Is secularism a doctrine of disbelief?
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Question:
May Allah forgive you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is called the secularist school has spread. The question is: Is secularism a doctrine of disbelief? And do we rule that its adherent is a disbeliever?
Answer:
Secularism is atheism because it separates religion from the state. This is what secularism is: separating religion from the state. This is atheism because the Shari'ah came with governance, with worship, and with the Shari'ah.
So separating one from the other is atheism in the religion of Allah. They say that there is no halal or haram in politics, so do as you please. Religion is only in the mosques and for individuals. Leave them in the mosques and leave them alone, and they do not interfere with you. As for politics, the people of the mosques do not interfere in it. This is the meaning of their words.
That the people of religion do not enter into politics, and the people of politics do not enter into religion. This is a division of what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has united. There is no stability for the servants and no rectification for the servants except by the rectification of both politics and religion together.
May Allah forgive you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is called the secularist school has spread. The question is: Is secularism a doctrine of disbelief? And do we rule that its adherent is a disbeliever?
Answer:
Secularism is atheism because it separates religion from the state. This is what secularism is: separating religion from the state. This is atheism because the Shari'ah came with governance, with worship, and with the Shari'ah.
So separating one from the other is atheism in the religion of Allah. They say that there is no halal or haram in politics, so do as you please. Religion is only in the mosques and for individuals. Leave them in the mosques and leave them alone, and they do not interfere with you. As for politics, the people of the mosques do not interfere in it. This is the meaning of their words.
That the people of religion do not enter into politics, and the people of politics do not enter into religion. This is a division of what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has united. There is no stability for the servants and no rectification for the servants except by the rectification of both politics and religion together.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل العلمانية مذهب كفري؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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