The Islamic Legal Position on Demonstrations and Events in the Arab World
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Question:
It is not hidden from your eminence what is happening in many areas around us, such as events, demonstrations, killings, and so on. People differ in their positions regarding these events. What is the Islamic legal position on the events occurring specifically in the Arab world?
Answer:
I have referred to this, as you heard, that the enemies want to divide the Muslim states and dismantle their states. They want to remove their governments so that the Muslims will be in the hands of the disbelievers, who will dominate them. This is the constant practice of the disbelievers toward the Muslims from ancient times. This is not new. Nothing protects the Muslims from the schemes of the disbelievers except holding fast to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Returning to the Shari'ah is the protection, by the permission of Allah, from the schemes of the disbelievers. If we return to the Book and the Sunnah, we will find that they urge unity and prohibit division, and they urge obedience to the Muslim ruler as long as he does not order disobedience, and adherence to the Muslim community and the Muslim imam. This is what repels the schemes of the disbelievers, by the permission of Allah. We are a Muslim nation, and our reference is to the Book and the Sunnah and to the religion of Islam. We do not refer to the systems of the disbelievers or the laws of the disbelievers. If they permit chaos and demonstrations, Islam does not permit this because of the disorder in it, because of the disobedience to the ruler in it, because of the chaos in it, and because of the division of the word in it. We do not pay attention to this. Yes.
It is not hidden from your eminence what is happening in many areas around us, such as events, demonstrations, killings, and so on. People differ in their positions regarding these events. What is the Islamic legal position on the events occurring specifically in the Arab world?
Answer:
I have referred to this, as you heard, that the enemies want to divide the Muslim states and dismantle their states. They want to remove their governments so that the Muslims will be in the hands of the disbelievers, who will dominate them. This is the constant practice of the disbelievers toward the Muslims from ancient times. This is not new. Nothing protects the Muslims from the schemes of the disbelievers except holding fast to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Returning to the Shari'ah is the protection, by the permission of Allah, from the schemes of the disbelievers. If we return to the Book and the Sunnah, we will find that they urge unity and prohibit division, and they urge obedience to the Muslim ruler as long as he does not order disobedience, and adherence to the Muslim community and the Muslim imam. This is what repels the schemes of the disbelievers, by the permission of Allah. We are a Muslim nation, and our reference is to the Book and the Sunnah and to the religion of Islam. We do not refer to the systems of the disbelievers or the laws of the disbelievers. If they permit chaos and demonstrations, Islam does not permit this because of the disorder in it, because of the disobedience to the ruler in it, because of the chaos in it, and because of the division of the word in it. We do not pay attention to this. Yes.
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