Pakistan. According to the Swamis and Pundit molvis of Jamiatul Ulama Hind, defending the land of the mushrikeen is 'jihad' and the status of 'shaheed' is acquired for fighting and perishing in defence of the idols and mushrikeen. There is no accommodation for such Rubbish in Islam.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- Al-Haq Bulletin No. 78
- PDF page
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Appears under IS PAKISTAN AN ISLAMIC STATE? (approximate).