Conclusion
The most
significant point of the hadith should be kept very dearly in mind. The Holy
Prophet (SAW) has enjoined upon all Muslims to struggle against evils, in
particular those perpetrated and supported by the so-called Muslim rulers and
heads of governments in Muslim countries. Since they control the print and
electronic media and other influential agencies, they can very effectively
promote un-Islamic ideas and practices in the society. In the hadith, the
Prophet (SAW) has explicitly mentioned the gradual decline of religious and
moral fervor particularly in persons at the helm of communal affairs, and has
commanded the true believers to reform and correct them.
Similarly, religious scholars and spiritual leaders are also covered by this category as they too influence the populace through their teachings and example. And if they go wrong, misconceptions and false notions may spread very widely.
As already explained above, this hadith behoves all committed and true Muslims to mobilize their resources to the full and employ all the variegated forms of protest and non-violent agitation — rights of which are guaranteed to them by the democratic set-up — to struggle against the evil-mongers and anti-Islam agents. A recourse here to the technicalities of Khuruj (i.e., revolt or uprising against the established political authority) is simply besides the point and pure (and idle!) scholastic academicism that kills the dynamism and religious activism required for Islamic revival.
Similarly, religious scholars and spiritual leaders are also covered by this category as they too influence the populace through their teachings and example. And if they go wrong, misconceptions and false notions may spread very widely.
As already explained above, this hadith behoves all committed and true Muslims to mobilize their resources to the full and employ all the variegated forms of protest and non-violent agitation — rights of which are guaranteed to them by the democratic set-up — to struggle against the evil-mongers and anti-Islam agents. A recourse here to the technicalities of Khuruj (i.e., revolt or uprising against the established political authority) is simply besides the point and pure (and idle!) scholastic academicism that kills the dynamism and religious activism required for Islamic revival.
to be continued....
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