The Ruling on Demanding the Removal of Jihad from the Curricula
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we see many media figures and writers demanding that jihad not be taught and that it be removed from the curricula. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh:
No, we do not obey them. If they said this, we would not obey them. This is a false statement, and they say more than this. They say, "Also, make changes to the Qur'an and remove the verses that contain the prohibition of loyalty to the disbelievers, and remove the mention of the Jews and Christians, the declaration of the Jews and Christians as disbelievers, and the cursing of them." We do not obey them in this.
[At-Tawbah 9:28] If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back after your faith, and you will become losers. [Ali 'Imran 3:149] [Ali 'Imran 3:100] Should we not obey them? We are Muslims and they are disbelievers. Should we not obey them?
The questioner:
We say: No.
The Shaykh:
And if one of the Muslims said, "Take an oath to this thing," and he holds that this is not correct, then he is a disbeliever who has apostatized from the religion of Islam.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we see many media figures and writers demanding that jihad not be taught and that it be removed from the curricula. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh:
No, we do not obey them. If they said this, we would not obey them. This is a false statement, and they say more than this. They say, "Also, make changes to the Qur'an and remove the verses that contain the prohibition of loyalty to the disbelievers, and remove the mention of the Jews and Christians, the declaration of the Jews and Christians as disbelievers, and the cursing of them." We do not obey them in this.
O you who have believed
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواO you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَO you who have believed, if you obey a party of those who were given the Scripture, they would turn you back, after your belief, [to being] unbelievers.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تُطِيعُوا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ يَرُدُّوكُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ كَافِرِينَThe questioner:
We say: No.
The Shaykh:
And if one of the Muslims said, "Take an oath to this thing," and he holds that this is not correct, then he is a disbeliever who has apostatized from the religion of Islam.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 047 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الجهاد / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:59)
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