Nouman Ali Khan – Islam Scholars And Politics

			Somebody recently Emily, Emily, Sania Coco de
		

			la ilaha illallah wa la Miranda, Mina Latina Amina Mohammed Ali heard whatever
		

			it is come by, I'd like to share with you some reflections from two ions of certain bacara these
ions are towards the end of Sultan bokhara. And these ions deal with a particular chapter, a small
chapter in the history of many sorry.
		

			First and foremost, just a quick comment about the nature of the discussion about benissa alien, the
Quran. These are the most talked about nation in the Quran, Allah talked about their history in more
elaborate detail than any other. And Allah azzawajal gave us them their history as a point of
reference. What they went through, in a sense, should mentally prepare the Muslims for what they
will have to deal with. This is the only one that was chosen by Allah honored by Allah in the past,
they had many trials and they had many failures now allows recording those trials and there's those
failures because now we are the oma that are going to go through trials, and we should learn from
		

			their mistakes and not fall into the same failures.
		

			This is why one significant difference between us and them is Eliza, which gave them lots of
profits, we have one messenger
		

			Allah gave them called llama hella can be used as a narration says, and return one would die another
would take his place, continuous chain of prophets. But interestingly, as a parallel, the messenger
would also tell us a little bit more. Allah Almighty can be
		

			the Prophet that the scholars of my alma, the teachers of my own mother knowledgeable of my oma play
the role of the MBR of but he's slightly in other words, the job of those profits was not to give
new books, those profits when he was in for the most part, they didn't give new revelation, they
only talked about it again, they refresh the understanding of what he again and they renewed the
people again and that's what the job of the island the dirty, the you know, the knowledgeable among
the community. That's what his job is to refresh the role of the Sunnah of the messenger of the book
of Allah subhanho wa Taala. That's what they're supposed to do. So they play the same role in that
		

			sense of reviving the oma. Today what I wanted to talk to you about in this particular chapter in
the history of the Israelites is very peculiar. And there's a reason I chose this passage not just
because of where I am today, but where the oma is today.
		

			Many of us have a lot of questions about the relationship between Islam and politics. Where do you
draw the line between the religion and where it is the role of Islam and where does it enter the
space of politics? And the book of Allah teaches us some incredible lessons by means of story to
help us understand some of the teachings of our Deen in terms of the Muslim thinking about politics
and how we're supposed to be intelligent citizens. The scene painted here is of the Elantra Elad
mela member. The OSI Didn't you look to the chiefs, the leaders from among the children of Israel.
So they're the owner of the time and lies referring to their leadership. And their leadership is
		

			basically 12 tribes and each of their tribes has their own governor, you can say, and the governor
has his own Council. So some argue that each of them had about six members in their Council. So
altogether 72 politicians 72 people in the senate of the Israelites, okay. And they were pretty
divided among each other. And while they were divided among each other, fighting against each other
politically, campaigning against each other, who is going to be the governor of one tribe who will
win. And then among all of them, who will be the president on top or the Prime Minister on top,
there are all these politics happening within them. And they were so ugly, the politics that they
		

			became weak. And when they became weak, outside enemies were easy, it was easy for outside enemies
to attack them, because they were too busy fighting each other, weakening each other. So this is a
scenario in which the Israelites find themselves they are politically very divided, they cannot come
to agreement about who should be the leader. And as a result, they become weak. And when they become
weak, they are being attacked by outsiders.
		

			Now at that time, because they believe that the leader should come from one of the governors, let's
just imagine these 12 governors, if we're going to have a president, it's going to have to be one of
us. So they go to their prophet.
		

			Allah says if called to intermediate level, Santa Monica Nakata de la, they go to a profit that they
had, and told him pick a kingdom mungus appointed King, then we will find in a less path. Now
there's a few things to consider here. Why are they going to a prophet? As a matter of fact, if
there's a prophet among them, there shouldn't be a question who should be the president?
		

			That question is already answered by the fact that there's a prophet there. But no, they go to this
prophet and they say you need to pick a
		

			King among ourselves. Now the other interesting thing here is the nature of political campaigning.
These people are not liked by their followers. They have bad corruption on the record.
		

			But if the prophet who lives among them and the Quran doesn't mention his name and talaq, we learned
his name is Samuel r mo festoon. We'll call him when they go to him, and they're trying to convince
him to pick one of them. Why? Because if the Prophet votes for one of them, that becomes the Islamic
vote.
		

