The Ruling on Demonstrations
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Question:
The questioner: Shaykh, may Allah inform me, is the one who says that demonstrations are permissible to be warned against, or is it a matter of independent legal reasoning?
Answer:
Demonstrations are not permissible under any circumstances. You have seen demonstrations with your own eyes; have you not seen what happened? What did they destroy in the lands? What did they kill in terms of lives? What children did they orphan and what women did they leave widowed? What did they displace from homes and towns? Demonstrations do not bring about good, but the cure is not through demonstrations. The cure is through the legitimate means that are sufficient to achieve the intended goal, and this is to be done by the hands of scholars and people of opinion, not by the hands of the common people and the rabble. Yes.
The questioner: Shaykh, may Allah inform me, is the one who says that demonstrations are permissible to be warned against, or is it a matter of independent legal reasoning?
Answer:
Demonstrations are not permissible under any circumstances. You have seen demonstrations with your own eyes; have you not seen what happened? What did they destroy in the lands? What did they kill in terms of lives? What children did they orphan and what women did they leave widowed? What did they displace from homes and towns? Demonstrations do not bring about good, but the cure is not through demonstrations. The cure is through the legitimate means that are sufficient to achieve the intended goal, and this is to be done by the hands of scholars and people of opinion, not by the hands of the common people and the rabble. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-069-ضوابط الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:39)
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