On 3rd March 1924 (corresponding to 28th Rajab 1342), the Islamic Khilafah in Istanbul was abolished, the Khaleefah was banished into exile, and so ended the physical authority of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’aala) on the earth, which began when our Beloved
Messenger (salAllahu alaihi wasallam) established the Islamic state in Medinah.
The great Egyptian Poet, Shawki, wrote regarding this;
You were escorted to your burial in horror, with the tears of a laughing (person),
Minarets and minbars shouted for you,
Kingdoms and provinces cried on you,
India is bewildered and Egypt is sad,
And she cries on you with flowing tears.
Ash-Sham, Iraq and Persia ask,
Is there anyone who wiped the Khilafah from our lands?
All the great and the good attended your funeral,
They sat there in the seats of mourning,
O men! Watch a murdered noble-born (lady),
She was killed without sin or guilt.
