Show Notes
Imam Ghazali had strong views on the obligation of the Caliphate. He wrote about the topic in a number of his works, and even penned a defence of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustazhir Bi-Llah.
Significantly, Imam Ghazali considers the subject so important that he includes it in his writings on creed/beliefs.
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