It must be conceded that the establishment of an Islamic State is the responsibility not of individuals but of the society to which they belong. In Islam there are certain injunctions of an individual and

political system on the basis of Islam depends upon the will of society as a whole. Only if there is a Muslim society possessed of the collective will to accept and institute Islamic government, can a political

political system based on Islam with all its social caveats, be established.

truth of Islam by the standards of pure human knowledge, and to advance arguments for its being, out of all the religions, the only true religion. These modern developments have brought Islam to the point

dayee and madu and Islam may be communicated to them in strife-free circumstances. There is now the possibility of initiating a serious and fruitful dialogue between Islam and non-Islam. Undoubtedly the

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ruler is evil and a tyrant.” (Sharh an Nawawi, Vol. 12, p. 229) This injunction of the Prophet of Islam, as made clear above, was based on extremely important considerations. The truth is that in the first

reform works outside the political field, had to be performed. Without this, the very history of Islam would have remained incomplete, for if the religious scholars had engaged themselves in confrontation

institutions, all these constructive activities could never have been carried out. Therefore, the Prophet of Islam gave express commands to avoid political confrontation with the rulers at the slightest pretext. This

religion, and that is Islam. All other religions are lacking in this historical credibility. After this intellectual revolution it has become possible to establish the truth of Islam vis-a-vis other religions

basis of human knowledge. That Islam is the only authentic version of divine religion may be fully supported by arguments. These modern development in our times have taken Islam to the point of unopposed victory

that a normal relationship may be allowed to grow between da‘i and mad’u, only then the message of Islam can be conveyed in a normal situation. Now,

addition to this, a huge number of eminent Muslim scholars arose among the first few generations of Islam to prepare a totally authentic and unparalleled historical record generally known as Hadith, Sirah

considered to be the second basic source of Islam after the Quran. The authentic part of Hadith literature coupled with the Quran, provides an all-inclusive text of Islamic ideology. Thus, by both the sources

writing, the original version of Islam has been so perfectly and permanently preserved, that until the coming of doomsday, anybody can at any time confirm how Islamic teachings were revealed from God,

ruler is evil and a tyrant.” (Sharh an Nawawi, Vol. 12, p. 229) This injunction of the Prophet of Islam, as made clear above, was based on extremely important considerations. The truth is that in the first

reform works outside the political field, had to be performed. Without this, the very history of Islam would have remained incomplete, for if the religious scholars had engaged themselves in confrontation

institutions, all these constructive activities could never have been carried out. Therefore, the Prophet of Islam gave express commands to avoid political confrontation with the rulers at the slightest pretext. This

The External Target When the Arabs entered the fold of Islam under the influence of the movement launched by the Prophet, they were full of Islamic zeal. They wanted the religion they had discovered as

halted the historical process of Islam before it had even begun. But for the prudent decision of the Prophet to direct Muslims’ ardour towards external fields, Islamic history would have been an elegiac

elegiac recital instead of a record of the exemplary deeds of the champions of Islam. Involvement in a lofty cause is a guarantee of noble character. But Muslims had

best marry someone beneath one’s social status. But in Islam remarriage is not a taboo: the Prophet himself married a widow. The provisions of Islam are thus a great blessing to couples who realize only

only too late that they have erred in making their choice of a partner. Islam provides for them to separate amicably, in a spirit of goodwill. Just think of couples wasting away the whole of their lives in

hard to meet. It is as unnatural as anything can be. Islam is a natural religion. Such a situation has not developed in Muslim communities because Islamic law on marriage and divorce provides for all, or almost

magazine Al-Risala on the subject of Islam and peace. These articles were written with the basic intention of clearing up the misunderstandings that abound about Islamic teachings about peace and war and

and to state the authentic position on these matters. Islam is a completely peaceful religion. In Islam, peace is the general rule or norm and war is only an exception. This rare exception is always as a

actions of others. War is not something that Muslims should initiate unilaterally. The basic aim of Islam is to transform people’s thinking and to bring about an intellectual revolution in their minds based