The Establishment of Divine Government

Question

Some of my close relatives, who are also older than me, on my saying that over the servants [of Allah] there should be the rule not of servants but of Allah, and that His command should prevail — since Allah the Exalted has given us the complete constitution of life through the Noble Prophet ﷺ, and in the Hereafter we shall have to answer for it — declare me short of understanding and devoid of intellect, and at the same time also mock me.

Answer

In the Holy Qur’an it is said: [ar]إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ[/ar] “The judgement is for none but Allah” (Surah Yusuf, 12:40). In those matters concerning which there is a statement of Allah the Pure, or there is a noble hadith, or the mujtahid imams, deriving [the ruling] from the Qur’an and the Hadith, have reached agreement — to abandon all of these and act on one’s own,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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