@bsobaid - "Sir, you dont like the word sect, call i t boom bastic, whatever you like to call it."
jigar its not as simple as that. the word "sect" has a certain notion attached to it. it refers to a particular type of problem like the word "cancer" in the medical world. thats why our rulers refer to hanafi, wahabi, shia as sects whereas in fact these different schools of thought are allowed in Islam and they are not a problem. so, if we use the word sect for these schools, we would fall into the trap of these puppet rulers whose masters sit in washington and london.
"Say your Khalifa suddenly become power hungry and want everything run by him. He gradually starts to replace shura with his own stooges and tighten his grip on the power. AFter doing that, your Khalifah woke up one morning and find himself craving for immense sexual appetite. He orders his sipah-e-salaar to get him 50 beautful women from the whole country and then entered all of them in his haram."
those are very good questions. first of all, everything IS run by the khaleefah. he is the ameer of jihad, he is the head of industry, he is the economics minister....he is everything. and he doesn't need to replace anyone in the shura with his stooges. he can simply tell every shura member to go home. we have witnessed this in history and this is also allowed from Islam. and come on, in today's time...50 wives be serious (joke)
so, what do we do then? well, you have to first understand that these are a class of problem that are common to all systems; capitalism, communism etc. and we shouldn't judge the system on these problems. in fact we should judge the system on the mechanism of accountability that it has in place to solve these problems. so, lets discuss that.
the qadhi madhalim (cheif justice) in the khilafah has just one job...to remove the khaleefah. so, a whole department of the state is devoted to taking complaints against the khaleefah. furthermore, when a complaint has been lodged against the khaleefah, the khaleefah cannot remove the qadhi madhalim.
the second level of accountability is the shura. in a democracy, the parliament accounts the ruler and legislates laws whereas in khilafah the sole purpose of the shura is to account the ruler because legislation is only for Allah. if the khaleefah asks the advice of the shura on an administrative issue (building more schools, improving health care system etc.), their advice is binding on him and the daleel for this is when the Prophet (SAW) left his opinion and followed the advice of his companions in the battle of Uhud...but that's a separate issue. other than advising the khaleefah on administrative issues the only job of the shura is to account the khaleefah.
the third level of accountability is political parties. Surah Al-Imran, Verse 104 makes it obligatory on the Muslims to form at least one political party;
"Let there be among you a group that invites to the good, orders what is right and forbids what is evil, and they are those who are successful" [TMQ 3:104]
and in khilafah there is no "hizb-e-iqtidaar". all parties are opposition parties and all of them are in opposition to one person - the khaleefah. we have seen in history that during the era of Hazrat Usman (RA) the sahaba went far and wide, some of them were made governers (wali), some were made amils and some were martyred in battles. so, they never returned back. and since then the level of accountability started to decrease because the sahaba were the only group that were fulfilling the requirements of the above mentioned verse. insha Allah when the khilafah is established again, it will be ensured that more and more political parties are formed that would account the ruler. and FYI, there is no need to get approval from the khaleefah for establishing a political party. Allah (SWT) has given us the approval in this verse and it doesn't need a seal of approval from the khaleefah.
and last but not least, the fourth level of accountability is the people. correct me if im wrong, but as far as i remember it was either Abu Bakr (RA) or Umar (RA) who once asked a group of people that if i deviate from the path of Islam, what will you do. and one of them answered that we will straighten you with this sword. for a moment just consider this, a person is saying this to someone who has been guaranteed jannah and who is in fact the leader of all arabia.
on top of that, the education system will produce Islamic personalities, that would understand the importance of accounting the ruler. in the past, at one time the people started accepting that the son would be given bayah after his father. when everything is going fine, people like to maintain the status quo (in fact even when everything is not going fine....for example the current situation in Pakistan). but this would be discouraged from day-one.
so, this is a small glimpse of the mechanism of accountability in khilafah. of course there are more details, which you can find in books from HT and the classical scholars.
but i don't just want to leave this discussion here. lets have a look at the mechanism of accountability in current day Pakistan.
since Ayub Khan, there has always been a struggle between the establishment (pro-US) and the judiciary (pro-britain) on the issue of power-sharing. the version of democracy in the books tell you of a utopian state where the judiciary accounts the rulers but in fact they are just fighting a war with each other on the issue of power-sharing. and on top of that, according to the "muqaddas" secular constitution, you cannot bring the PM, Ministers, CMs, Secretaries, Senators etc. to court as long as they are serving office. Ministers kill people, rape women and still they are at large. khar used to drive with bhutto and whenever they would come across a good looking "dosheeza" he would say to bhutto...."utha lain?". and today, he is the greatest politician of Pakistani history. this is the level of accountability in democracy.
as for the parliament accounting the rulers...this is only a joke. badaltay mausam kay saath to parliament tabdeel ho jati hai....to konsi accountability?
as for the political parties, we have politicians that came into politics just to support their industrial empire (Nawaz Sharif). all these politicians care for is their own benefit. in khilafah there are no benefits for politicians. whatever benefits they get are the same as that of every other citizen. whereas in democracy, if you happen to secure a seat for a party that wins the election, that's as if you have won a jackpot!
and as for people accounting the rulers, unfortunately they have been told by their teachers, parents and their media that politics is a bad thing. so, stay away from it. get a good degree, get married and live a happy life...as if thats any different from the life of an animal. and whenever they do come on the streets, they are used by other politicians e.g. Nawaz Sharif hijacking the lawyers movement etc.
again, this is just a discussion of the mechanism. of course at the end of the day it depends on the individuals, but im not discussing that at the moment.
