Islam Today: The System Of Islamic Society

The following are the ingredients of this system they project in the whole tenure of their life:

The Quran i.e. Islam's Constitutional Code

The Centre i.e. the implementing force of the Divine Code and

The Party – the individuals of the society with whom this system is established.

And the following two are the principles and foundations of its pragmatic execution:

(1)Complete harmony among the individuals of the society i.e. one heartedness, one vision, one footedness and

(2) Subordination to the Centre

All Time Program For Social Transformation

This system remains pervaded in the all life of the rank and file of the Momineen. And there happens to be not a single moment in any single day and night in their life when they may even cross this fold. It enjoys the same status in their human life, as is the air for the physical life. The human life depends upon air and every body acknowledges its need and significance. Even then the doctors have to reiterate this sentence frequently: there is urgent need of open and fresh air for health and life. This has to be repeated just because its reminding makes its importance self-evident. The Divine Code has also had the provision that the reminding of this system is made regularly so that its principles and foundations become refulgent. And its significance does not go out of sight.

Time Related Congregation

The name of this reminding is the time-related obligation of Salaat i.e. the congregation of Salaat at conspicuous timings. The Quran, in its program for the construction of society has elaborated this vantage point very profusely. For this purpose the necessary accessories are the time-related congregation where, after God's appreciation, and adjudication of His obeisance and ubordination,important and urgent matters are mutually consulted. That is why the order of mutual consultation and establishment of Salaat have come together in the Quran. In Surah Shoora, says the Quran: These are the people who respond to the call and come forward to establish the Nizam-e-Rabubiyyat. They obey His Laws and remain within the bounds of Nizam-us-Salat, which teaches them to decide their affairs through mutual consultations and according to Divine Laws. Furthermore they keep open for the nourishment of other (needy) human beings, most of whatever means of sustenance which they have been provided with. (In effect, they retain for themselves only what is necessary for their own survival.) (42:38)

This is the group of the people who voluntarily leaping to the law of Nourishment of the Nourisher establish the system of Salaat and their matters are decided with mutual consultation. And whatever We have provided them, they keep it all open for the nourishment of the masses. The history stands witness to this fact that whenever there happened to be any important episode demanding immediate gathering, there was proclamation with these words: Assalaa-tul-jaam'ia. So, hearing these words the people used to assemble and the matter under discussion was considered. My companion, Mr.Bashir Abid has elaborated this point in an email, so I leave it at present. This makes the exposition of assalaat clear.This corroborates that fundamental principle of the Order of Deen, Islamic Society, to enjoy the life of achievement and prosperity is not individual in its nature; it is collective. The congregation of  Salaat takes its initiative from this very principle i.e. the gathering of the scattered people at one place on a single call. The next step in the Order of Deen is obedience to the Centre. In the Collective Salaat its manifestation harbors in a practical form when this conglomeration selects the best of its individual within its own rank and file as an "Imam" the leader. And the criterion of being the best is the one whose life surpasses the most in harmonizing the Divine Laws. This same "Imam" is the representative of this gathering. Every one has to rise up on the call of this same one. And every one has to kneel down on the same call and this kneeling and rising is a simultaneous anchoring providing witness to the stark fact that there is perfect harmony of thought and action among the individual members of this group. This makes the social stigmas go vanishing.