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Can Muslims Thrive without a Caliphate? with Dr Uthman Badar

The Thinking Muslim

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The Imam and the Prophet

In the age of Wahayi, the Prophet is the leader. And so he's not given the title of the imam. There was no debate about whether we need to have one or not. But yeah, it's literally taken for granted apart from the various texts that mention it. So anyone who kind of, anyone who has this question or objection that is not explicit really needs to contend with why the scholars are by consensus saying it's an obligation.

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