TRANCENDENTING DECENTRALISTIC SOVEREIGNTY AND RESPONSIBILITY 1

 

AVOIDING LOYALITY TO A RULER

FOR THE SAKE OF WORDLY GAIN

The Messengger

Of Allah PBUH, to you and     

All of His Creature,  

He said:

'There are three to

whom Allah will not speak

On the Day of Resurrection,

Nor will He look at them

Or sanctify them, and theirs

Will be a painful torment:

A man who has surplus water in the

Desert which he withholds from a wayfarer;

A man who sells his goods to a man after 'Asr,

Swearing by Allah

That he bought it for such-and-such a price,

And (the other man) believes him although

That is not the case;

And a man who only swears allegiance to

A ruler for the sake of worldly gain,

And if he gives him something of that,

He is loyal to him, and if he does not give

Him anything, he is not loyal."

The Sacred Legal Way of The Prophet.

Muslim, The Authentic  No. 297