Enforcing Islamic Law By State The Way It Was Enforced By AbuBakr And Umar (rta)
Which Sharia implementation are you referring to? Religion contains directives for individuals to implement in their lives. Some of these directives becasue of their nature, can only be implemented by society through their elected leaders. And these directives are very clear i.e. Zakat, Jihad and implemetation of islamic punishments. There are no other directives that can be implemented by the rulers. Abu Bakar (rta) and Umar (rta) both implemented the very directives, in addition to their special directive of itmam-e-hujjah as well. And implementation of Salah and Zakat in Quran Surah Tauba originally relates to itmam-e-hujjah. But states in later times can use certain administrative measures to ensure their implementation as well. Please see for details : Discussion 25671 • Reply 25768 Regarding Hadith on beating kids for Salah, work related to these narrations in Hadith Project has lead to conclusion that such narrations do not hold any merit to be ascribed to Prophet Muhammad (Sws). Please see for details : Discussion 44021 Even if someone ascribes these narrations to Prophet Muhammad (Sws), they mean something else when seen in the context of the institution of family. Please see : Discussion 36672 Please also refer to the video below from 7:23 to 9:17 https://youtu.be/YZbZexPa1wo?t=443