It requires to be occupied in the service of God's creatures for His sake only and to endeavor to benefit mankind to the best of God-given abilities. The list goes on.
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By Sheila Ahmad | September 17, 2014
At the end of last month, I renewed my pledge of allegiance to the Khalifa of Islam (Caliph). There are millions around the globe who have taken this pledge and revive it every year along with hundreds of thousands who are making the pledge for the first time in their life.
But what does this pledge require? It requires you to promise to keep away from falsehood, cruelty, dishonesty, mischief and rebellion. It requires that you will not be carried away by passions, however strong they might be. It requires that under the impulse of any passions, you will cause no harm whatsoever to the creatures of God, neither by tongue nor by hands nor by any other means. It requires to entirely give-up pride and vanity and promise to pass all life in humbleness, cheerfulness and forbearance. It requires to be occupied in the service of God's creatures for His sake only and to endeavor to benefit mankind to the best of God-given abilities. The list goes on.
Khalifa of Islam is His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad the fifth successor of the founder of the Ahamdiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah. How this caliphate is different or rightful? I think anyone reading even a few of his quotes will see the difference and divine light.
Now we come to the next logical question: What is ISIS about and what is the Islamic concept of Caliphate?
The Quran says: “God has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them” [24:56].
This is a very unfortunate reality that ISIS is practicing murder, cruelty and injustice, whereas the verse quoted above mentions “good deeds” as a precondition to caliphate. Nobody can equate injustice with “good deeds.”
Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) was mercy for all mankind. When ISIS associates cruelty to the teachings of the Messenger of Peace (pbuh), it really appears shocking and absurd to a practicing Muslim. It is the collective responsibility of Muslims in general and their leadership and governments in particular to come forward and denounce ISIS and their false caliphate.
Technically speaking, a caliphate in Islam is established in succession to Prophethood. So after the demise of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) there were four rightly guided caliphs. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself foretold the advent of a Promised reformer (Mahdi) and Messiah in the latter days. In 1889, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community claimed from Qadian India that God had appointed him as the same promised reformer and prophet whose advent was foretold. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had also given the glad tiding to Muslims that in the latter days Khilafat will return on the precepts of Prophethood. Ahmadi Muslims claim their Khilafat is on the precepts of Prophethood, a basic argument which ISIS does not meet.
The Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community talks of true Islam. His Holiness said:
“Murder and bloodshed can only take you away from God.”
It is not just about ISIS, rather it is equally important to uproot the underlying ideology of hatred from the hearts of young Muslims. We see some of them becoming prey when ISIS attempted to give some legitimacy to their existence by misquoting the term caliphate to their so called cause.
The Khalifa of Islam said: “The clerics are pushing young people, who know no better, towards evil and cruelty by falsely claiming it will lead them towards God.”
He further said: “Could God ever permit for such evil people to establish Khilafat and to be His representatives on earth? Could that God who is the Merciful God ever assist tyrants and the cruel? Never!
He added: “…such claims are made only for the sake of gaining worldly power or to take over governments falsely in the name of religion.”
Khalifa of Islam is the spiritual leader of the Ahmadi Muslims and is concerned for the spiritual health of his followers. He prays for them and they also have a personal relation with him, and share even their personal problems with request for prayers. This caliph is worried for their physical health, their education and most importantly their spirituality.
This is what true caliphate is about. The caliphate claimed by ISIS has no survival value in it, but its cruelty must stop as well.
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Shehla Ahmad is a Stafford County resident who can be reached at info@Staffordcountysun.com.
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