The Unity of the Ummah is a Vital Issue

All Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And so:
Talking about Islam necessarily means talking about a system of unity. Islam did not make the issue of Muslim unity an optional matter that depends on circumstances, time and place. Instead, Islam made it obligatory for the Ummah and the rulers and made it the only form of the Islamic system of government.
The system of government in Islam is a system of unity, and therefore Islam has made the punishment severe for whoever tries to divide or separate the Ummah.
The Saying of the Messenger of Allah (saw), إذا بُويعَ لخليفتينِ فاقتلوا الآخِرَ منهُما “If the Bayah of allegiance is given to two Khaleefahs, then kill the latter of them,” made it permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim who divides the Ummah by appointing a second Khaleefah for the Ummah, with the result that the Ummah is divided between him and the first Khaleefah.
As an example, there is the hadith, «إنّه ستكونُ هَنَاتٌ، فَمَنْ أرادَ أنْ يُفرّقَ أمرَ هذهِ الأمةِ وهي جميعٌ فاضربوهُ بالسيفِ كائناً مَنْ كانَ» “Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Ummah while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be.” [Muslim]. It determined capital punishment for whoever wanted to divide the Ummah, thus was not deterred except by the sword.
Similar to this is the hadith, «مَنْ أتاكُمْ وأمرُكُمْ جميعٌ على رجلٍ واحدٍ يريدُ أنْ يَشُقَّ عصاكُمْ أو يُفرّقَ جماعتَكُمْ فاقتلوهُ» “Whoever comes to you while your affairs are unified under one man, wanting to split your unity or divide your community, then kill him.” This is also very clear in the obligation to confront every attempt that would divide the community of Muslims or divide their unity.
Therefore, the issue of the unity of the Ummah is one of the sensitive and vital issues that cannot be tolerated or neglected.
The crime of the rulers these days, who have divided the Ummah into more than fifty countries, is a great crime and not simple or insignificant.
When we talk about the necessity of the unity of the Ummah under the shade of a Khaleefah (Caliph) and in one state, we speak with full confidence and conviction in the rule by all that Allah has revealed, which must be applied and can be implemented.
However, its application and implementation is inconceivable while the current rulers remain, who have divided the Ummah and have been keen to make it into states and enclaves, and have set for each one a flag, borders and a constitution, to ensure that they prevent the unity of the Ummah once again.
Therefore, talking about unifying the Ummah necessarily means talking about removing the rulers, removing them from their thrones, and installing a single Khaleefah (Caliph) in their place.
The rulers and regimes supported by the West are the rock that stands in the way of the unity and glory of the Ummah.
We have seen with our own eyes what happened to us as a result of the state of division that colonialism created and the rulers of our country maintained. Gaza was slaughtered from artery to vein, and the Ummah was unable to support it because of the state of division that the rulers and the West created.
Before that, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Albania were invaded, and the Ummah was unable to support or rescue them because of the state of division in which they live. Thus, colonialism was able to dominate our countries one after the other, while the Ummah watched and cried without mobilizing. However, it has never happened in the history of the Ummah that it was defeated while it was unified.
Therefore, the issue of the unity of the Ummah is a vital and fateful issue, not marginal or incidental.
The unity of the Ummah is what makes the Ummah strong and feared, and through it the capabilities of the Ummah are gathered as one force, so it becomes resistant to fragmentation or defeat, and so it folds the ground under its feet, and roams the lands securing conquest and dominance.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hzib ut Tahrir by
Eng. Baher Saleh
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir