Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 35
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 35 except those of the idolaters with whom you have entered into a treaty, and who have not subsequently failed you nor aided anyone against you. So fulfil your promise with those with whom you have made a treaty till the term of the treaty. Surely, Allah loves those who are righteous. But aside from them, however many idolaters are left, tell them that after the passing of four months from today, they should leave Arabia. If they disobey and stay in Arabia, then for their disobedience, We order you to kill the idolaters wherever you find them, for they have not abided by the orders of the government, and take them prisoners and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they become Muslims and perform S al a t and pay Zakat, then leave their way free. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. ” Now ponder: what is government? Government is not that the order of a husband be obeyed by his wife, and vice versa. Government has specific jurisdiction; anyone who gives commands cannot be called a king. In English there is a famous joke, that once a child asked his father, “Who is called a king”? The father said, “A king is a person whom nobody can disobey”. On hearing this, the child said, “Father, then our mother is a king”. It seems that the mother was a dominating person, which is why the child said that if