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When we talk about achieving an Islamic state, I assume we mean both a state in which Shari’ah is implemented, and a state which enjoys some degree of power and socioeconomic viability. Otherwise, we can all move to Kandahar. You do not achieve power and viability by destroying your own infrastructure, ruining your economy, and…

In the most significant battle during the time of Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, the battle against Musaylamah al-Kadhdhab, surely the Muslims could have expected Divine support to defeat the false prophet and his forces. Yet Abu Bakr ordered Ikrimah not to enter combat with the kuffar precisely because the size of Ikrimah’s battalion was…