ORGANISATION

Organisation ~ 166 ~ Islamic social order will be deemed worthy of divine reward only if he does so of his own free will. Organization which has been imposed upon people may yield certain worldly gains, but it cannot in any-religious sense benefit those who have undergone coercion. Nor will such organization itself receive God’s blessings, for that is reserved for such systems as have been established in a truly Islamic spirit. A good example of such organization is to be found in the time of the Prophet, prior to the Muslims’ emigration to Medina, and of course, before an Islamic government had been established there. When seventy-three men came from Medina to Mecca to swear their allegiance to the Prophet, the latter introduced a system of organization into their ranks by instructing them to elect twelve people from amongst themselves, who would then be responsible for conducting their affairs. When the Muslims left Arabia, spreading out to various other lands, they formed organizations of this nature wherever they went, and lived ordered lives within this framework. So long as this lasted,