Shaykh Fawzaan Hafidhahullah says: There is no doubt that the rulers, like other than them from mankind, are not infallible from error, so advising them is obligatory. However trying to reach out to them from the gatherings and the pulpits is considered to be the impermissible backbiting and it is a greater evil than the evil which emanates from the rulers because it is backbiting, and due to the fact that it implants fitnah and splitting of the ranks and it impacts the spreading of the dawah. So it is obligatory to convey the advice to them by reliable means, not by exposition and spreading. As for attacking the ulemaa of this land by saying that they do not advise or that they are suppressed, then this is a false accusation by which the separation between the ulemaa and the people and the society is intended such that is easy for the one who intends corruption to implant his evil. This is because when bad thoughts about the ulemaa are spread, then the confidence in the ulemaa is lost and there arises an opportunity for those who have desires and intentions to spread their poison. And I believe that this ideology is a conspiracy from outside this land and its perpetrators are of foreign origin. So it is necessary for the Muslims to beware of this. End quote. >>Allaahul Mustaaan. Just like the Khawaarij make takfeer of a Muslim ruler for tijaara (buying and trading) with the kufaar, which is actually a Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad, these Khawaarij likewise make takfeer of a scholar for not speaking publicly against a mistake of a ruler. >>So in both these cases, the Khawaarij made takfeer of the ones who obeyed Allaah and His Messenger. -This is a sample of the ignorance and foolishness of the Khawaarij, something that our Messenger (salallaahu alaihi wa sallam) warned us about over 14 centuries ago. And abiding by these commands of Allaah and His Messenger regarding the ruler would serve as an expiation for ones sins. And the Perfect Wisdom of this - in the Qur`an and Sunnah sent down by Allaah, Al-Hakeem - is that critizing the ruler leads to others losing respect for the ruler, which leads to disobedience of the ruler, which leads to rebelling against the ruler, which leads to chaos, revolt and the spilling of the blood of Muslims, which in turn leads to the weakening and splitting of the Muslims, which in turn leads to the hypocrites and kufaar ganging up on the Muslims. So ask yourself: who in fact is pleasing the Bushes. >>So what is the objective of these Khawaarij? Rulership. They want rulership. They want to be in charge, they want power, fame; and they are blood-thirsty, as they have always been. [The Khawaarij during the time of the sahaabah were known to kill people - and believers amongst them - without asking, and yet flabbergastingly seek a fatwah from a sahaabi regarding killing a mosquito!] So all this chaos and bombings and killings and bidah (heresy), and the weakening/splitting of the Ummah and possibly kufr (disbelief) is for what? Position, fame, lust for the dunya - i.e. other than the sake of Allaah. Source: salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=31&Topic=10964
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:20:44 +0000