Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: The Proposed Political Party of India – Part 3 جماعت اسلامی ہند کی مجوزہ سیاسی پارٹی حصہ سوئم

By Ahsan Mustaqeemi (Translated from Urdu by New Age Islam Edit Desk)

Violation of Jamat’s Constitution

The Article 5 of the Constitution he has taken oath on and through which the writer of the article has reached the Central Majlish-e-Shoura very clearly states: “The Quran and the Sunnah will be the basis of Jamat and all the other things will be of secondary importance and will be considered only to the extent the Quran and the Sunnah will allow.” Here it can be rightly asked why the learned author did not argument in the light of the Quran and the Hadith while giving an outline of the proposed political party. Do the Quran and Sunnah permit you to form a secular political party ignoring the Quran and Sunnah, to make secularism, socialism and democracy its base and to not mention Islam deliberately in party activities? Isn’t this approach in clear violation of the Constitution and against the Quran and Hadith? If the members of the Majlis-e-Shoura do not respect and follow the Constitution of the Jamat, whom else do we expect from? Each and every activist of the Jamat should respect and obey the articles of the Constitution as long as they exist. What is the importance of the policies, decisions and programmes that go against the articles of the Constitution of Jamat?

Grabbing political power not the goal of Islamic movement

One more issue is of importance. The prophets never made achieving and sharing power their objective nor has Jamat Islami has expressed the desire to attain or share power in the past. There is no mention of making it the goal in the present Constitution of Jamat Islami. What is said is that “ The deen (faith ) should be followed without indulging in any schism or divisions with deep concentration and it should be implemented on every individual and collective level in such a way that the evolution of the individual, the construction of the society and the formation of the state should be according to the faith; that the ideal basis for it would the system implemented by Hadhrat Muhammad (PBUH) and the rightly guided Caliphs; and that it(Jamat) would reform the thoughts and character of the people with the propagation of its ideology and dawah and this way train and mould public opinion to bring about the desired healthy revolution in the collective life of the country.

The point has been clearly stated here in the form of 2+2=4 that the Jamat will reform the thoughts and character of the people by propagating its ideology and the teachings of the deen following in the footsteps of the Prophet (PBUH) the rightly guided Caliphs. This way the people of the country with the blessings of God will enter into the fold of Islam and the desired revolution will be brought in the country with the help of God. This is also the truth that there is no shortcut to it. Each and every activist of the movement is aware of the fact that the real revolution is linked to this process alone.

