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THE ROLE OF NON-MUSLIMS
IN ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT
There is a meaningful hadith, TheProphet of Islam has said
that:
God Almighty will strengthen thisreligion (Islam) through a
Fajir (onewho is not a true Muslim) person
(Bukhari
Islam is an ideology of humandevelopment and no process of
human development can endurewithout involving humanity at
large.
There are several references fromthe history of Islam that
illustrate
this oint.
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The Prophet of Islam spent hisfirst thirteen years of
prophethood in Makkah. Atthat time in Makkah, there
existed a tribal system.It was necessary for everyone to
haveprotection under any one of the tribal
chiefs. So, according to this
prevalent custom the Prophet availedhimself of the protection of
two of thelocal chieftains. Abu Talib and Mutim
bin Adi alternatively, both of whohappened to be
non-Muslims.
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After the migration of the Prophet, aseries of armed conflicts
occurred
between the Prophet and his opponents.One of the military
campaigns of hisopponents, known in Islamic history asGhazwa
al-Ahzab, was so severe that
even the Quran refers to it asone of themost terrifying moments
in Islamichistory. At the time, the Muslims hadbecome quite
helpless against their
opponents. The only thing that easedthis most difficult of
situations was therole a Madinite playeda role which we
may described as that of a middleman
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in the night when Madinah wassurrounded by enemy forces.
He said, I have become aMuslim in my heart but I havenot made it
public yet. So the
Mushriks and the Jews bothhave trust in me. Realizingthat this
man was in a position
to play a peace-making rolebetween the two parties sinceboth
trusted him, the Prophet
said, You are the only one inCONTINUE.
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ere ore s man egan onegotiate between the two
parties and history tells us thatit was this man who cleared
thepath to peace at this juncture
between the two rival parties. Itwas because of this mans
effortsthat the enemy decidedto liftthe siege of the city
ofMadinah and return back to
their homes.CONTINUE
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From these few examples, it is
clear that non-Muslims arealso helpful to the cause ofIslam in
many ways. Islamic
development is such auniversal process that allMuslim and
non-Muslim
forces contribute towards itsfulfillment.God bless all ofus