			So now everybody else will say it's a sin not to vote for this one. Because the Prophet voted for
that one. They are trying to win the vote of the Prophet not because they're interested in following
the Prophet. They're interested in the prophets vote, because once he endorses one candidate, that
is the religious the right thing to do is to endorse that candidate. In other words, and I told you
the parallel, right, our our religious leadership, in a sense plays the role of the prophets of the
Israelites, when religious leadership, when a scholar who has lots of followers lots of people that
are influenced by his thinking, by his doodles by his total and things like that, he can have a
		

			political opinion, it's possible. And when he has a political opinion, all of his followers are
going to think he must have that political opinion based on his understanding of Islam.
		

			And therefore, voting like he did, or having the same political opinion, is the Islamic thing to do.
But the thing is, even though I'm standing here in the position of a theme, I have my opinion about
sports. I also have my opinion about politics. I also have my opinion about cars. I also have my
opinion about food.
		

			I have lots of opinions, but I have my opinions about education. Just like I have my opinions about
politics, but my opinions on all of those things are not inspired by the Quran. I like barbecue
chicken, not because I studied that intercede. That's my personal preference. I can have my reasons
for picking one candidate over another and maybe somebody who is more scholarly than I am, or just
there are two scholars, they're equally qualified, but they have two different political opinions.
Is that possible? Sure. Does that mean one of them is more Islamic and the other one is less
Islamic? No, because this is a matter of understanding what happened, what the occurrences of
		

			worldly affairs, but they realize that they don't have that kind of legitimacy among the people,
these politicians, they don't have legitimacy. People see them as corrupt, but they see the profit
as righteous as good. So if they can win the profits, vote one of them, then they will guaranteed to
win the election. Because then they will use religion as a means of their legitimacy. So they come
to him. And Allah describes this so beautifully, that
		

			they came to their Prophet, they said, a prophet that they had, there's a there's a separation done
between the word nebby and La home, as if to suggest he's a prophet, but they're not really that
close to him. They're only showing their religious loyalty artificially, and they're trying to
manipulate this profit and the way the way they say it is, you need to pick a king of mungus Why
should I vote for one of you know, cotton, FISA vilella, we're gonna fight in the lowest path. In
other words, they come to the the mom of their time, the prophet of their time. And they come and
they say to him, you need to do this because this will serve the cause of a lot. Because they know
		

			the Prophet is not interested in politics, but the prophet will be interested in the path of Allah.
So sell him what he will be interested in. They're trying to manipulate the leader, what are we
learning as an oma, there will be politicians who will try to manipulate religious leadership,
		

			they will come to religious leaders, and they will say that you need to vote this way or that way.
Because that's, we're gonna serve the cause of the we're gonna serve Islam and the scholar if
they're not sharp, they know that they know the text, they know the wire, they know the tradition.
They know the sea, they know. They know,
		

			Sharia, but if they don't understand politics,
		

			then they can be played with very easily. They need to be sharp on the street smart. So what does he
do when they come to him and say, pick him up pink Kingdom August because we're being attacked from
the outside. We need to have unified leadership. And once you pick a king among us, we will fight in
a less path. He responds and says color Hello, I say to him in Kuta la comunidad de la to Cthulhu he
says it's very likely you people, even if fighting was revealed by Allah. Now right now you're
saying you will find in the path of Allah and Allah, he's the prophets I send them even if fighting
was given in Revelation to you, you people wouldn't fight
		

			your politicians you do the talking you'll send our sons to fight. What do you mean you're gonna
fight? You don't find anything.
		

			So the the prophet SAW right through it. I'm not buying into your propaganda. I'm not interested in
your empty speech. Don't sell me you're gonna fight
		

			In the path of Allah, you are not the kind of people who fight for anything. You don't fight for
anything.
		

			They then they get upset.
		

			They say, what will what will be wrong with us of course, we will fight in the last path to freedom
in the arena. We weren't the ones kicked out of our homes, we were the one separated from our
children. In other words, we have gone through a pressure of course, we're gonna fight in the path
of Allah. And then Allah stops the story and comments. They give such a powerful speech. Why
shouldn't we fight in the path of Allah, we were kicked out of our homes, we were separated from our
children. See, politicians give good speeches.
		

			A very powerful spirit people listen.
		

			For it for him.
		

			And what happens next for them makuti body monkey Tonto Hello. After this amazing speech that they
even gave to their prophet. Allah says when fighting was in fact revealed on them first, they all
volunteered to fight, but now it's been revealed. And then the law says they turn their backs. So
when the winner kalila minim, except very few among them. In other words, not all politicians are
the same. Some are also good, but the good politicians are very rare to find their kalila men what a
Quranic commentary. It's not, we don't brush all of them with the same stroke and said, they're all
corrupt, they're all messed up. There are good among them, but they're rare to find. And you can
		

			find them how the ones that get their hands dirty, the ones that do the work on the ground, the ones
that mingle with the people and make the effort that will be located in the middle.
		

