The Prophet, Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)
was determined to submit his political document which is known
as: "Document of Al-Madina Al-Munawara" other than the Quranic
texts and Prophetic hadiths which represent in themselves as a
civil constitution establishing a relationship of "peaceful
coexistence" between all related the parties of the N.G.O. where
the Jews, one day, were constituting the greatest part of it,
needless to say of the Muslims-the Immigrants and the Helpers and
other minorities-among them the Jews who were awarded
their civil rights out of the freedom of belief and opinion
irrespective of their safety and security on condition that they
keep to the right of citizenship and their related duties just
like the state of being of the other communities including
in that the Muslims themselves.
See what the holy verse of the holy Quran
says about that in this respect: " There is no compulsion in
religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the
wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah,
then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never
break. And Allah is All-Hearer,
All-Knower."(Al-Baqarah:256).
Building on the foregoing, the "Document of
Al-Madina Al-Munawara' is regarded as a constitution for the
first State of Islam, definitely, Al-Madina Al-Munawara as its
Capital for this 'Document' has been distinguished by all its
comprehensive, political, social and organizational rules which
is backed up the spirit of co-existence and human fraternity
among the people of Al- Madina as well as its ability to
liquidate the fanatical zeal which is based on tribal and clan
spirit or perhaps of the "territorial factor" at other
times.
Based on this criterion, this
"Document" has come up with highly modern concepts-at its time
being-with regard to sociological equity and acceptance of the
other and in particular, as regards its establishing the
relationship which governs people as general rules and abstract
ones and even pre-arranged for future application as well-not
only those in use now but as prospective of future in a way
equating between the individuals of the N.G.O. regardless of
their distinctive ethnic and theological
affairs.
And there remains the theme of
"fraternity" between the Immigrants and the Helpers which denotes
the "greatest sovereign triumph" for the newly-born State which
has got a literary and theological authority over those who seek
it which binds them to accept its obligatory terms irrespective
of what previously been between the tribes of Aus and Khazraj of
occasional conflicts between them for being among the big tribes
between whom the Jews have divided in their pledges of allegiance
till this "Document" has come into being as a peaceful covenant
of non-intervention in one another's own affairs which accords
with the implications included about freedom of worship, feeling
secure of their property, belongings and what relates
to rights and duties of terms and conditions.
The diplomacy employed by the leader Muhammad
(P.B.U.H.) has got numerous facets amongst which some have
already been talked about regarding the delegation of his
ambassadors to various cities and states considering them as his
diplomatic system who would bring glad tidings to the people
there about his State and focus their attention to the necessity
of respecting its sovereignty in addition to its being a kind of
acquainting the people, wherever they settle, with his religion
and more important to him than that is the matter of taking care
about the relevant protocols at that time being.
The noble Prophet (P.B.U.H.) has also
provided them with documents for enhancing the fact of their
representation of him on the one hand and the verification of
their being appointed by him on the other hand; besides
benefiting from the privilege of their competence in the language
of the state to which each one of them will be
employed.
The Prophet, Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)
has also established the principle of respecting the envoys and
messengers of the states and other countries who are residing
there by his ambassadors to the host countries and not to
interfere in the affairs of any delegate, of whatever country he
may be and howsoever tense the conflict or discord may be with
them.
Within this domain, the Prophet (P.B.U.H.)
has accepted some of those whom he sent as envoys to represent
his State but turn to be misrepresentative of him-a character
like Musailama, nick-named Al-Kadhab" which means the "liar" for
he falsely claimed of being a prophet but the Prophet Muhammad
(P.B.U.H.) didn't reply as rudely as he did to Muhammad
(P.B.U.H.) with regard to his misbehavior with the ambassadors of
the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)
It is, also what is called today as: " the
Settlement of Residence," run by a highly diplomatic system with
the aim of receiving and accommodating the forthcoming
delegations from different countries.
We should not forget to employ it
as a diplomatic tactic for signing and endorsing treaties,
covenants, agreements and alliances which can be regarded as a
suppository solution i.e. a diplomatic treatment which renders
all the options on display and ready for discussion prior to the
option of war.
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