Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 18
18 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH authority over these matters. It is up to people to draft the law of their choice. The Romans, who called Christianity and the sharia a curse, forced people to abide by the laws which they drafted themselves. If the mere presence of a law had been a curse, they would not have enacted any law. They declared religion a curse on one hand and enacted various laws for their use on the other. This shows that according to them, the meaning of this verse was that only people had the right to make laws of their choice; religion had no right to present commandments dealing with temporal affairs. In this way, they freed themselves of those restrictions which were imposed by the Mosaic sharia related to affairs of the state. Involvement of Judaism in the Institution of Government The second type of religions are those which have broadened their jurisdiction and made rules and regulations for all spheres of life, including human activities, mutual relations, institutions of government, etc. The followers of these faiths must accept the authority of religion in the affairs of government. Individuals and societies must abide by these injunctions as obligatorily, just as they accept doctrines and commandments like prayers and fasting that affect personal life. Judaism is a good example of this type. If one studies Mosaic sharia, one will find all types of injunctions including, but not limited to,