The Concept of Complete Religion

With very few exceptions, people became engaged in bringing about “complete Islamic political rule” based on their self-styled interpretation of Islam. This, however, was just not possible according to the law of nature. In this way, trying to achieve something impossible yielded a negative result, which was entirely possible, i.e., peaceful dawah work, could not be achieved either. The Requirement of a New Prophet Then we have another example that pertains to those who claim that since circumstances have changed in the 20th century, we need a new prophet. They claimed that their leader was the Prophet of the New age by advancing this theory. This whole matter is based on a fallacy because a new prophet is not sent to the world because of the changed situation. The changed situation only establishes the need for ijtihaad rather than a new prophet. Whenever any prophet is sent to the world, it is only for two reasons. Firstly, no prophet has been sent to that region and, therefore, due to the absence of prophetic guidance, a prophet has to be sent. Secondly, the teachings of the previous prophets, having been subjected to human interpolation, the