			Now they're thinking fine, this prophet has given us this, we've given him the speech, he's gonna
have to pick one of us, one of the 12, because we are the experienced politicians, we are the ones
that have experience and qualifications and we have the campaign finances, to run this thing, and to
run government because you know what the belief became in a corrupted society. And by the way, this
is a Muslim society of that time. Don't think of them as non Muslims. Buddhists are evil, the
Muslims of that time, in their minds and became the wealthy deserve to be in political positions. If
you're a millionaire billionaire, if you're, if you're well established, and if you've got lots of
		

			businesses, and you have a lot of social backing behind you, you're not naturally you're the kind of
people that deserve to be in positions of governance. You should you should be given those
responsibilities. What is the law do? I love flips this equation?
		

			This Prophet says, basically, I'll come back, I'll tell you.
		

			He takes his time revelation comes to this prophet, he comes back and says, in the law,
		

			the prophet comes and says to them, by the way, balut has been the chosen one. ballute is the
elected one. And I'm not voting for him. Allah has voted for him.
		

			There's Biola polluters, the one that alive shows and accept none of their name is dilute.
		

			Who's this guy? The Israelite narrations will tell us he was a shepherd up in the mountains. Nobody
knew him. He lives with his father alone. And he used to just take care of a sheep. And he finds
this tall young man brings along and says this is your new president. This guy from the farm. This
is your new president and all these 12 governors are sitting there and
		

			I know kulula will welcome Alena. How in the world is he? him going to have government over us? See,
they didn't say, ooh, la la, la la, la.
		

			They don't say how can he run the country?
		

			They didn't say that. How can he run the nation? They said how can he run over us?
		

			See, the truth is coming out now. Their problem is no can be nobody can be above me.
		

			They're not their concern is not governing the nation. Their concern is remaining in power. That's
their concern. At night, aku Allah Elena, when I came in, who and we are more worthy to run the
government then he is
		

			one of the Muta SATA middleman And on top of all of the reasons that he should not be picked to run.
He hasn't been given a lot of money. If Allah wanted him to be president, he would have been a
millionaire. He comes from the village. He's a farmer. He's a shepherd. If Allah wanted him, he
would have had a lot more than lunia. You see.
		

			Interestingly enough, who voted for in Allahu Akbar, Allah has chosen a lot has appointed. So when
they say that doesn't make any sense. We can accept a loot. That doesn't add up. Who are they
questioning? allies? Oh, it is. These are the same people a couple of minutes ago, they came to the
prophet and they were so convincing. No cartel fee service. We're ready to find in the path of
Allah. We're ready to die for Allah. And just a few moments later, Allah gives him instructions and
no excuse me What? Just because Allah said
		

			See, the truth comes out very quickly. When it's put to the test, the truth comes out very quickly.
All that fake, powerful speech, just *, vanished into thin air. And their, their true nature was
exposed that they didn't really believe in Revelation. You know, a lot of times politicians will.
This happens in the Christian world, in the Muslim world, the Jewish world and the Hindu world all
over the world. Politicians will act like they're religious.
		

			They'll show in a public state, you know, the politicians in America, Donald Trump will show up at
the church
		

			hills, he has no reason to ever go to a church, except election season. You understand? They'll do
it to show people that they have reverence. This is what the Quraysh used to do with the Kaaba. They
used to go to the Kaaba and Allah says that, you know,
		

			they don't pray because they want to pray at the Kaaba. They pray because it's good public relations
is good publicity for their campaign, because they're in control because people think they're
religious. So this religion is shown to show you know, political legitimacy. To give people the
impression one is more Islamic than the other one is more Christian than the other one is more
Jewish than the other. One is better taking care of the Kaaba than the other. That's the
manipulation that's done.
		

