The Three Stage Method for Change

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Stage 1- forming a group

Evidence from Quran. - Mohammed (saw) clearly established a group of strong muslims to fulfil this task.

وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Let there arise from amongst you a group that calls to the Khayr (Islam), Enjoins that which is Ma’roof (right) and forbids that which is Munkar (wrong), and they are the ones who have attained Success.
(TMQ al-e-Imran, verse 104)

Stage 2- attacking society

started after the following ayah-

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
So proclaim what you have been commanded and turn away from the
Polytheists.

(TMQ al-Hijr, verse 94)

comprised of attacking norms of society- e.g. burying of daughters;

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ , وَإِذَا الْمَوْؤُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

When the infant child asks, for what crime was she killed.
(TMQ al-Takweer, verse 8-9)

and cheating in marketplace

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ
الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُواْ عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

Woe to those who deal in fraud

Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due

(TMQ al-Muttaffifeen, verse 1-3).

Also attack against political leadership- to form political vacuum e.g.
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (before his embracement of Islam) one of the Quraishi leaders (who was the representative of the Quraish in many treaties including with the Messenger of Allah later (saw)) held a banquet and had a feast wheren he slaughtered two sheep. An orphan came to the house and asked him for some food, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was so vexed at this that he swore at the child and beat him over the head with a stick. Then Allah (swt) revealed concerning him Surah al-Ma’un:

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ

فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاؤُونَ

وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ

Have you seen the one who belies the Deen? That is he who repels the
orphan. And urges not on the feeding of the poor. So woe unto those
performers of Salah (hypocrites). Those who delay their Salah. Those
who do good deeds only to be seen. And withold small kindness.
(TMQ al-Maun, verses 1-7)

and Abu Lahab Ibn Abbas (ra) narrated that The Prophet (saw) went out towards al- Batha and ascended the mountains and shouted out “O Sabaha” so the Qurayshi people gathered around him. He (saw) said, “Do you see if I tell an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, will you believe me?” They replied, “Yes”. He said, “Then I am a plain warner unto you of a severe punishment”. Abu Lahab said, “is it for this that you have gathered us? Taballak (May you perish)”.
(Bukhari Vol. 6 No 496)

Then Allah (swt) revealed,

تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ

سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ

”Perish be the power of Abu Lahab! And perish again! His wealth will
not enrich him. He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames. And his wife, too, who carries wood. In her neck is a twisted rope of palm fibre.”
(TMQ al-Massad, verses 1-5)

Also Waleed ibn Mughaira, the most powerful man in Makkah, respected due to his lineage, was attacked in the Quran, Surah (68) Qalam, verse 8-16

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاء بِنَمِيمٍ

مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ

So obey thou not those who cry lies.(8)
They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then they would compromise.(9)
And do not obey every mean swearer,(10)
back-biter, one going about with slander,(11)
hinderer of good, transgressor, sinner,(12)
rough, thereafter of doubtful birth,(13)
because he has wealth and sons.(14)
When Our signs are recited to him, he says, `fables of the ancients'.(15)
We shall brand him upon the snout!(16)

Here he is referred to of doubtful birth.


Attempts at compromise:
There were many attempts that were made by the Quraysh through Abu
Talib the uncle of the Prophet (saw) at pliancy and compromise with the Qurayshi rulers but the Prophet (saw) rejected them all, stating that he was prepared to die carrying his Da’awah. They offered him kingship, money, women and a share in the rule. They stated that they would consult the Prophet(saw) in all matters but the he(saw) was clear in his response, “by Allah, if they were to put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left, on condition that I relinquish this matter, I would not relinquish it until Allah has made it dominant or I perish therein”
(Imam al-Tabari in his Tareekh Vol. 6 par. 1179).

Stage 3- approaching the Nussrah- (done during stage 2):

The prophet (pbuh) approached over 40 tribes

Banu 'aamer bin sa'sa'ah. - agreed to give him support and protect him if the rule would next pass to one of them. The prophet (pbuh) rejected this saying that Allah puts the rule where he wills.

Banu Kalb- rejected him outright

Taif- Stoned and abused him

Banu Shaiban bin Tha'libah- agreed to protect and obey but couldn't protect him from the Persians due to a treaty- Prophet (saw) replied that Allah's deen is protected from all sides and thus he left.

Bani Aws and Khazraj- accepted the call with no conditions and thus they were the nusra of the prophet and helped him establish the Islamic state in Madinah.

Today, the nusra is anyone or any group that could help establish the state. This could be military officiers, generals, the army, or it could be other influencial people outside of the army.