Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 5
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 5 booklets. Such booklets were written by Muslims, Europeans, and also Russians. However, an Egyptian scholar, Ali bin Abdur Razzaq , who is one of the scholars of Jamia Azhar and is a Justice of The Religious Court, presented this perspective cogently in his book Al-Isl a mo wa U su l-ul- H akam. The prime instigator of this trend, as I have already mentioned, was the profound unrest in the Islamic world in general, and Arabian countries in particular, caused by the abolition of Khilafat in Turkey. A Pertinent Question It might be asked: How is this discussion related to Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya, which should be the real crux of my discussion? The Khilafat discussed in this book is monarchic, whereas the Khilafat of the Ahmadiyya Jam a‘ at is spiritual. The Turks are kings and Ahmadis are not. Therefore, the arguments in favour of, and against, the Turkish Khilafat should be of a different category. After all, what possible relationship can this Khilafat have with Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya, which has no kingdom and is only spiritual in nature? The answer is that it is not necessary to confine oneself to those aspects of an issue which are raised specifically. At times, it is necessary to deal with all aspects of an issue comprehensively. For instance, when someone asks how hands are to be washed in ablution, there is no harm in describing all the steps of ablution to him. In this way, he will be able to