It is quite natural to say that
Muhammad's being (P.B.U.H.), like any of mankind, is doomed to
pass through the phase of death and is subjected to natural laws
on the one hand, or - perhaps his killing was committed by the
guilty hands of the polytheist army-especially those whose
authoritative position has been collapsed and whose stick of
power broken on the other hand, And more important than all this, is Islam's
being a sociologist system among which is its entity as a
newly-born State of no more than ten years of age-which can
possibly be exposed to quakes that will be too weighty and
burdensome or perhaps, threaten the existence of the nation
itself and demolish what he has called people to
embrace.
And that is due to the brevity of
the stages of changing the society by it-if contrasted with what
has been inculcated of manners in people and stabilized in them
of principles along hundreds of years and even if this has not
taken place it may have averted its program by means of political
assassination of its heavenly project and this is what happened
indeed putting in mind all causes and precautions.
Building on the foregoing, it is
necessary to demonstrate the course of events to recognize any
casualty which the call for Islam may undergo and rather draw up
the features of its future leader in matters which can enhance
the confidence of those who developed their faith in it and in
order not to let them wallow in the maze of their bewilderment
and this is what most man-made institutions
follow.
So, what is there in your mind
about a divine project which Islamic religion glorifies; for this
reason, the Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H.) was determined to name
who can be equal to him in managing the administration of the
Islamic State and rather in his person, too and for several times
after having him qualified and competent in shouldering this
thorny task along many long years.
On account of the Muhammadian
State project (the Islamic State's) being a human project is
greater than what is called as the "State" in the language of
politics today, for it can't be limited within a certain
geographical area or region nor is it bounded by time.
So, the Prophet, (P.B.U.H.) went
on preparing the extensions of his project in a strategic way and
rather eternally through the explanation of his program and
making the overwhelming majority of the people conscious of his
line and noble schemes and rather relegated his authorities to
that who replaces him. And enveloped him with that same halo of
sanctity which he himself had been enjoying at his time but with
a relative difference between the two.
And if some of them asked about
the reason behind that, the answer would be lying in that it is a
human project-dealing with man only wherever and whenever he has
been born and wished he has been-.
So, Imamate has come to be
completing Prophet-hood by surrounding it i.e. with men who have
studied and experienced its cause and become fully aware of its
minutest details, together with comprehending its lesson,
understanding its demands and containing its entire items after
having contained all of its implications.
Sun -
22 Jamadilawal 1446H -
