Abstract
Establishment of khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard means supremacy of the dictates of
shari„ah and socio-political justice on earth. This is one of the basic objectives and
prominent messages of the Holy Quran and Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).
About khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard the Holy Quran expresses as:
- عََٗذَ ا ه للَُّ اىهزِٝ آ اٍَُْ٘ نٍُِْ عََٗ يَُِ ا٘ اى ه صبىِحَبثِ ىََٞضْخَخْيِفَ ه فِٜ الأسَْضِ …
- اىهزِٝ إِ ه هٍ ن هبْ فِٜ الأسَْ ضِ أَقَب اٍُ٘ اى ه صلاَةَ آَٗحَ اُ٘ اى ه زمَبةَ أََٗ شٍَُ اٗ بِبى عََْشُ فِٗ اَََّْٖٗ٘ عَ اى نََُْشِ هَِٗ للَِّ عَبقِبَتُ الأ سٍُُِ٘ .
- إىهزِٛ أَسْصَوَ سَصُ ىَ٘ بِبىْ ذَُٖٙ دَِٗٝ اىْحَقِّ ىُِٞظْ شَِٖ عَيَٚ اىذِّٝ مُيِّ مََٗفَٚ بِب ه للَِّ شَ ِٖٞذاً .
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) proclaims:
- اََٗ ه للَِّ ىَ ظََٗعُ ا٘ اى ه ش شََْ فِٜ َٝ َِٞ ِْٜ اَٗىْقَ شَََ فِٜ َٝضَبسِٛ عَيَٚ أَ أَحْشُكَ زََإ الْأ شٍََْ حَخهٚ ُٝظْ شَِٖ ا ه للَُّ أَ أَ يِْٕلَ فِٞ بٍَ
حَشَمْخُ .
The Holy Quran and the Seerah refer to some underlying milestones on the way of
religious nations to status of khalafah and tamkeen fin ‘ard. These milestones may be
expressed in an order as: da„wah [preaching], deen [practices of prophetic teachings],
hijrah [migration], ma„iyyat-ul-Allah [companionship of Allah], qital [wars], nusratul-
Allah [divine aid], izhar-ud-deen [domination of deen] and khilafah [inheritance of
authority]. This is noteworthy that journey of khalafah and tamkeen fin ‘ard begins
with da„wah [preaching towards deen] and passing through various milestones ends
up again at da„wah, as obvious from ayat-ul-istakhlaf quoted above. Therefore, the
seekers of khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard should strive hard and keep struggling with
the work of da„wah with dedication in all circumstances and all means as per time and
place requirements in lined with the modus operandi of Prophets, particularly Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w), instead of awaiting the status of khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard as
prerequisite to start with the work of da„wah and establishment of deen.
This paper primarily aims to elaborate the milestones of Muslim Ummah to reach to
the status of khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard. It also cast light on the objectives of
khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard.
This work provides useful guidance to Muslim Ummah in general and Ahlud da„wah
in particular about milestones and objectives of khilafah and tamkeen fil ‘ard.
Sheikh Muhammad Ishtiaq, Safia Aftab, Aziz ur Rehman Saifee. (2017) Journey to Khalafah and Tamkeen fil ‘Ard Milestones on the Way, The International Research Journal Department of Usooluddin, Volume-01, Issue-2.
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