Islam and Peace
Non-Violence and Islam
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them in the graveyards. It is by the miracle of
having adopted non-violence instead of violence
that the precious sources of our traditions have
survived in book form and, till today, adorn our
libraries.
POLITICAL REVOLT UNLAWFUL
Despite the blatant perversion in the Muslim rulers
after the pious caliphate, the Muslim ulema did not
lead an insurrection against these corrupt
individuals. For about a period of one thousand
years they remained detached in this matter and
continued to engage all their efforts in non-material
fields. This was not a matter of accident but in
obedience to the injunctions of the shariah.
As we know, in the books of hadith detailed
traditions have been set down in the chapters titled
‘kitabul fitan’. The Prophet of Islam observed in
plain words that in later times perversions would
set in in the rulers, they would become tyrannical
and unjust, but that Muslims should not wield their
swords against them. They should rather move to
the mountains with their goats and camels.
