What is the ruling on one who rules by man-made laws?
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Question:
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, you mentioned that one who rules by man-made laws is a disbeliever, and it has been spread about you that you have retracted this, is this true?
Answer:
I have no right to retract, and I have no right to declare someone a disbeliever except by the Book and the Sunnah. The one who rules by man-made laws either holds that they are better than the Qur'an and the Shari'ah, in which case there is no doubt in his disbelief, or he holds that they are equal to them and that he has a choice, in which case there is no doubt in his disbelief according to all scholars.
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, you mentioned that one who rules by man-made laws is a disbeliever, and it has been spread about you that you have retracted this, is this true?
Answer:
I have no right to retract, and I have no right to declare someone a disbeliever except by the Book and the Sunnah. The one who rules by man-made laws either holds that they are better than the Qur'an and the Shari'ah, in which case there is no doubt in his disbelief, or he holds that they are equal to them and that he has a choice, in which case there is no doubt in his disbelief according to all scholars.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يحكم بالقوانين الوضعية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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