Khilafat of the Banu Umayyah was not a True Islamic Khilafat — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 2
Introduction
In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding Khilafat of the Banu Umayyah was not a True Islamic Khilafat.
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: XII – First Era of Life in Madinah Comes to an End and the Islamic System of Government
Pages: Book pp. 542–543 (PDF pp. 566–567)
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Historical Account
was martyred shortly thereafter, but they did not bow their heads to this autocratic government, which they believed to be in contradiction to Islāmic practice. However, this mistake of Amīr Mu‘āwiyyah became a precedent for those who came after him and from that time onwards, kingship took on the form of a hereditary system.
[Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 6, pp. 245-246, Thumma Dakhalat Sanatu Iḥdā Wa Sittīna / Dhikrul-Khabari ‘Ammā Kāna Fīhā Minal-Aḥdāthi, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Al-Kāmilu Fit-Tārīkh (Tārīkhu Ibnil-Athīr), By ‘Izzuddīn Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad Ibnul- Athīr, Volume 3, pp. 432-434, Tumma Dakhalat Sanatu Iḥdā Wa Sittīna, Dhikru Maqtalil-Ḥusaini Raḍiyallāhu ‘Anhu, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2006) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 7, pp. 195-196, Thumma Dakhalat Sanatu Thalāthin Wa Sab‘īna / Dhikrul-Kā’inilladhi Kāna Fīhā, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Al-Kāmilu Fit-Tārīkh (Tārīkhu Ibnil-Athīr), By ‘Izzuddīn Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad Ibnul- Athīr, Volume 4, pp. 125-126, Tumma Dakhalat Sanatu Thalāthin Wa Sab‘īna (71), Dhikru Qatli ‘Abdillāhibniz-Zubairi, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2006)]
There is also additional evidence which substantiates that the leadership of Amīr Mu‘āwiyyah and his succession did not constitute true Islāmic Khilāfat, rather, was only a system of kingship. The Holy Prophetsa made a prophecy that after his demise, true Islāmic Khilāfat would only remain for thirty years and after this era a system of kingship would be introduced. Hence, if one calculates, up to the Khilāfat of Ḥaḍrat ‘Alīra or Imām Ḥasanra, this thirty year period comes to a close. From the era of Amīr Mu‘āwiyyah, the time period of that era begins which has been referred to as kingship.
[Mishkātul-Maṣābīḥ, By Waliyyudīn Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdillāh, Volume 2, p. 281, Kitābul-Fitan, Al-Faṣluth-Thānī, Ḥadīth No. 5395, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2003)]
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 2)
Section: XII – First Era of Life in Madinah Comes to an End and the Islamic System of Government | Navigation: « Previous: [How was the Khilafat of Hadrat ‘Umar (ra) and Hadrat ‘Uthman (ra) Established?] | Next: [Conditions for the Appointment of a Successor] »