Islamic Revival

The following is the English translation of a leaflet by Hizb ut-Tahrir published in 1989 followed by an answer to questions that arose from this important leaflet. Forbidding The Munkar Is An Obligation And Using The Physical Power To Remove It Depends On Capability Munkar (evil) is everything denounced and prohibited by Shar'a, like neglecting an obligation or committing haram. Forbidding munkar is a divine law (Hukm Shar'ai) prescribed by Allah the Supreme upon all Muslims, whether they are individuals, groups, parties, nation and State. Muslim narrated about Abi Said al-Khudri, he said, "I heard the Prophet (saw) say, 'Whoever of you had seen an evil (munkar) thing let him change it by his hand, and if he could not do that let him do that by his tongue, and if he could not do that let him deny it by his heart (i.e. hate it), and this is the weakest (degree of) faith'". Allah the Supreme made it obligatory upon Muslims to establish from themselves part

The following is a translation from the Usul Al-Fiqh masterpiece of the Arabic book “The Islamic Personality Volume 3” by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. Please refer to the original Arabic for accurate meanings. Al-Illah is the matter for which the rule comes into being. In other words, it is the motive behind the rule, i.e. it is the matter that indicates the intention of the Legislator for legislating the rule. It is imperative to have Shari’ah evidence that indicates it in order to perceive that it is the purpose of the Legislator behind the legislating the rule. As for al-Manat, it is what the Legislator has related the rule to, and linked it to the rule. In other words, it is the matter which the rule applies to and conforms with, however it is neither its evidence nor its illah. Al-Manat in Arabic is the noun that means the place of al-Inata, which means ‘the suspending and the attaching’. Since there is no Shari’ah meaning for the term al-Manat, this linguistic mea

Who needs an Islamic State is not a new book, and was pretty much ignored when it first came out, however, in these days when Britain has determined a new intellectual front in their attack against Islam it has gained a new popularity. Or rather, it’s author is enjoying some popularity as an ‘expert’ on the matter, as his view ‘happily’ coincides with that of Britain’s policy makers – that Islam really has no defined political system, so modern democracy is most suitable for the Muslims today. Abdelwahab El-Affendi is a Sudanese ex-diplomat, currently employed by Westminster University in London (formerly the Polytechnic of Central London) in its Centre for the Study of Democracy [Wmin 2007]. He has also been a journalist in Sudan. He studied philosophy and is not known to have studied Islam, and his writings imply that he is somewhat ignorant of the works of 1400 years of scholarship. Upon reading “Who needs an Islamic State” one is struck by the orientalist tone of the