Organized Party Formation as an
Inescapable Prerequisite
Now
consider this question: If you were to undertake the twin obligations of Hijrah
and Jihad, do you honestly feel that this can be done without a united and
disciplined party? Can you fulfill these obligations alone? As an individual?
Sure, you can strive against the sinful impulses of your own nafs in isolation,
but can you establish the Deen of Allah (SWT) in your individual capacity? Is
any single person
that powerful and
resourceful as to
be able to establish the Islamic System of Social Justice
by working alone? The answer is definitely in the negative. A party, an
organized group is essential, unavoidable, inescapable. It is the cardinal
requirement for bringing about any change in the society. You have to organize
as a party.
The
hadith which we are discussing is very meaningful, in that the very first thing
it enjoins upon the Muslims is that they should to be in the form of a party.
The party, the discipline, the organization is to be seen, therefore, as a
prerequisite for undertaking the last two obligations, Hijrah and Jihad. At
this point I would like to quote a few more ahadith about the importance of
collectivity, of jama‘ah.
According to
Imam Tirmidhi (RA),
Umar Ibn Khattab
(RAA) reported that
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said:
It
is obligatory upon you to be in the form of a party, and you are forbidden from
being alone. Satan becomes the companion of the person who is alone; but if
there are two Muslims, he runs away.
Note
how the Prophet (SAW) has warned that if you are alone, not attached to a party
or group, Satan will find you an easy prey and he will be able to easily
mislead you away from the straight path.
According
to another hadith, reported by Abdullah Ibn Umar (RAA), Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
said:
The
Hand of Allah is upon the jama‘ah. Whoever cuts himself off from the group is
thrown into Hell-fire.
It
means that the help, the succor, the assistance, and the support of Almighty
Allah (SWT) is for the collectivity of Muslims, not individuals. And if a
Muslim separates and detaches himself then, according to the hadith quoted
above, he becomes an easy prey for Satan who will mislead him from the straight
path. And what will be the result in the Hereafter? He will be thrown in the
fire of Hell.
Third
hadith is actually a saying of Umar Ibn Khattab (RAA), and so, technically
speaking, it is an athar (which is a saying, practice or tacit approval of a
Companion of the Prophet) and not a khabar (which is defined as a saying,
practice or tacit approval of the Prophet himself). Umar Ibn Khattab (RAA), the
second caliph of Islam, says that, There is no Islam without jama‘ah, there is
no jama‘ah without an ameer, there is no use having an ameer if he is not
obeyed.
To be continued....
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