			So Allah azza wa jal exposes them in this in this such a brief story, but every bit of it exposes
the dirty nature of politics, and how people have been can easily be manipulated, that they have to
take a step back and look at the reality of things. We don't assume people are corrupt. And we don't
assume people are good but we what's the principle? The principle in Quran is in Allah Hi, and
welcome unto Abdullah not in idea. Allah commands you. You should give responsibilities and trust to
people who deserve them to people who deserve them. You know, that's the real is there? Are they
qualified? Are they qualified or not? If somebody makes the argument This one has more taqwa than
		

			that one. How can you get judged? Where did you get get the measure from? Allah says a taco when the
messenger says a taco Hakuna Koran says in alikum in Taku Taku. The Aqua lies inside of the hearts.
How are you and I judging This one has more taco than that one. We don't know that. All we can judge
is track record. All we can judge is performance. All we can judge is qualifications. That's all we
can judge. And that's how this responsibility has to be fulfilled. And that doesn't just say you
should do this. Allah commanded the oma give responsibilities to those who you feel are convinced
are most qualified in the Lucha yellow token, and to Abdullah mana Tila.
		

			That's the commendable love to you. So now in this story, went by loot was picked? And the question,
the Prophet came back again and said in the last of havarti,
		

			it is no doubt Allah, he's the one who's chosen him over you. And he's chosen them because of his
purity almost as if to say you people are all impure. You guys are impure was Adam.
		

			And Allah has made him far more. Allah has given him expanse, meaning Allah has enhanced him in two
ways. In knowledge, none of you are as educated as he is,
		

			was just a man physically, he's very capable. Hey, you were suggesting you're going to fight in the
path of Allah right? Can any of you show me if you're more qualified to fight the IRS want to come
in the ring and figure it out that way? You know, and he's the tallest among them. But this one is
called balut. You know,
		

			we'll let you and so as he does this, as this, this dialogue happens, I won't, I'm not here to tell
you the entire story. But I wanted to show you that the stories in the Quran, the each bit of them,
embeds inside it's such profound teachings, that if we understood the way we live as citizens, the
way we deal with leadership, we wouldn't be naive, we wouldn't be it would not be easy for us to be
taken for a ride, not the not the common among us, not the religious among us. Just because you and
I may be more knowledgeable indeed, doesn't make us savvy in understanding the nature of politics.
Those are two very different things. And in this story, we're actually learning that the law and the
		

			people of knowledge, they have to understand politics very deeply. So they don't get taken advantage
of understand this, you know, the the the member is a very powerful place. If I stand in the member,
and I'm sending in somewhere in the Muslim world, and I speak in favor of one, or I speak against
another in power in the world of politics. There are 100,000 people that in Joomla, that 50,000
people at Joomla you can create a riot after your hobo.
		

			You can create chaos after because of your hook, but you can and people will die because of your
words. That scholar may never have lifted a gun that's so deep may never have picked up a sword, but
he has blood on his hands. There's blood on his hands because of the irresponsibility of speaking
about something that he or she knows, or he knows that they'll create chaos. So Pamela
		

			Be very careful in this space and not not to confuse these two things with one another. And this is
the Sunnah of this prophet that's mentioned that when we saw that When, when, when this religious,
you know, rhetoric, this religious propaganda was given to him by politicians he saw right through
it, not interested. No, no, no. And then the truth came out because these, these people are put in a
position of public service. We make genuine genuine law, that all of the people that are engaged in
these positions of public service that Allah azzawajal gives them sincerity gives them the ability
to do their job and to serve their people in the best possible way. We make sure that Allah gives us
		

			the wisdom and the intelligence to pick the right kinds of leaders, and to empower those leaders
that they recognize if they're making a mistake, that they're able to change course. And because
we're all human beings, we're never going to have perfect leaders just like we're never going to be
perfect ourselves. So just because our our governments are not perfect, or our governors are not
perfect, or presidents or prime ministers are not perfect. That doesn't mean they don't deserve
their job. If you're waiting for perfection, wait until you go into the ground and hope for agenda,
then you can find perfect perfection. Perfection is not going to happen here. I'm never going to be
		

			perfect not notice our leadership. But so long as there is a strive to improve. And there's honesty
and there's a commitment to principles that we can all commit to and we can all hold each other to
then inshallah Allah this world becomes a better and better place. barakallahu li walakum filco
Hakeem, when finally we are complete
		

			salatu salam O Allah
		

			Subhan Allah, Mohammed, Mohammed el amin, Wada, Allah, he was a marine
		

			ecology in the la vida de Luna Allah maybe yeah amanu sallu alayhi wa sallam Sima Allahumma salli
ala Muhammad Ali Mohammed Camus Allah Allah him, while early rahima philomene in the middle Majeed
Allahumma barik ala Muhammad Allah Allah Allah Muhammad
		

			Rahim
		

			al amin in nikka, hamidah Majeed about the la rahima como la la ilaha
		

			illa Allah,
		

			Allah in the Salah, Taka, taka taka makuta