Heroic Stands by Shiekh Abu Nizhar Ash Shaami: Shiekh Taqiuddin An-Nabhani

Our lives are a collection of stands taken. These stands are what will decide our status and value before Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgement. Heroic stands, which changed the course of history, produced events, and greatly influenced all who witnessed them or heard of them. Heroic stands, which we mention while living at a time when most stands we see are those of humiliation and shame. Heroic stands, we mention them whose heroes are mentioned in the Quran, and the pages of the Seerah and our Ummah's past and recent history are overflowing with them. Heroic stands, which we mention in order to take lessons from. We mention them in order to receive flames of glory, optimism, and expecting good from Allah (swt), and to prove that our Ummah, by the permission of Allah (swt), is capable of bringing back the dignified stands which will fill the world with justice and light after it was filled with injustice and tyranny.

[وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ]

"If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze." [Surah Al-Mulk: Aya 10]

Intellectual deviation can lead a whole nation to the most declined consequences. This is why repairing the thoughts of the Ummah and correcting its pathway is one of the greatest heroics. The heroic Sheikh the courageous Shar'i judge the reviver of Islamic thought Shiekh Taqiuddin An-Nabhani the good son of his Ummah and passionate for her revival. He lived a life where he witnessed the chaos caused by the destruction of the Khilafah. He witnessed the permeation of Western culture and the crashing of different ideas and organizations which corrupt the pure idea of Islam in the minds of the people, such as Patriotism, Nationalism, Freemasonry, Marxism and others. And behind each of these ideologies were a thousand squealers. He was shocked by the Nakba in Palestine, whom he is a son of. He studied many different Islamic programmes for change. He could have despaired and isolated himself from the people or taken a pragmatic individualistic Dawah approach just as many others did. But he (May Allah (swt) have Mercy upon him) took a heroic principled stance which is only taken by people of great resolve and intellect.

The Sheikh memorised the Quran at the age of 13 then he studied Arabic and judicature, and attained the highest level in Shariah in Al-Azhar University. He studied deeply the organisations and movements that existed at his time and placed his finger on the error which many of them had: weakness of the Islamic thought and its contamination by Western impurities which invaded the lands. The Sheikh began meeting the different Islamic organisations and their leaderships of his time at Al-Azhar in Egypt as well as in Palestine, where he was a judge in the Court of Al-Quds, discussing with them and presenting to them the ideas he reached. At the same time, he was debating the secularists, nationalists, socialists and their ilk. He combined in himself fierceness in attacking non-Islamic ideas with respect and softness when discussing with Islamic bodies no matter how much he disagreed with them since part of the methodology of Nabhani was to refrain from attacking personalities and bodies which were working for Islam. He was also characterised with being kind to his Ummah and not holding her responsible for the decline like many do unfortunately. He was bursting with intelligence, filled with energy, powerful in reasoning, outstandingly capable of convincing others, unknown to rest, he was clearly active because of the wounds sustained by his Ummah.

After a deep and accurate study, Allah (swt) granted Sheikh Taqiuddin success in identifying the source of the disease the Ummah is suffering from the absence of a state which implements the system of Islam thus looking after the people and repelling their enemy. He was also guided to the prophetic method in awakening the Ummah and resuming its Islamic way of life: establishing a party from among the sons of the Ummah, which takes Islam as a political ideology seeking to resume the Islamic way of life via re-establishing the Khilafah Rashidah which was promised by Allah (swt) and the Messenger (saw). The Sheikh began giving Khutbahs and lectures in Al-Aqsa mosque, in Al-Khaleel and other cities in Palestine, showing the Muslims their duty and attacking the Arab regimes by calling them Western Colonial creations. He used to expose the political plans of the Western states and their intentions towards Islam and the Muslims. He met the Ulema whom he knew and offered them to join him in his work until he managed to convince a group of distinguished Ulema and notable judges and he crowned his political activism by founding Hizb-ut-Tahrir in the year 1952 despite them all knowing the risks of what they were about to embark on.

The Hizb began its Dawah in Al-Quds and the surrounding areas. The authorities realised the danger posed by this Dawah so they swiftly moved to attack the Hizb, ban it, shut down its offices and arrest its members. The Jordanian and Palestinian authorities strangled the Hizb. However, Alhamdulillah, this coincided with the spreading of the idea of Khilafah across the country. In fact, its light illuminated across borders. The Sheikh did not call to Khilafah as a mere slogan. He rather managed to produce a Shar'i detailing for what is before and after establishment of the Khilafah. He modelled the Shar'i prophetic method for establishing the Khilafah State. He also defined the Dawah structure necessary for organising the journey of the Party working to establish this State in a manner that protects it from deviation and derailing. He (May Allah (swt) have mercy upon him) went on to produce detailed Ijtihadi material for all systems within the Khilafah State in ruling, economics and others. Then he presented to the Ummah, the highest intellectual output which no organisation had done before him: a complete constitution for the Khilafah State derived from the light of the Quran and Sunnah, encompassing all of its institutions and departments, ready to be implemented immediately! The Sheikh was arrested numerously and was tortured. He migrated to Damascus, planting the sweet fruits of his Dawah there and tasting the bitterness of its prisons and pain of its whips. The waves of the tyrants pushed him out to Iraq and then to Lebanon where the persecution took its toll on him and his soul returned to its Creator, leaving behind a global ideological political party which emerged from the blessed land to reach more than 50 countries and the Khilafah now has an echo and irritates the beds [of tyrants], seen and heard everywhere. Its members work day and night, repelling the attacks of the West and awakening their Ummah whom is embracing them evermore each day, and the Secularists and those who promote corruption and misconceptions flee before them. May Allah have mercy on Taqiuddin An-Nabhani and allow us to witness the achievement of what he expended his life to see: A Khilafah Rashida which fills the world with light and justice after it had been covered in tyranny and injustice.

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