Remember The 3rd March This Year!
Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1432 A.H, Friday, March 04, 2011
This article was written to remember the collapse of the Khilafah on 3rd March 1924. Hope it can enlighten the readers.
When our eyes are fixed on
the turmoil in the Arab world, we will realize that this
pattern is only the repeat of the major events half a century
ago. The overthrowing of the military-based regimes in
Tunisia, Egypt and soon in Libya, is a “karma” from
what they had done against the earlier regimes. When America
is predicted to soon intervene in the affair of Libya under
the pretext of overthrowing a dictator, as he did eight years
ago in Iraq, we will remember that the regime of Saddam
Hussein and the regime of Khadafi were born from just about
the same process, in the same manner as the regimes of Ben Ali
and Abdun Naser—the predecessor of Hosni Mubarak.
These regimes
ascended the throne after overthrowing the monarchy regimes
(kingdoms), or the regimes which had just replaced the
monarchy and then established a republic over its ruins. Abdun
Naser rose to become a president after overthrowing King
Farouk, Saddam Hussein overthrew president Abdurrahman Arif
who had overthrown the kingdom, Ben Ali was appointed to
replace president Bouguiba after the removal of a Bey
(title of a king in Tunisia), Khadafi toppled King Idris, and
what also cannot be forgotten is the Mullah
Revolution in Iran which toppled King Shah Reza. Then they
showed themselves as oppositions to the West and took side
with the socialist bloc of the Soviet Union, while applying
dictatorship upon their subjects. But slowly, especially after
the collapse of Soviet Union, it was exposed that they are in
truth the agents of the West, be it America or British/Europe,
the two Western camps which are competing for influence.
The consequence is
that the turmoil in the Arab World, since the reign of the
Daulah Utsmani (the Ottoman), can be simplified into
five phases so far: under the Daulah
Utsmani, then colonized by Europe, then stood the
monarchy, next - the revolutions to establish dictatorial
republics took place and now we are witnessing the process
towards the next phase: the revolutions to overthrow the
dictators of the republics to be replaced with Western-style
liberal-democratic republics — which has been successfully
implemented in Indonesia!
The Next
Phase : Khilafah?
Five years before
Rasulullah SAW acquired the power to establish an Islamic
State in Madinah, the battle of Bu’ath took place in the town
in which the original name was Yathrib. The war that broke out
between two major tribes, which later became the people of the
Ansar, the helpers of Rasul SAW, namely the
kabilah of Aus and Khazraj, changed the socio-political
structure of the nation of Madinah until Rasulullah SAW did
his hijrah to that town, this was recorded in a
hadith which is the riwaayah of ‘Aisyah,
“The day of Bu'ath was the day
(battle) which Allah destined to happen before the coming of
His Rasul's mission. That when Rasulullah arrived in Madinah,
they (the clans) had been divided (into groups that are in
enmity with each other) and their aristocrats had been
killed. All this projected them to the acceptance of
Islam upon themselves.”
(HR. Bukhari)
Therefore, when the
envoys from Madinah went to meet the Prophet SAW in Makkah,
they said that they were in a prolonged feud and hoped that
the presence of Rasulullah SAW in that town would be able to
unite all the kabilahs under the bond of the
aqeedah of Islam.
History is repeating
itself, the battle of the modern Bu'ath is happening now, when
the ummah split into dozens of small countries in the
prison of nationalism, then there existed animosity between
the people and the dictatorial rulers, which finally burst
into revolutions in recent months. Also, the aristocrats (read
: dictatorial rulers) have been dethroned by force by their
subjects. All this will change the socio-political structure
of the Arab nation, causing the ummah to be in
confusion and experience a “vacuum of ideas” and make them
think : "what's next?" until at some point, they will
turn to an alternative ideology and system, namely the
ideology and system of Islam in the form of the Khilafah
Islamiyah state.
Indeed, the West
seek to make these revolutions end up at what suits their
desires, i.e. the creation of the liberal-democratic
countries, as this author describes above, under the auspices
of the regimes which are still their stooges. But the
ummah are not stupid. They are toppling the dictators not
because of being ordered by America, but because of the
awareness to stop tyranny. They want freedom, but not the
hedonistic-styled liberalism of America but freedom to live a
normal life that is better and the fulfillment of basic needs,
as well as the freedom to apply the Shari'ah. They
want a just government, but not the figure of a president in
the style of the liberal-democracy, but a fair leader who is
elected by the ummah and who is accountable to the
ummah. In essence, they want a change for their own
good, not the benefits of America, although America is trying
to ride on this change. And all those wants can really be met
in the system of Khilafah which applies the
Shari'ah.
So, it is not
impossible, after the occurrence of the modern Bu'ath in the
form of the Arab Revolution, that sooner or later the pendulum
of change will swing in the direction of the creation of the
public awareness crossing the Muslim nations to immediately
implement the Shari'ah in their countries, then unite
with all the Muslims to be inside the bond aqeedah
under the same shade, namely the shade of the Khilafah.
The precondition is that, all the components that realize this
must work hard on this project, which is no other than
Da'wah.
Remember the
3rd March this Year!
The presence of the
chained reactions from the Tunisian revolution onto the other
Muslim countries shows that there is one common feeling of the
Islamic ummah, which of course becomes the major
capital in the unity of the ummah since the founding
of the first Islamic State in Madinah by Rasulullah SAW. When
one part of the ummah suffers and then rises up
against injustices, another parts of the ummah can
not sleep, and then collectively rise to do the same thing.
Just as Rasulullah SAW told us that this ummah is
like a one body, when one part of the body is in pain, other
parts of the body also feel the sickness.
On that ground, the
Islamic ummah could not linger and stay long in this
condition, they must immediately react exhaustively and
complete the shift towards the phase of the Khilafah.
For 1300 years, the ummah were under the same
Khilafah, then the West conspired to destroy the
buildings of Islam. Until that 3rd March 1924, the last
Khilafah, namely the Daulah Utsmani in Turkey,
was sabotaged by a traitor named Mustafa Kemal.
Today, the 3rd of
March, when this article was written, exactly 87 years later,
the Islamic ummah are still in a vacuum for a
Khilafah. But the 3rd of March this year is different. On
the 3rd of March this year, we are witnessing a large wave of
the ummah rising against the dictatorial regimes,
which are the formation of the West. That big giant has
awaken. Amid the failure of the thaghut to solve the
problems of poverty, ignorance and corruption, amid the
increasingly piercing calls for the establishment of the
Khilafah, from Beirut, Al-Quds to Jakarta, amid the
struggle of the ummah along with the Mujahideen to
repel the invaders , from Somalia, Palestine, Iraq to
Afghanistan, the ummah are knitting the ropes of the
unity of aqeedah which has long been cut by the
invaders.
Now, the Arab
Revolution may extend to become the Islamic World Revolution.
And the awareness for this unity will continue to grow until
the ummah find their genuine leader (imam)
who will protect them from the attacks by the kuffar
people and apply the law of Allah, i.e the Shari'ah,
“Indeed, the Imam is a shield.
The ummah will be fought from his behind and will be protected
by him. If he orders taqwa toward Allah and do justice then he
will be rewarded (a very great reward). But if he orders other
than that, then he will get a sin for it.”
HR.Muslim
Therefore, remember
the 3rd March this year! Allahu Akbar!
Original author: Reza Ageung S. (Student of STIS Hidayatullah, Balikpapan)
Submitted by a Mujahid