The Vital Issues And The Measure Of Life And Death
Here one may ask: Was it with such ease that the Kuffar managed to destroy the Khilafah and wipe out Islam from the political scene, and while the Muslims number hundreds of millions, yet they do not defend their Deen nor do they defend their political entity? The answer to this is: Yes! It was that easy for the Kuffar to topple the Khilafah and wipe out Islam from the political scene; and the Muslims did not defend it; they did not even fight to the last ditch, like the vanquished would do before leaving the battlefield. The reason why this occurred was because these vital issues were not perceived by the Ummah as those which necessitated life and death measures to be taken. Thus the Ummah was dealt this fatal blow without a complete effort to repel it. This was because the Ummah did not consider what took place as being a vital issue upon which her survival or her demise depended. Hence, she did not view this calamity with the importance with which she would normally view issues upon which her survival depends. Consequently, she did not undertake the resolution of this calamity with the urgency of life and death. As a result, the Kuffar managed to topple the Khilafah and to wipe out the system of Islam from existence.
The instinct of survival makes it incumbent upon every nation in the world and every people on Earth to have its own vital issues, for which a nation or a people would give its blood with consent and with utmost fervour, without any hesitation or any argument or debate. These issues are those related to either perishing or staying alive, or related to the removal of a people from existence or the safeguard of their survival.
Such measures are unique and almost identical to all people and the measures undertaken towards them are similar or very similar to all people, because they are tangibly life threatening. Hence, the issues are the same and the measures are also the same. However, the issues related to the survival instinct do not compose all of the vital issues, nor are the vital issues only those related to the survival instinct; for there are other vital issues related to the spiritual instinct and to the procreation instinct.