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Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz
Al al-Sheikh: "Obeying the Muslim ruler"
Monday, July 07, 2008 4:05 PM MMN Note: Actually, there is
much evidence in the Quran and authentic Hadeeth to support what the shiekh is
saying in the article below regarding obeying the Muslim ruler and not
launching a rebellion against them as the harm done could actually be greater.
The following is a small sample from Quran and Hadeeth, followed by the media
report. What the sheikh actually said, however, is filtered through the media
and these reports - as most MMN readers would know already - cannot always be
trusted without first reading the fatwa firsthand and in its proper context,
something most reporters should be trained to do but have instead sadly become
lapdogs for ideologically driven media outlets who have no desire to report the
truth. We - most of us being quite ignorant of Islam, as we have not spent our
entire lives studying it like these scholars - are too quick to attack learned
scholars without properly investigating what they said and their Quranic and
Sunnah basis for their rulings, but instead act upon our emotions when making
conclusions and, as a consequence, fall into wrong thinking. Read on:
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be
pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "It is
obligatory upon you to listen and obey the orders of the ruler in prosperity
and adversity, whether you are willing or unwilling, or when someone is given
undue preference to you.'' `Abdullah bin `Amr (May Allah be
pleased with them) reported: We accompanied Messenger of Allah (PBUH) on a
journey. We halted at a place to take a rest. Some of us began to set right
their tents, others began to graze their animals while others were engaged in
competing with one another in archery when an announcer of Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) announced that people should gather for Salat. We gathered around the
Messenger of Allah and he ((PBUH)) addressed us, saying, "Every Prophet
before me was under obligation to guide his followers to what he knew was good
for them and to warn the evil thing which he knew. As for this Ummah, it will
have sound state and in its early stage of existence; but the last phase of its
existence, will be faced with trials and with things you do not recognize.
There will be tremendous trials, one after the other, and to each the believer
will say, `That is it'. Whenever a trial arrives the believer will say: `This
is going to bring about my destruction.' When this passes, another calamity
will approach and he will say: `This surely is going to be my end.' Whosoever
wishes to be removed from the Fire (Hell) and admitted to Jannah should die
with faith in Allah and the Last Day; and he should treat others as he wishes
to be treated. He who swears allegiance to an Imam, he should give him the
pledge in ratification and the sincerity of his heart. He should obey him to
the best of his capacity. If another man comes forward as a claimant (when one
has already been installed), behead the second.'' [Muslim]. Wa'il bin Hujr
(May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Salamah bin Yazid Al-Ju`f (May Allah
be pleased with him) asked Messenger of Allah (PBUH): "O Prophet of Allah!
Tell us, what you command us to do if there arises over us rulers who demand of
us what is due to them and refuse us what is due to us.'' Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) turned away from him, but he repeated the same question. Thereupon
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Listen to them and obey them. They are
responsible for their obligations and you are accountable for yours.''
[Muslim]. |
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