{"id":206,"date":"2023-05-26T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:00:34","slug":"ahd-or-baiah-in-light-of-quran-and-sunnah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/26\/ahd-or-baiah-in-light-of-quran-and-sunnah\/","title":{"rendered":"‘AHD OR BAI’AH IN LIGHT OF QUR’AN AND SUNNAH"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to make Muslims aware of the seriousness of the Sufi\u00a0bai'ah,<\/tt>\u00a0it must be defined linguistically and judicially. Linguistically it signifies bartering or exchanging commodities. It also signifies making a covenant, a compact, an agreement or the like, as though each of the two parties sold what he had to the other, and gave his own special property and his obedience, and that pertains to the case. And judicially it signifies making pledge to the Khalifah, or the Muslim ruler to promise or swear allegiance to him, making a covenant to him to submit to him the judgment of his own case and the cases of Muslims in general, not to dispute with him, but to obey him in whatever command he might impose upon him, pleasing or displeasing. In doing so, it was usual for the person making this covenant to place his hand in the hand of the Khalifah, or the ruler of the Muslims, in confirmation of the covenant, as is done by the seller and the buyer; hence the act is termed\u00a0bai'ah<\/tt>\u00a0(or bargain).\u00a0(49)<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The Prophet (PBH)\u00a0said,<\/p>\n

“If two califs were given the covenant of allegiance, then kill the second of them.”(50)<\/sup><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The great Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal was asked about the above hadeeth. He said:<\/p>\n

“Do you know who is the Imam? It is the one upon whom all the Muslims agree; of whom every one of the Muslims says, ‘This is the Imam.'”(51)<\/sup><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Imam al-Qurtubi said,<\/p>\n

“As for appointing two imams or three at one time, in one country, it is a practice which is unanimously held as impermissible.”\u00a0(52)<\/sup><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Based on the above, every\u00a0bai'ah<\/tt>\u00a0which is made to other than the\u00a0Khalifah<\/tt>\u00a0of the Muslims or the Muslim ruler who is invested with authority to declare wars or ratify peace treaties and execute religious castigations, or\u00a0hudood<\/tt>\u00a0is null and void.<\/p>\n

In his book\u00a0Al-Bai'ah,<\/tt>\u00a0Ali Hassan Abdul-Hameed refutes the proofs presented by Sufis and certain Islamic parties who hold\u00a0bai'ah<\/tt>\u00a0as a central religious rite. They claim, “There is no text which prohibits the rite of\u00a0bai'ah<\/tt>.” The author refutes this saying:<\/p>\n