ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged Muslim scholars to play their due role in enlightening the Muslim youth about the life and teachings of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) for success in this life and the hereafter.
He was speaking in an online dialogue with global Muslim scholars, organized by National Rehmatul Lilalameen Authority on “Riyasat-e-Madina, Islam, Society and Ethical Revival.”
Prominent scholars from the Muslim world attended the program, which was aimed at providing awareness among the younger generation about the Seerat of the Holy Prophet Rasool Allah Khatim un Nabiyeen Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Ala Alayhee Wa Ashabehi Wassalam.
The prime minister said that many nations were destroyed owing to discrimination between powerful and weak segments in their societies. Dispensing justice and rule of law are the hallmark of a civilised society, he said. “Only countries where rule of law is established can survive and flourish.”
PM Imran said that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) raised the level of ethics and morality of the society to make Muslims a great nation. “Holy Prophet (PBUH) emphasised on the implementation of rule of law in Riyasat-e-Madina”, he said adding that only those societies prosper who have a rule of law without any discrimination.
The prime minister further said that those who follow the teachings and footsteps of the Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) will be prosperous as the Holy Prophet (PBUH) is Rehmatul-ill-Alameen.
Prominent Muslim scholars endorse PM’s views
Speaking on the occasion, the Muslim scholars stressed upon the inculcation of core moral and ethical values in society as enunciated by the Holy Prophet (PBUH), which they stressed transformed the fate of lowly Arab people into world leaders.
Prominent scholars including Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, Dr Timothy Winter/Abdal Hakim Murad, Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Dr Recep Senturk, Dr Osman Bakar and Dr Chandra Muzaffar, responded to questions about different aspects of the Sunnat of Holy Prophet (PBUH) and their need with respect to contemporary challenges posed to the Muslim youth and society.
During the course of the conversation, the scholars endorsed PM Imran Khan’s observation that a society could not thrive and achieve prosperity without rule of law and justice, the basic principles which were strictly practised by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his companions in Riasat-e-Madina.
Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, responding to the prime minister’s query, said that in the last century, Muslims Ummah faced certain changes.
He stressed that the Sunnat of Holy Prophet (PBUH) should be followed as the Uswa of Prophet (PBUH) had large meanings and the model of Riasat-e-Madina was critical for the revival of Muslim society.
Dr Nasr maintained that Islam through the Sunnat of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) spread the message which transformed the sturdy-hearted Arabs.
“The Holy Prophet (PBUH) presented the message of Allah, to an audience that gave their whole thoughts to it and spend their lives to achieve them,” he added.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, Chairman of Fatwa Council UAE, said that Islam as a religion had its sets of values reflected through Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He had established ‘Akhowwat’ (bond of brotherhood) between Mohajirs and Ansars, the values of eman and sincerity, in Madina which brought all people together.
His followers preserved those messages, he said, adding moral courage was the important message while its implementation rooted deeply in the obedience of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
