Islamic Revival

Administrative Divisions of the Caliphate The Caliphate is divided up administratively to aid the Caliph in the task of ruling. Administrative divisions exist in all states today differing only in size and name. The territories which the Islamic State rules over are divided into provinces where each province is known as a  wiliyah . The provinces are in turn divided into districts where each district is known as an  i’mala . The person appointed over the province is called a governor ( wali ) and the person appointed over the district is called a mayor (‘ amil ) or ruler ( hakim ). 1 Importance of Accounting the Governors and Mayors For the citizens of the Caliphate, their first point of contact with the leadership of the state is the governor and the mayor. The governor and mayor are managing people’s day to day affairs on a local and regional level. If the governor is oppressive then this affects people’s daily lives more than any other government official including the

From the Book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran,  by Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah: وَمِنْ   النَّاسِ   مَنْ   يَتَّخِذُ   مِنْ   دُونِ   اللَّهِ   أَندَادًا   يُحِبُّونَهُمْ   كَحُبِّ   اللَّهِ   وَالَّذِينَ   آمَنُوا   أَشَدُّ   حُبًّا   لِلَّهِ   وَلَوْ   يَرَى   الَّذِينَ   ظَلَمُوا   إِذْ   يَرَوْنَ   الْعَذَابَ   أَنَّ   الْقُوَّةَ   لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا   وَأَنَّ   اللَّهَ   شَدِيدُ   الْعَذَابِ   – إِذْ   تَبَرَّأَ   الَّذِينَ   اتُّبِعُوا   مِنْ   الَّذِينَ   اتَّبَعُوا   وَرَأَوْا   الْعَذَابَ   وَتَقَطَّعَتْ   بِهِمْ   الأَسْبابُ   – وَقَالَ   الَّذِينَ   اتَّبَعُوا   لَوْ   أَنَّ   لَنَا كَرَّةً   فَنَتَبَرَّأَ   مِنْهُمْ   كَمَا   تَبَرَّءُوا   مِنَّا   كَذَلِكَ   يُرِيهِمْ   اللَّهُ   أَعْمَالَهُمْ   حَسَرَاتٍ   عَلَيْهِمْ   وَمَا   هُمْ   بِخَارِجِينَ   مِنْ   النَّارِ “And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as Rivals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah. And if only t

…A time will come upon men, when their men of understanding (fuqah ā)  are few but their Qur’ ā n reciters are many; when the letters of the Qur’ ā n are guarded carefully but its boundaries are lost, when many ask but few give, when they make the sermon long but the prayer short, and put their desires before their actions. The statement has been attributed to the companion Abdallah bin Mas’ud.  Whilst not a Prophetic statement, its description of times to come is truly insightful (1).  Our present age is truly one of peculiarities.  That hardly seems a surprise given what we have been foretold about events that would come to pass within the revelation.  Amongst the many oddities of the age, we seem to be witnessing the increasing rise in the use of the soundbite.  Often it is used with the rubric of motivational quotes, general aphorisms or even catchy one-liners, its prevalence has become quite staggering. That is not to suggest that the use of  any  form of soundbite, motivat