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آہ گذشتہ مہینہ ۲۲؍ نومبر کی رات کو کراچی ریڈیو اسٹیشن سے یہ جانکاہ خبر بجلی بن کر گری کہ حضرت الاستاذ مولانا سید سلیمان ندوی رحمتہ اﷲ علیہ نے ۲۲ اور ۲۳ کی درمیانی شب کو ساڑھے سات بجے اس جہاں فانی کو الوداع کہا، یہ خبر وابستگانِ دامنِ سلیمانی کے لیے ایسی ناگہانی اور ہوش ربا تھی کہ کچھ دیر تک سمجھ میں نہ آتا تھا کہ کیا ہوگیا، مگر مشیت الٰہی پوری ہو کر رہی اور بالآخر یقین کرنا پڑا کہ اس مسیحا نفس نے بھی جان جان آفرین کے سپرد کردی، جو عمر بھر اپنی زبان و قلم سے مردہ دلوں میں روح حیات پھونکتا رہا، اور امراضِ ملت کا وہ ماہر طبیب اٹھ گیا، جس نے اس کے ناتواں جسم میں نئی طاقت و توانائی پیدا کی، وہ چشمۂ فیض خشک ہوگیا جس کی آبیاری سے دین و ملت کا چمن سیراب تھا وہ شیخ کامل اُٹھ گیا، جس نے دلوں کی دنیا منور کی، وہ شمع خاموش ہوگئی، جو نصف صدی تک علم و فن کی ہر مجلس میں ضیا بار رہی، وہ تاجدار رخصت ہوگیا، جس کا سکہ علم و فن کی پوری اقلیم میں رواں تھا، اسلامی علوم کا وہ امام و مجدد اٹھ گیا، جس نے اُن کو نئی زندگی بخشی، مذہب اسلام کا وہ متکلم اور اسلامی تاریخ و تمدن کا وہ محقق اٹھ گیا، جس نے ان کو اُن کی اصل شکل اور نئے لباس میں جلوہ گر کیا، پیغام محمدی کا وہ شارح و ترجمان خاموش ہوگیا، جس نے اپنی بصیرت سے اُس کے اسرار و حکم بے نقاب کئے، اور اس کی ذات جامع الصفات پر علوم کی جامعیت...
This research addresses Islam's view of the social ties that man creates by virtue of his living among the people or in which he borns as its member, and aims to answer several questions about the relationship of these social ties with the Islamic brotherhood bond that Islam has brought. Does Islam recognize the social ties? On which basis does Islam recognize them and why? What is their position in front of Islamic brotherhood? How does Islam invest these ties to achieve religious, psychological and social security? Are there any conditions that Islam has developed to recognize and nurture these ties? The answer to these questions comes through the Qur’ānic texts, the prophetic Hadiths and the events of the Prophet's biography, based on open and direct reference, and away from the ambiguous interpretations or weak evidences; in order to clarify this matter clearly, and to check the validity of the results of the study.
Pakistan suffered from the crisis of democracy many times. Its history stands witness to the frequent dissolution of assemblies before the completion of their respective constitutional terms, the intermittent breakdown of the constitutions, take-over of military, disintegration and perpetual bad governance. The study attempts to unfold the rivalries behind the crisis of democracy that did not allow democracy to take roots in the period 1988 to 1999. It seeks to analyze that how the role of leadership both in government and in opposition through their mutual rivalries for political and economic gains generated a wave of political crisis that in turn gave birth to the crisis of democracy in the period and to what extent systemic factors played their role in deepening the crisis of democracy during 1990s. The state of affairs, in the period 1990s, was the result of the leadership and their personal gains and losses as well as of systemic factors out of their rivalries that made democracy suffered. The study attempted to analyze the role of leadership in the persons of Benazir and of Nawaz Sharif in their respective terms in office as the head of the government and the head of the opposition that how they played their role in the crisis of democracy in the period under study as well as the role of the President in the persons of Ghulam Ishaq Khan, of Farooq Ahmed Khan, and of General Pervaiz Musharruf. There were existed certain kinds of rivalries among them that was repeated and escalated and created crisis that gave way to an integrated group of elites to play their role in deepening the crises. Consequently, democracy was suffered in the period 1988-99. Systemic factors were an integrated group of elites that influenced the political system of Pakistan and played their role in deepening the crisis of democracy in the period. The group consisted of elites both political and non-political and played a decisive role in the crisis. Besides, it was a perpetual and manipulating factor in the crisis and worked as a group. The group collaborated with the man at the helm based on similar interests against the common rival. It was heterogeneous in the making consisting of political-religious-civil military-judicial elites. It remained united throughout the decade of democracy and played their role in deepening the crises. Consequently, democracy suffered from crisis in the period 1988-99. The popular and semi-academic discussion regarding civil- military tension and crisis of democracy generally lead to a conclusion that the institution of military is the main cause and politicians are the main victims in the derailment of democracy. Whereas the researcher finds himself in partial agreement with the above stated conclusion, his research has concluded the complex process of power struggle and internal rivalries among the power elites. Based on rigors study of these processes, his thesis conclusion is that mutual rivalries among the power elites both systemic factor and leadership against each other result into the derailment of democracy Besides, the research is qualitative and descriptive-analytical method is used to analyze the data collected. Moreover, power elite theory is applied to substantiate the study as Pakistan is in the grip of power elites that incorporate all kind of elites related with power in the state. Moreover, the researcher has used primary and secondary methods for the collection of data.