Crimes in the State Can Be Eradicated by Applying Sharia Punishments
Incidents of robbery, looting, and theft are recurring (long nine); they are the ones who threaten passers-by in public roads with weapons, steal their money, and assault them. This repeats morning and evening in the Al-Kalakla Al-Wahda area, south of Khartoum, the capital, and in many cities of Sudan. Last week, a man was assaulted, threatened with a weapon, and his phone was stolen, amidst everyone's shock, then they fled on a motorcycle, then went to another street and robbed and assaulted a second and third person. All this happened within hours, in one area, with the recurrence of such events in recent days in the suburbs of Khartoum, the Jabal Awliya and Omdurman areas, Port Sudan, and others.
In the face of these recurring events, the fact emerges that these criminals have secured themselves from punishment, so they have continued their crimes without finding any deterrent from the state. This is because the state is not based on the creed of the nation, nor does it apply its deterrent and restrictive rulings.
Islam has obligated the state to provide security, by having a police force equipped with the means and methods that enable it to maintain internal security, with competence and professionalism, and to implement the deterrent Sharia penalties, the limits. Allah Almighty said: ﴿THE RECOMPENSE OF THOSE WHO WAGE WAR AGAINST ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER AND STRIVE UPON EARTH [TO CAUSE] CORRUPTION IS NONE BUT THAT THEY BE KILLED OR CRUCIFIED OR THAT THEIR HANDS AND FEET BE CUT OFF FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OR THAT THEY BE EXILED FROM THE LAND. THAT IS FOR THEM A DISGRACE IN THIS WORLD; AND FOR THEM IN THE HEREAFTER IS A GREAT PUNISHMENT﴾. And it was narrated from Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that «THE PROPHET, peace and blessings be upon him, CUT OFF (THE HAND) FOR A SHIELD WHOSE VALUE - AND IN ONE VERSION: ITS PRICE - WAS THREE DIRHAMS».
If these Sharia, limitary, and deterrent penalties are applied, they will inevitably deter criminals and eliminate this phenomenon, which has spread widely and disturbingly in areas controlled by the army (the state) and areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces.
In the time of the Ottoman Caliphate, thanks to its establishment on Islam, and the application of Sharia rulings in politics, governance, economy, society, judiciary, and others, the subjects enjoyed security, peace, and tranquility, and such crimes were rare.
The traveler Motray says: (I stayed in the Ottoman Empire for fourteen years, and incidents of theft were as rare as other incidents, but in Istanbul, thefts are very rare, and the punishment for those who cut off the road in the Ottoman Empire is death on the stake, and during the fourteen years I lived in Istanbul, that punishment was carried out only six times, and they were all of Roman descent, and it is not known about the Turks cutting off the road, and therefore there is no fear for pockets from pickpocketing).
As for Sir James Porter, who was an ambassador in Istanbul, he said about that, despite his hostility to the Turks and to Islam: (Incidents such as robbery and looting of houses were as if they were unknown in Ottoman society, for in war or peace the road was as safe as the houses and anyone could walk alone on the main roads in all Ottoman countries, and it is surprising how few incidents occur, despite the large number of trips and travelers, so in several years one may encounter some rare incidents).
Abu Jeni mentions: (In that great capital, they leave their shops open every day, and at certain times they go to pray, and at night they close the doors of their houses as usual with a wooden lock, and despite that, theft does not occur more than three or four times a year. As for Galata and Beyoglu, which are famous for having most of their inhabitants Christians, not a day goes by without thefts and crimes).
One of the English travelers published in the Daily News about security and integrity in the Ottoman Empire, where he says: (One day I hired a transport cart from a villager to transport my belongings and the belongings of a Hungarian officer friend of mine, and all the boxes and belongings were open and exposed, and in them were coats, furs, and scarves, so I wanted to buy some dry herbs, so one of the Turks who are characterized by kindness and taste asked me to accompany him, then the man took the oxen out of the cart and left it in the middle of the road with our belongings, and when I saw him walking away, I called out to him, saying: (Someone must stay here, he said: Why? I said: To guard our belongings, so the Muslim Turk said: Why is that? Do not worry, if your belongings remain in this place for a whole week, day and night, no one will touch them, and I did not insist on my request and went, and when I returned I found everything in its place, as the Ottoman soldiers were passing by the place constantly. This reality that faces the eye must be announced to all Christians from the pulpits of churches in London, some of them will think that this is just a dream, but they must wake up from their slumber).
This is what the enemies and opponents, the orientalist European travelers, testified to about the state of security and safety in the Islamic state, thanks to its establishment on Islam, and the application of its rulings. As for today, and under the functional national statelets engineered by the colonizing infidel to achieve his interests and malicious colonial goals, and founded on the doctrine of separating religion from the state, and imposing the application of the capitalist system on them, the lives of Muslims have become corrupted politically, economically, socially, and security-wise, and crimes of stealing money, murder, bloodshed, violation of honor, and others have increased.
Security and tranquility will only be found by establishing the Khilafah, and this is the duty of the time and the age, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, on the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, who said: «THE IMAM IS BUT A SHIELD, BEHIND WHOM YOU FIGHT AND BY WHOM YOU ARE PROTECTED».
Written for the Radio of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
Abdullah Hussein (Abu Muhammad Al-Fatih)
Coordinator of the Central Communications Committee of Hizb ut Tahrir in the State of Sudan
