Is it permissible for us to participate in elections in order to choose the best and the one who causes the least harm to our religion?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our country, there are political parties and elections. Is it permissible for us to participate in order to choose the best and the one who causes the least harm to our religion?
Answer:
This is not part of Islam. Islam does not have elections. Islam chooses the ruler through the pledge of allegiance (bay'ah) of the people of authority and commitment (ahl al-hall wa al-'aqd) from the subjects, namely the scholars and the advisors in the state, and the rest of the people follow them. The rest of the people follow the people of authority and commitment. This is in Islam; there are no elections. Yes, this is a non-Islamic system.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our country, there are political parties and elections. Is it permissible for us to participate in order to choose the best and the one who causes the least harm to our religion?
Answer:
This is not part of Islam. Islam does not have elections. Islam chooses the ruler through the pledge of allegiance (bay'ah) of the people of authority and commitment (ahl al-hall wa al-'aqd) from the subjects, namely the scholars and the advisors in the state, and the rest of the people follow them. The rest of the people follow the people of authority and commitment. This is in Islam; there are no elections. Yes, this is a non-Islamic system.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4559- 4717] هل يجوز أن نشارك في الانتخابات لأجل اختيار الأصلح والأخف ضرراً على ديننا؟ -صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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