Islam As It Is
Organisation
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Islamic social order will be deemed worthy of
divine reward only if he does so of his own free
will. Organization which has been imposed upon
people may yield certain worldly gains, but it
cannot in any-religious sense benefit those who
have undergone coercion. Nor will such
organization itself receive God’s blessings, for that
is reserved for such systems as have been
established in a truly Islamic spirit.
A good example of such organization is to be found
in the time of the Prophet, prior to the Muslims’
emigration to Medina, and of course, before an
Islamic government had been established there.
When seventy-three men came from Medina to
Mecca to swear their allegiance to the Prophet, the
latter introduced a system of organization into their
ranks by instructing them to elect twelve people
from amongst themselves, who would then be
responsible for conducting their affairs.
When the Muslims left Arabia, spreading out to
various other lands, they formed organizations of
this nature wherever they went, and lived ordered
lives within this framework. So long as this lasted,
