Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 9
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 9 Does Organization Developed by the Holy Prophet sa Have Religious Sanctity or Not? It should also be kept in mind that if the belief of Ali bin Abdur Razzaq, which is also that of those who moved away from Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya, were to be taken as valid, then it would raise the question: were the measures taken by the Holy Prophet sa for the development of an organization religious or not? If we were to declare that Islam does not present any specific type of organization, and that the Khilafat of Hadrat Abu Bakr ra , Hadrat Umar ra , Hadrat Usman ra and Hadrat Ali ra were interim arrangements of the Muslims, and that whatever they did for the stability of the organization of the state was only done following in the footsteps of the Holy Prophet sa , then the question would naturally arise: Were the steps taken by the Holy Prophet sa for the establishment of a state and organization only provisional measures, or did they bear the support of religious authority? If they were temporary, then whatever was done by Hadrat Abu Bakr ra , Hadrat Umar ra , Hadrat Usman ra , and Hadrat Ali ra in his obedience would also be provisional and would not be an authority of sharia for us. On the other hand, if the steps taken by the Holy Prophet sa related to the government and the organization were religious, then we will have to adopt them as our guideline. Thus, this issue is not confined to the Khulaf a ’ but it also affects the Holy Prophet sa. If the institution of Khilafat is not based on