THE MESSAGE
In Rajab 1366 (May June 1947), the Imaam Al-Shaheed Hasan Al-Banna, General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, sent this letter to Faruq 1st, King of Egypt and the Sudan, Mustafa Al-Nahaas Pasha, his then Prime Minister, and to the kings, princes, and rulers of the various countries of the Islamic world, as well as to a great number of civic and religious leaders in those countries. Once again we are publishing and distributing it. Many of the view points and directives it contains still represent the dearest hope of every Arab and every Muslim. Let us pray Allah that it be fulfilled!
The Message
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate!
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah bless and save
Our Leader Muhammad, his Household and his Companions.
‘Our Lord, Bestow on us mercy from yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right way.’
(Surat-al-Kahf (18), ayah 10 )
Cairo, Egypt, Rajab 1366
Your Excellency,
May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you.
What has urged me to submit this letter to Your Excellency is a keen desire to guide the nation, whose leadership Allah has placed in your care and whose affairs He has delegated to you in this new age. Such that it is done in a righteous way, established on the most excellent of paths, drawing out for it the best of programs, protecting it from shocks and disturbances, and sparing it from long and painful experiences.
We do not desire from this anything , except to have fulfilled our duty and submitted our advice… for Allah’s reward is better and more lasting.
The Shepherd’s Responsibility
Your Excellency,
Allah had delegated the rulership of this nation to you, and has placed on you its interests, its affairs, its present and its future. as a trust. You are responsible for this before Allah (SWT). If the present generation are your tools, the coming generation will be your products. How mighty this trust, and how great this responsibility, that a man should be held answerable for a nation:
‘Each of you is a shepherds and each is responsible for his flock.’
In ancient times, the Just Imaam (Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab) said: ‘If a mule were to stumble in Iraq, would hold myself responsible for it before Allah (SWT), as to why I had not leveled the road for her.’ The Imam Umar depicted the immensity of his responsibility in a saying of his:
‘How I wish that I could vacate my position, owing nothing and not being owed anything!’
Source: Islamic Basics by Hasan Al-Banna
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