The Stage of
Challenge and Active Resistance in the
Revolutionary
Struggle of the Prophet (SAW)
The
next stage is that of Active Resistance. I have said earlier that the decision
of stepping into this stage is an extremely sensitive one. In the case of the Prophet
(SAW) this decision was made by Allah (SWT), therefore there was absolutely no
margin of error. But in the future the leadership of a similar movement will
make this decision and there will always be a possibility of error there. If
error or mistake is made despite good intentions then even though the
end-results may be negative in the worldly sense, one will be successful in the
hereafter.
The Tehrik-e-Shaheedain was the greatest revolutionary movement in
the 19th century in Indian subcontinent. In this movement the mistake made by
Syed Ahmed Brailvi (RA) was that he prematurely initiated this step and
enforced Shariah in the area of the Pushtoons. Thinking of his migration as
being analogous to the Hijrah of the Prophet (SAW), after which the Prophet (SAW)
enforced the Shariah, he too thought that since he had migrated from Rai
Braili therefore he too should enforce the Shariah. He did not realize that
the people of Madina had themselves brought the Prophet (SAW) to Madina but
nobody had gone to him with such invitation.
Hence,
he should have given more time to the local populace to prepare themselves
mentally, to allow their thinking to mature and to let Islamic religious belief
become deep-seated in their hearts and only then would they have been ready to
let go of their previous unislamic beliefs and rituals. Syed Ahmed Brailvi (RA)
did make a mistake but since this mistake was made with the very best of
intentions, his reward in the hereafter with Allah (SWT) is secure even though
his movement suffered utter failure in this world.
Maulana
Maudoodi too made a huge mistake. He changed the method that he had been
following for 6 or 7 years when the Indian subcontinent was undivided. On
arriving in Pakistan, he stepped into the election politics in the hope that
people might give us vote and we will therefore form a government. When we will
form the government, we will change the whole system. We will change the system
of education, the media and the economic system. When all the means of mass
communication are at our disposal we can initiate the mental and educational
training of the people. Hence, apparently the entire argument seemed perfect
and logically impeccable. That is to say: tying the bell around the cat's neck
will solve the problem of the mice. When the mirage of success appeared before
him in the form of election results, he met utter failure for the reason that
the people here were not prepared. So far, except for a few people, no one was
aware of his call and ideology. So how could the majority of the people vote
for him? Nevertheless, one does make mistakes and one faces failure because of
them, but if the mistake is made with sincere and good intentions there is no
lessening of reward in the Hereafter.
To be continued ....
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