THE ENTIRE CITY of Madinah turned out. From every street, every rooftop, and every window, hearts and eyes strained for a glimpse of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he entered the city for the first time.
Men and women, elders and children—every soul was present. The air pulsed with joy and anticipation. Song soared into the sky:
Tala‘a al-badru ‘alayna. Min thaniyyāti al-wadā‘. Wajaba al-shukru ‘alayna. Mā da‘ā lillāhi dā‘. (The full moon rose upon us. From the valley of Wada’. Gratitude is upon us. As long as one calls to Allah)
But amid the jubilant crowd, one presence stood out unmistakably.
The warriors of Aus and Khazraj stood tall, proud in their armour and leopard skins, swords at their sides, spears in hand. They weren’t just celebrating. They were making a statement. Their very presence declared: The Messenger ﷺ is our leader now. And we, the strength of Madinah, stand behind him.
This was not merely a festive welcome—it was the peaceful, public establishment of leadership.
The Messenger ﷺ, through divine guidance and strategic foresight, did not seize power through bloodshed or chaos. He arrived with peace, preparation, and unity. Before even entering Madinah, he had already secured the allegiance of its most influential leaders and warriors during the Second Pledge of ‘Aqabah. This ensured a smooth, uncontested transfer of power.
It wasn’t just symbolic—it was real. And it brought stability and enduring order.
This Prophetic model offers a powerful blueprint for our time: a path to Islamic leadership without civil war or collapse.
Four essential elements came together:
1. The clear and sincere da’wah of the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions,
2. Winning over the key figures—the leaders, influentials, and military elite,
3. Winning the hearts of the masses, through the year-long work of Mus‘ab ibn ‘Umayr (ra) before the Messenger’s ﷺ hijra,
4. The divine help and victory granted by Allah.
Together, these efforts culminated in the Messenger ﷺ entering Madinah not as a usurper or outsider, but as a welcomed, legitimate leader.
With this foundation, he ﷺ was able to implement the Shari‘ah as it was revealed. Yes, challenges remained, the munafiqoon attached to the old system and the Yahudi tribes created political intrigue, but he had the people’s support and the protection of a loyal military.
Now contrast this with what we see today.
A year after the fall of Hasina, the cost of failing to follow the Prophetic method is painfully clear. Professor Yunus may hold the title of interim leader, but everyone knows he lacks real authority.
To this day, the people have not seen a single criminal, not one of the rapists, killers, and looters of the Awami regime’s 16-year reign that terrorised the people with extrajudicial killings and disappearances, meet justice. The massacres of Pilkhana and Shapla Chattor remain unaccounted for. The remnants of that system, embedded across the military, police, and bureaucracy, continue to sabotage any attempt to progress.
And even if Yunus had full institutional control, his platform offers no real change. As this past year has shown: More of the same secularism that led us here. More subservience to foreign powers. More policies that weaken our economy, values, and sovereignty. More NGOs and UN agencies that push foreign ideologies and cultural dominance.
He brings nothing new.
Neither does the Khaleda Zia’s BNP whose lust for power and corruption is already open for all to see.
We’ve seen this play out before, like in Egypt after the Arab Spring. The people rose and overthrew Mubarak. Yet President Morsi, despite being elected, left the military untouched. They never served the people—they served foreign interests. Within a year, they betrayed him. Morsi was overthrown, imprisoned, and died in a cage. Egypt didn’t gain freedom. They got another tyrant: Sisi.
The Prophet ﷺ warned us: “A believer is not stung from the same hole twice.” (Bukhari)
If Bangladesh is to truly move forward, we must learn from the Prophetic example.
The old guard must go, be it Awami League or BNP. Their loyalty is not to the people—it is to their own power and survival.
We need new leadership, sincere, capable, and untainted by the failures of the past.
More importantly, we need a new system, Islam, rooted not in the ever-changing whims of man, but in divine guidance. A system that delivers justice, not just to the powerful or foreign-backed elites, but to every citizen.
Only then can we hope to build a just, secure, and visionary future for Bangladesh.
Living For Islam 