The Reality of Khilafah — Page 150
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 150 they have any talent other than to label Muslims as apostates? Obviously not. They read some hadiths and then give themselves the title of Sheikhul-Kul [the Sheikh of all Things]. We seek ref- uge with Allah from the tribulations of this age and its people and from the foolishness of the ignorant. It should also be noted that every opponent who has any sense of self-worth will only go to a certain extent in the use of falsehood that has no basis at all. The Sheikh, on the other hand, did not partake of any of this natural human sense of shame; he instead employed all the resources at his disposal to harm me and left no stone unturned in this endeavour. First of all, he tried to rouse the masses by claiming that I was an apostate and a dajj a l and that they should, therefore, avoid meeting me and try to tor- ment me in every possible way, and that this would merit them Divine reward. Having failed in this, he tried to incite the British government by reporting all kinds of lies and fabrications about me, but this government is far-sighted and sagacious and does not act impetuously like the Sikh rulers who would be roused to fury at every trivial thing that reached their ears. This government uses its God-given intellect; hence it did not give any credence to the reports of a man whom they knew to be acting out of selfish motives. The government was also fully cognizant of my family’s goodwill towards its rule. It knew very well that, for the last four- teen years, in contrast to all these maulaw i s, I had been publishing articles to the effect that we are the subjects of this government and it is incumbent upon us, in keeping with the injunctions of Allah and the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to remain obedient to it; that it is h ar a m [unlawful] to rebel under these circumstances, and that anyone