"Quite a large number of Ulama and Scholars are under the false illusion that there is no mention of democracy in the Holy’ Quran, ‘Nothing could be further from truth than this concept of Islam. ‘This misconception of Islam betrays their lack of common sense ——— nd understanding of Holy Quran and the life-style of the Holy + | Prophet (PBUH), which has resulted in the humiliation, digrace, _~ rain and shame of Mustim Ummah. It would be appropriate to refer to the Holy Quran, 66/1-3. O Prophet! Why do you hold forbidden that which Allah ——— ——1 has made lawful t0 you? Do you seek to please your consorts? But - ____ Allah is Oft- Forgiving and Most Merciful. Allah has already ____ | ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of your oaths (in some cases). Allah is your Protector, and He is Full of Knowledge and | Wisdom. When the Prophet disclosed a matter of confidence to one | ofhis cansorts, and she divulged it (to another) and Allah made it ‘Anown to him, he:confirmed a part thereof and repudiated a part, ‘Then when he told her thereof, she said, “Who told you this?” He said, “He told me Who knows and is well-acquainted (with all | things)" 1°" "The details of tis itident referred in verse 66/1-3 are a herein. Once the Holy Prophet (PBUH) stayed with his wife Z. enab iz “| bint Jahsh (r. a.) 2) longer than his usual. Zenab bint Jahish 6 eeeeat ; ) B) had received some honey from somebody. The Holy’peer " Prophet liked honey very much and he appreciated the Offer. Aesha ——(r.a.) 9, Hafa (ra) &), Sauda (r.a.)4), and Safia (r.a.) 1) due _, feminine jealousy did not like and conceived a plan that when Holy Prophet (PBUH) visits any one of them, ‘they, would tell him that there is some unfamiliar smell from his mouth because he + hated obnoxious smells. So when his wives told him about the = — 1 smell, he swore that in future he will never take honey. Almighty _____ Allah came to his rescue and told him the story. The fact and gist of the matter is that the Holy Prophet was always in the care and + protection of Almighty Allah. ~__ | During the battle of Badr, Abbas was captured along with other | prisoners of Quresh by Muslims. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) told ———| the prisoners to pay 4,000 Dirhams as ransom and win freedom, = —— __ —__| Abbas (who was Unbeliever till that time) told,the Holy Prophet | PBUFD that ue di. not hove any money to pav. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) told him to pay him the money which he has deposited 1 with Ummeul Fad! bint Al-harth, Thereupon Abbas became =| ———— —— Musim and esied Shab (S. Tne Ishague) _— During the battle of Mu’ta the Holy Prophet (PBUH) sent an ——— amy of 3,000 fighters under the command of Zayd b. Harith §—§ ———— (r.a) 1) with the instructions that if he attains martyrdom, then. | Ja'far b. Abu- Talib (f. a.) -B takes over and if he also becomes a | ‘martyr; Abdullah b-Rawah ((r. a.) takes command, There were 100,000 Romans and 100,000 subjects of Romans i.e. a total of: ———— | 200,000 opposing 3,000 Muslim fighters. ae ‘The battle was fought very hard. Zayd b. Harith (r.2.) attained martyrdom and then Ja’ far b, Abu- Talib (r. a.) [became ———— *______| amartyr, then Abdullah b. Rawah (. a.) 3) took over the = ff iq command, and he also became a martyr. Then Khalid b. Al-Walid » | “\"(7q)A) took over the command of ret Muslim fighters, ———| surveyed the situation and brought them back safely.7 eC “1 _ In Medina the Holy Prophet (PBUH) narrated the whole See | situation of the battle to the Commanions (r.a.) Vand described to. __ | them Zayd, Ja’far and Abdullah (r.a.) 1) being carried to Heavens, | and also told his Companions ;, . T) to feed the families of the + martyrs. (S. N. by Ibne Ishaque) Since then it has become a routine ———— __ duty/obligation upon the neighbors/relatives to feed the family of ~ | the deceased. ———| __ When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) started preparing for battle. |= —— | with Meccan Quresh, one of his companions, Hatib bin Balta (ra) D (whose family Was stil in Mecca and who had articipated in the battle of Badr against Meccan Quresh ‘Unbelievers) with idea of saving his family, sent a letter through @ ‘woman going to Mecca giving them information about the mmineut alack and take possible pre- empti ——— The Holy Prophet (PBUH) sent