Factories in the Khilafah State of All Kinds Must be Established on the Basis of Military Policy
প্রশ্ন · Question
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahamtullah Wa Barakatuh,
Our honourable sheikh, Abu Yasin, may Allah bless you and guide
your steps.
What is the meaning of: "factories of all kinds should be based on war
policy"? As stated in the book “The Institutions of State in the Khilafah
(Ruling and Administration) "...factories of all kinds must be
established on the basis of military policy.”
Are there examples of that?
May Allah bless you, our Ameer, and provide you with His soldiers and
help, and may our Islamic Ummah be victorious through you.
উত্তর · Answer
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahamatullah Wa Barakatuh,
The answer to your question is found in the book “The Institutions of
State in the Khilafah”, page 107, word file, as well as in the book “The
Draft Constitution of the Khilafah State”, Volume I, page 232, word file,
and I will quote to you what came in this regard:
[Since the Islamic state conveys the message of Islam by da’wah and
jihad, it should be a State which should be continually ready to carry
out jihad. This requires the existence of heavy and light industry built
upon the basis of its war policy. Thus, in case it wanted at any time to
transform these factories for military purposes, it would easily do so at
any time. Therefore, all the industry in the Khilafah State should be
based on the war policy, and all the factories which produce the light
and heavy industries should be based on this policy, so that it becomes
easy to transform their production to military production at any time
the State requires] End.
That is, all factories in the Khilafah (Caliphate) State should be made in
such a way that the wheel of production can be easily shifted to
produce products related to the military aspect that are not normally
produced. For example, if there is a factory for civilian cars, it should
be built in a way that enables it, from a technical and practical point of
view, to transform the wheel of production in it in order to
manufacture military vehicles that the State will use in the war against
the kuffar. For example, if there is a clothing factory, it should be made
in such a way that production can be easily transformed into the
manufacture of military clothing. Thus, the policy of building factories
is based on the military policy in the wheel of production, the buildings
of factories, the possibility of preventing them from strikes, the
possibility of working in them in underground buildings... etc. are
matters determined by specialists and supervised by the State.
Your Brother,
Abu Yasin
15 Muharram 1445 AH
2/8/2023 CE