What is Khilafah (Caliphate) - The Golden Age of Islam? Khilafah (Caliphate) is the Islamic form of government representing the political unity and leadership of the Muslim world. The head of state is Khaleefah (Caliph) has a position based on the notion of a successor to the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wa Sallam) political authority. Khilafah (Caliphate) was destroyed on 3rd March 1924 by the British with the help of some Arab rebels and Mustafa Kamal. Re-establishing the Khilafah (Caliphate) is a dream that has never been realized by Muslims. But it will be established in future after the Arrival of Imam Mehdi and the Return of Prophet Jesus (Isa) alayhi salam. There will always be Muslims who dream about this empire and on the other hand the power-hungry leaders and politicians will prevent any movement that could dissolve their nation-state. Therefore, Muslims are stuck in an eternal conflict between Islamic Faith and Nationalism (Patriotism). The seed of Nationalism (Patriotism) was put into the hearts of Muslims. The birth of Nationalism (Patriotism) amongst the Muslims was the cause for the disunity and eventually the Destruction of Khilafah (Caliphate) took place. This documentary provides a vivid depiction of the problems that plague the Muslim Ummah in the absence of their shield - the Islamic state. It discusses the Brutal Massacre of Muslims in Palestine, Algeria, Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kashmir, Gujrat, Iraq & etc. The Ummah has faced catastrophe and atrocities ever since the Islamic state was removed in 1924. Prior to this, whenever the Muslim world suffered the mechanism was still in place for us to respond and sort the situation out. However since the destruction of the Khilafah and the removal of the shield, we have been open to attack by the Enemies of Islam. Many will wonder, will ask, how we reached the situation we did. This was due to two fundamental reasons among many reasons. Firstly the weakening of the Islamic thoughts among society due to external intellectual poisoning of the Ummah's ideas and their understanding of Islam, the system, the rules and its leadership. Secondly it was due to the external attacks by the colonialists and the disbelievers (kuffar) who issued campaign after campaign. Realizing they could not defeat Islam militarily they resorted to underhand tactics of attacking the bond of the Muslims with Islam and pushing them away from Islam as a legislative body and intellectual leadership that ties us with Islam. The weakening of this and the detachment of this would result in the collapse of Islam from within - detaching the Ummah from her Islam as her system by removing the mechanism known that establishes Islam - the Khilafah - Islamic state. To resolve the situation we as an Ummah must return to Islam as a comprehensive way of life, and we must remove the disease of Nationalism (Patriotism) from our hearts and minds. We must look at the method outlined by the Sunnah of Rasul'Allah (Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wa Sallam) which he followed to establish the Islamic state in Madina. This path is the only solution from Islam and is the only way Islam will be established again. The Ummah has been humiliated and disgraced and has attempted other non Islamic and fatalistic methods such as Gradualism, working from within the Kufr system, Military coups, perfecting oneself, mass conversions, and charities. These have all failed and are doomed to fail. It was narrated by Ahmed in his Musnad, from Al-Nu'man b. Bashir, who said: "We were sitting in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (saw), and Bashir was a man who did not speak much, so Abu Tha'labah Al-Khashnee came and said: 'Oh, Bashir bin Sa'ad, have you memorized the words of the Messenger of Allah (saw) regarding the rulers?' Huthayfah replied, 'I have memorized his words'. So Abu Tha'labah sat down and Huthayfah said, 'The Messenger of Allah (saw) said 'Prophet-hood will be amongst you as long as Allah wishes, then He will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. Then there will be a Khilafah on the way of the Prophet, and it will be as long as Allah wishes it to be, then Allah will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. Then there will be an inheritance rule (ملكًا عاضًا), and it will last as long as Allah wishes it to, then Allah will lift it up if when He wishes to lift it up. Then there will be a coercive rule(ملكًا جبرية), and it will last as long as Allah wishes it to be, then Allah will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. Then there will be a Khilafah on the way of Prophet-hood.' Then he was silent." Reference: Masnad Ahmed bin Hanbal (Hadith # 18430) , As-Saheeha al-Albani (Hadith # 5). It has been declared Hasan by Sh'uaib Arnaoot, and al-Albani classified it as Sahih. The text quoted is the one from Masnad Ahmed.

• published: 22 Dec 2013
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