43- İMAMET
(SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP)
The Prophet Muhammad appointed Hazrat Ali, who is the teacher of all the Sufi
Saints (Serdar-ı Evliya) and Ali's sacred sons, who are first of all the 12
Ehl-i Beyt Imams- the grandsons (descendants) of Hazrat Ali- to perform this
duty. They are the spiritual leaders of all the Muslims and of those who seek
the reality as long as life goes on.
The
leadership in performing the ritual prayer (namaz-salat) also belongs to
Hazrat Ali and his sons. The path leading to God passes through the "Mihrab -
niche of a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca" of the Prophet and those
who deserve it are the sons of Hazrat Ali, who carry the pure blood of the
Prophet Muhammad. If there are not any of them in the mosques, where the
ritual prayer is performed, in the case of necessity, the pious, religious
imams who love them very much and who live at subsistence level and whose wife
is beautiful can be the prayer leader. When the imam recites "Allahu Ekber
-God is the Most Great", he must forget everything except God, so He must love
the Family of the Prophet and also be contented in all respects.
HİLAFET (CALIPHATE)
The
Caliphate is a social duty. Our dear Prophet wanted his close and best friend
Abu Bakr to be a caliph after him but he also suggested that his Companions
(Ahsab) decide and choose the caliph themselves. In this way, he wanted the
leader to be shown respect for his personality by putting an end to royalty
and to monarchy, which means to transfer the social duty from his father to
his son. He was the first person to establish democracy in the world.
Hazrat Abu
Baqr, Hazrat Omar, Hazrat Osman, Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Hasan (Hazrat Ali's son)
succeeded Abu Bakr to this duty through elections. The Four Caliphs had worked
as a caliph for 29 and half years. Imam Hasan had been in charge of this duty
for 6 months so the Caliphate lasted 30 years totally. Our Prophet had already
said that the Caliphate was for 30 years.
Although it
is a definite statement made by the Prophet, what do some fanatic believers
mean saying: "We want the Caliphate"? In addition to this, Muslims cannot be
ruled by two caliphs at the same time but today there are more than 30 Islamic
nations and individual presidents of them. The caliph must be appointed by
elections, so more than 600 million Muslims (considering it 1973) should
select him. In today's world and in this situation, it is very difficult,
almost impossible to wish an administration like this. We think that the
supporters of the Caliphate System want Monarchy or sovereignty, which
descends from father to son and they deceive the Muslims by saying "We want
the Caliphate".
After the Caliphate which lasted 30 years after our Prophet, the Sufyanies,
who were the chiefs of the Umayyad tribes, the rich of Mecca, whose identity
was not certain, abolished the Caliphate, which was a democratic system, using
various illegal purposes, tricks and with a bloody rebellion. They established
the System of Monarchy instead and besmirched the Religion of Muslims.
The system
Sufyanies set to attack the Islamic Religion is quite contrary and unlike to
the Religion of the Prophet Muhammad and to his state system.
KUTBİYET (POLARITY)
The
poles -qutbs-the axial saints, are selected from the Friends of God, who
render service to the Family of the Prophet (Ahl-al Bayt) and with the
approval of Hazrat Ali, who is the Master of all the Walis. They have some
different positions and ranks between each other. They are assigned with the
duty of praying for the people in their own regions and in some other regions
as well as their own spiritual duties.
KAZIM YARDIMCI/ADIYAMAN
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