Shortly after bestowing prophet hood on Hadhart Muhammad (PBUH), God instructs him (PBUH), “Go and declare it, sing the greatness of God, warn your near and dear ones against God’s disobedience and do not care about the mushrikeens at all.” The Prophet (PBUH) invited all the sardars (headmen) to present his message to them. He climbed the mountain of Safa and invited the people towards deen and offered them to save them from the hellfire. He said to his daughter Fatima, “O Fatima, protect yourself against the fire of hell.” He would go to the different tribes, market places and say,” Say there is no god but Allah and you will be successful. The reigns of the Arab rule will be in your hand, Ajam ( non-Arab world) will be under your feet. If you become a believer, you will be the king in Paradise.” When Suraqa chases the Prophet (PBUH) and fails to capture him (PBUH), he (PBUH) says to him, “Suraqa, imagine what your status and grandeur will be when you will put on the crown of the Kasra.” In fact the Prophet (PBUH) had the conviction that the kalma he was propagating will someday dominate the world. Initially, he (PBUH) was jeered at, baseless allegations were leveled against him. Later, severe tortures were meted out to him (PBUH) and his followers. A time also came when he was offered wealth and powere. The representatives of the heads of Quraish, Uqba puts some proposals before him (PBUH):“ If you want to be our sardar, we shall recognise you as our sardar (head) and believe me, we shall not take any decision against your wishes. If you want to be the king, we will elect you as our king.” He (PBUH) rejected all the proposals and recited before them the initial verses of Surah Haa Meem Sajda. The delegation of the heads of Quraish came to Abu Talib at a time when he was  on his deathbed. They present to him a reconciliation plan. ‘You leave our gods alone and our religion, and we will leave your God and religion alone, We will not interfere with your religion.’ At this Abu Talib said to Hadhrat Muhammad (PBUH), “The people of your tribe have come up with a just proposal, please accept it.” The Prophet (PBUH) said, “See, I am offering you one kalima. If you accept it, you will be the rulers of the entire Arab world and non-Arab world will bow down before you.” Abu Jahl said,” We shall accept it rather we shall accept even ten such things.” The Prophet (PBUH) said, “Then pronounce that there is no god but Allah.” The heads of Quraish became infuriated and went away saying, “Persist in worshipping your gods. There is something else behind it.” After that, the opposition to his followers intensified. Here one  point is to be pondered. If he (PBUH) had accepted the proposal of leadership or kingdom, he (PBUH) and his follower could have got some relief from tortures. He (PBUH) could have proceeded with his mission gradually. He (PBUH) would have strived for the establishment of justice, putting an end to oppression, exploitation, corruption and strife, poverty and penury, would launch campaigns against female feticide, alcoholicism, gambling, adultery, would have organised people for social welfare activities, would have established a system for providing the basic needs of the people like food, shelter and clothing. But he neither accepted leadership or seat of power nor did he pay attention to these issues. Nor any intellectual of that time asked him (PBUH), “O Prophet (PBUH) of God, you say with conviction that a time will come when the kalima will dominate, the key of the Kaaba will be in your hands, the crown of Kasra will be on Suraqa bin Malik’s head. But please tell me what will be the transitional goals? We are aware where we are standing now and what our destination is but what phases will we go through in achieving that goal? And when will the next phase you will come? No one asked the Prophet (PBUH) these intellectual questions and the Prophet (PBUH) too did not think it appropriate to tell all these. You can say the the representative of the headmen of Quraish had offered leadership on the condition that he (PBUH) would not interfere with their religion and they would not interfere with his (PBUH). It is true that he (PBUH) had rejected the offer and condition. But the present day intellectuals are ever ready to the extent that they will not mention these and will not mention Islam in their struggle for their goals though they are not under pressure from anybody or any quarters.

A polite request

I have a request to people in favour of establishing a political party in order to play an effective role in the electoral process, whether they are members of the central committee or portfolio holders of Jamat or ordinary activists. They are free to form a political party but that party should be independent. Those who join the political party should dissociate themselves from the Jamat Islami in principle. They should work with the political party with dedication and Jamat Islami should continue with their work of trying to establish the deen with concentration. After taking stock of the activities and performance of the political party after four to six years, the Jamat should decide if they should cooperate with it or not. And even if they should cooperate, on what level and to what extent? It is not appropriate for the Jamat Islami to form a political party on its own nor is it appropriate for it to advise others to form a party. It is also not appropriate for it to advise its intellectuals and members to form a party. It is not at all acceptable that the trained cadre of Jamat Islami should be members of the political party, playing a leading role in it and have a dual membership. I won’t say that those who advise the Jamat along these lines want to damage the Jamat from inside but I would say that it will cause harm to Jamat. Whatever credibility is left with it will go to the dogs. According to a respected member of the Majlis-e-Shoura, “We should experiment with the political party and should not back out now. At the most it will meet the same fate as the FCDA.” And that,” the Political party should work on temporary goals.” Who won’t be able to guess the fate of combat in which intellectuals like him are involved? Ultimately, the situation will be such that ‘hum to doobenge sanam tum ko bhi le doobenge.’ If the Jamat Islami boards this boat, no one can save it from drowning as neither the One in the heavens will have mercy on them nor the people on earth will cry for them. The truth is that parties are formed and deformed. Jamat Islami Hind should not depend on them. (Concluded)

Source: Sahafat, New Delhi

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