Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 117
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 117 fact that compliance with an organization is binding for them at all times. Just like the other commandments, if compliance of one part is not possible, the other parts are not automatically cancelled. One who cannot participate in Jihad, cannot be excused from Prayer. One who cannot perform Ablution, cannot be excused from bowing and prostration. He who cannot perform S al a t by standing, cannot be excused of performing his S al a t by sitting or by laying or by nodding. Similarly, even if there cannot be a political organization for the whole Islamic world, yet Muslims cannot be free from the compliance of other parts of the obedience of “those in authority”. Just as if someone goes to Hajj and cannot perform Sa‘ i in between Safa and Marwah, he is not excused from it. Rather, it will be necessary for him to fulfil this obligation by sitting on the back of some other person. Therefore, the Muslims committed a great mistake when they inferred that, as one organization had become impracticable for them so they were also freed of other organization. On the contrary, the establishment of purely religious organization does not become impossible when Muslims are divided in several political entities as has been proved by the advent of the Promised Messiah as. If people ask us why we do not cut the hand of a thief then we can tell them that it is not in our power but those matter in which we have control we consider it our foremost duty to establish an Islamic organization