O n a primary level, question of talab al-Nussrah (seizing power vis-à-vis those who possess the material capacities to do so) is not to be deliberated on the basis of whether or not we perceive it to be an “optimal” strategy or not. It is a question of whether or not this hukm-Shari’ is binding. More than often, “Islamists” construct their methodology, which they go on to justify with Islamic references, on the optimal and expedient political strategy at hand. The usulliyun have explained that a particular action of the Prophet ( f’il ) is a hukm-shari’ when it is related to a legal-verse from the Qur’an ( ayaat al-Ahkaam ). It is for this reason scholars, in explaining the relationship between the Qur’an and Sunnah , defined the Sunnah as those actions which make the Qur’anic injunctions manifest ( tibyaan al-Qur’an ). The Prophet’s, peace be upon him, seeking of Nussrah is an explicit example of such. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, in his magnum opus Fathi ul-Bar
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