NO RELIGIOUS STATE IN ISLAM & NO RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY TO ANYONE

1. Sheikh “Muhammad Abduh”(1849-1905) the Head of Islamic verdict in Egypt & most Islamic countries in his time has written that the Ruler in Islam is merely a civil ruler & the state ruling is a totally civil ruling & there is no religious state in Islam or religious authority to anyone, & the ruler in Islam is not a flawless or impeccable person & he is to be elected or selected by the will of the nation/people & it is up to the people will to maintain the ruler or change him & the Islamic scholar or religious figures or imams or muftis or rulers are not revealed to & no one of them & no one at all has the right to monopolize or dominate the interpretation of Quran or religion or talk on behalf of Allah or prophet & no one has  any kind of religious authority or ruling on people belief & the only authority given to them is only a civil authority of giving advice & reminders only in good & tender manner without any control to anyone way of belief 

2. He also added that Islamic religion totally demolished & turned over & abolished any kind of religious authority or control on any one belief of faith & there is not any kind of theocracy or religious authority or power in Islam . Islam has not given to anyone after Allah & his prophet any authority or power or control over anyone belief or religion even the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was assigned by ALLAH only as a messenger & reminder & not as a dominator or controller over people , & this is clearly stated in Quran in many verses , an example is verse

88;21-22 ” فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ﴿٢١﴾ لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ .

translation is “So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder, You are not over them a controller (dominator)”——, so how come any muslim on earth allows himself to claim that he is having a religious authority to control people if this authority was not given to the Prophet himself & no one on earth can be better than Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

3. It is true in Islam that all man made rulings & laws need to be enacted under the rational understanding of the religion guidelines umbrella of justice & social rulings of marriage , divorce , inheritance .. etc , thus this makes all these enacted laws & rules merely civil because it is to the best of the law makers understanding & no one has the right to claim himself an agent or representative or proxy of Allah on earth . It is believed that Prophet (saws) said “ Do not say that you have ruled the judgment of Allah , but say that you have ruled your own judgment  , because you do not know if your ruling complied with Allah judgment or not “

لا تقل انزلت فيهم حكم الله و لكن قل حكمك فانت لا تدرى ان كنت اصبت حكم الله ام اخطأته”

It is also narrated that khalifa Omar in his rulings & judgments always stated saying “this is the opinion of Khalifa Omar , Amir of believers “ & not Allah ruling or judgment” . It is true that the Prophet at his time was leading the believers but no one has the right to equate himself to the prophet , & this prophet leadership was  a tutorial leadership for teaching muslims on their religion & give them an example of righteous judgment as stated by Allah in Quran

62;2 رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِهِ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ

translation ”  Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom”—–moreover the Prophet is believed to have said to his companions “ Refer your religious matters to me & your world & life matters to yourselves“

”أما شئون دينكم فهى لى و أما شئون دنياكم فهى لكم

&  the Prophet biography proves that the non revealed non religious matters were not solely decided by Prophet  & this is  also stated in Quran which instructs him that the non revealed religious issues are to be  decided by consulting & voting between the  community “shoura” & not dominated by Prophet  which gives an example of the  way of ruling known in modern politics as “democracy”  see Quran verse on decision making mode

3;159

وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ

translation ‘consult with them & consider & take into account their opinion” ———-  & Q42;38

وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ

translation “ and whose affairs is [determined by] consultation among themselves’——-For more on that see my article “Islam establishes Democracy”

Thus any religious judgment or any judgment made by any ruler or judge is a mere opinion of this person within what he deems to be just or in line with the religion..

4. Also, all those who politicize religion & try to influence on people votes & political opinions by using religion are doing this for their own personal gain & interest & are wearing an Islamic mask to reach their personal goals & benefits & practice their tyranny & authoritarian ruling & crushing their political opponents unjustly under the name of Islam