sovereignty belongs to Allah
ALLAH gave us a system agreed??
the ultimate purpose of Prophet "islamic state"
so today u put that system aside and make laws from ur mind this is democracy!!
as most of it is against islamic sharia
i mean the french parliment majority votes out face covering~!!
our rulers take interest based loan our banks work on that haram thing!!
wat do u call this wen Allah said "no man or woman has right to give hukam wen Allah has given 1"..i can give many evidnc
does ur democratic ruler thinks about haram halal,gunah sawab b4 amending laws ?
wen Allah has given us economic system,social system , foreign policy y u put it aside and use ur brain which is bound to error!!??
The problem is that contrary to what you perceive, things are not as straightforward and simple as that.
Allah has given us a brain to use and going back in time, many Caliphs were more competent due to this quality. How can you potentially argue that we not use our brains?
Now i know you will argue that this is not what you mean but why do we think that no one can make intelligent decisions today as opposed to mortals like us who were caliphs in the past and made their own decisions within limits defined by Islam.
If you think that everything is defined and SOPs are given to us directly from Allah in each matter then you are wrong.
What has been defined by Allah for the Muslims is in the Quran and explained in Hadith as well.
However primarily what we have in way of divine guidance is basic principles and boundaries which we have been asked to respect and not cross.
Somethings are very specifically dealt with in detail but overall we have boundaries which have been defined as a limit which should not be exceeded.
Within these boundaries the rulers really had a choice to make their decisions and introduce laws....within these boundaries we do enjoy free will.
Over extending this argument that only Allah is sovereign in order to counter democracy is a bit flawed in my opinion.
If we say that in every matter we have no say then that actually renders any decision making impossible and legislation will be considered a sin...but it is indeed not possible to run any form of government if this happens.
Allah is the creator and sovereign but within our domain he has given us will to choose, without this will the purpose of our creation is actually negated.
Clearly we have been told what is wrong and what is right but essentially we were created to make our own choices and bear the consequences in this world and the hereafter.
What i say is that as long as we do not cross the limits defined by Allah in Quran, our constitution and form of government cannot be called against Islam.
Our core issue is corruption and injustice, if you think that we need a different system than current one then it is your valuable opinion.
To say that democracy is not working because it is against Islam is not an accurate diagnosis of the problem, what good has the so called Islamic reign done in recent past to Muslim countries?
Is the problem so superficial that announcing caliphate and Shariah will solve all issues at hand or is it deeper than that?
I think the issues in our society merit a study and change, however our state is not unislamic by virtue of system (since no legislation can be against directive of Quran) but by virtue of implementation.
How do you guarantee that this shall miraculously be remedied just because Mr. XYZ guarantees us more Islam?
The problem is lack of implementation of laws which has been aggravated by rampant corruption.
Please bear in mind that even some of the past caliphs had been terrible and even in the golden era of Islam there were instances of grave injustices which caused many fitnas, civil wars and suffering.
The treatment of non Arabs caused bloody wars between Arabs, Persians and Berbers on many occasions and it was not a Yahoodi sazish but the fact that as Islam grew across continents the need to give space to different castes and creeds became more critical.
The political requirements were of paramount importance and if a ruler was politically ignorant...the result was disastrous.
On the other hand many Caliphs were great leaders and ensured prosperity of their people.
Even in the current system, we can achieve betterment if people rise up to the challenge.
We can rally in support of Mumtaz Qadri but why we do not rally against a corrupt president?
Is it the extent of our Islam and particularly the Islamic forces which always support Taliban etc. but lack the same fervor in sacrificing themselves for removing a corrupt president?
It means that most of these Islamic forces are compromised!
So tomorrow if they rally around a new Caliphate system and install Fazl Ur Rehman as the Caliph...what then?
It could be a sad fact that even in a more Islamic system we may see a corrupt person coming to power via some scheme...then what?
Once we know that our constitution guarantees that legislation cannot be against directive of Quran...why do we not challenge a dodgy legislation in the courts and set a precedent of accountability?
Why not sacrifice our time, energy and even lives here?
At the end of the day i am not opposed to changes and do agree that things have to change, but calling it a caliphate and having the same problems without hope of resolution is not a change in true sense.
We are not willing to spend energy in rectifying the flaws of our society which have manifested in shape of current antics of governments, what is the guarantee that after 20 years from Caliphate we shall not have similar decline as we saw after creation of Pakistan?
No offense to you is intended but i see same problems whatever the system is, since the problem is lack of implementation of system.
If the Mullah brigade and Islamic parties are closely inspected...i expect them to hijack a more Islamic system (if envisioned) and give us the same performance or even worse.
The rulers indeed are not thinking about Haram or Halal but if we get a Gen Zia like character...will it change anything?
The nation has to hold its rulers accountable and show resentment towards the corrupt faces in order to change the culture.