The role of the Ê"uÌlamaÌ during the Ê"AbbaÌsid caliphate : with special reference to the period of HaruÌn al-RashÄ"d and Al-MaÌÊ"muÌn
A clearly significant objective of political Islam is to assist Muslims to establish a lawful government or caliphate which is in turn capable of safeguarding the interests of the Ummah and the purity of religion as well. Since religion is a most sensitive issue to the Muslim, and more especially to the 'Ulama, we find that many of the disturbances and great political unrest occurring in the world of Islam have been, to a large extent, due to the failure of the ruling government to attain this objective. The achievement of the 'Abbasid party in the overthrow of the Umayyads in the early decades of the second century Hijri (eight century Masihi) was very much related to such a failure. Thus, this change not only substituted one dynasty for another, but further had substantial and far-reaching political, religious and social consequences. Inasmuch as this study is deeply concerned with the fundamental task of the 'Ulama, I have therefore attempted to view and inspect all circumstances in accordance with the orthodox standpoint. Hence, in chapter one of this study, I endeavour to examine the causes which brought the 'Abbasids to power, as well as the reasons for the fall of the Umayyad caliphate. Since it is
Bakar, Ismail bin Haji
Ulama ; Abbasids
The role of the Ê"uÌlamaÌ during the Ê"AbbaÌsid caliphate : with special reference to the period of HaruÌn al-RashÄ"d and Al-MaÌÊ"muÌn. A clearly significant objective of political Islam is to assist Muslims to establish a lawful government or caliphate which is in turn capable of safeguarding the interests of the Ummah and the purity of religion as well. Since religion is a most sensitive issue to the Muslim, and more especially to the 'Ulama, we find that many of the disturbances and great political unrest occurring in the world of Islam have been, to a large extent, due to the failure of the ruling government to attain this objective. The achievement of the 'Abbasid party in the overthrow of the Umayyads in the early decades of the second century Hijri (eight century Masihi) was very much related to such a failure. Thus, this change not only substituted one dynasty for another, but further had substantial and far-reaching political, religious and social consequences. Inasmuch as this study is deeply concerned with the fundamental task of the 'Ulama, I have therefore attempted to view and inspect all circumstances in accordance with the orthodox standpoint. Hence, in chapter one of this study, I endeavour to examine the causes which brought the 'Abbasids to power, as well as the reasons for the fall of the Umayyad caliphate. Since it is
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