Ali: (r.a.)) and Zubayr es (r.a.) ) to go and fetch that letter from the woman. They caught ___ the woman at Al-Khulayga of Bau Abu-Ahmad and asked her to " produce the letter. She replied that she had no such letter. i | (both) searched her but could not find the letter. In their hearts they ———— _ were sure that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) could not be wrong, so they threatened her that otherwise they will search her bare. She | took the letter out of her hair, (S. N. Tbne Ishaque) | ae When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was on his way to Tabuk, he stopped for rest at Al-Hijr (Mada’in Salih) and left the camels to graze. The halter of his camel got stuck in the branches of atree | and hence the camel could not move. One ly ‘who saw the_|————— incident, said: “Mohammad says that he is the Messenger of Allah ' and Allah talks to him but: he does not know that his camelis ©} > 2 “stuck.” The Holy Prophet (PBUH) asked Ammarah bin Hazm (r.a.) Hy that such and such man is saying so and so, go and tell _ : 1 such 0, go and t¢ him that it is true that Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah and ——| He talks with him, And Almighty Allah has told His Messenger |/-—— that his camel is stuck at such and such place-as its halter is 1 entangled in the branches of the tree. (S. N. Ibne Ishaque) ———_ Thereare so many examples like this. If one starts quoting, it will become a voluminous book itself and we will move away fem -___ | track, It does prove that at any moment and all the times Almighty | Allah took care of His Prophet (PBUH) and guided him wherever + and whenever He required to. He did not need any support, guide [————— | or consultation from any body. In spite of all this, Almighty Allah asked him to consult Muslims at large. 3/159. Overlook (their faults), and ask. ve (Allah's) forgiveness \ for them; and consult them in,the affairs (of moment). 42/38. Those who answer the call of their Lord, and estable. ___ regular prayers; who (conduct) their affairs by mutual ee consultation; who spend out of what We bestow on them for sustenance. * ‘When the Holy Prophet emigrated to Yathrib and built his | mosque, there arose the problem of calling Muslims to gather for = \——' prayers, Somebody came with the suggestion of blowing horn like LL 4 Jews. Another advised o rng the ells ike Christians. Umar (r.a.) Syadvised for ADAN which the Holy Prophet (PEUH) accepted. (S. N, Ibne Ishaque)At the time of battle of Badr, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) consulted his Companions (r, 2.) £), Every body agreed to fight according to the plan of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). At the end of ~ the battle, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) consulted his Companions ——— (r.a) regarding the prisoners and he accepted the advice of ___| Abu--Bakr (r..)"Q. At the time of battle of Uhud the Holy | Prophet (PBUH) consulted his Companions (¢. a.) }. Some of the | companions thought of fighting while remaining in city whereas (ae | majority advised to fight outside the city and the Holy Prophet’ | =______ (PBUH) accepted the advice of majority. (S..N. Tbne Ishaque) || So CONSULTATION has been part of teichings of Islam from the very beginning. ee Democracy is an ancient Greek term as a rule where the people share the activities of the administration of a city/district, — | state/province and country/nation, It has been further refined and honed continuously and now we see for example in U.S.A. having ——— 1 Presidential form of government where the Congress provides cchecks/balances and it goes down to state and city governments “have the same system that elected representatives of citizens ————| share/control the administration safeguarding the interests of the © ———— _____irdividuialsnation. a ‘Next door neighbor, Canada has a parliamentary system but the ————— —— basic idea is the same that the government is elected and ee |__| accountable to the representatives elected by the citizens. Likewise different countries have slightly different form of government but certain features are common i.e. thatthe government elected by its citizens, is all the times accountable to the elected representatives of the citizens. The President and Prine Minister are themselves elected by the people. at - le . + ae WU