The Ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance to Other Than the One in Authority and the Explanation of the People of the Book
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Question:
Or the obedience of students of knowledge in matters of the pledge of allegiance, obedience, and leadership that contradict the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the established Sunnah, does this obedience fall under the category of obeying scholars in defining what Allah has made lawful or defining what Allah has forbidden?
Answer:
The pledge of allegiance in Islam is only for the one in authority; it is not for a scholar, a leader of a method, or a head of a group. It is only for the one in authority. Therefore, a pledge of allegiance to other than the one in authority is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that Islam does not bring. Yes.
And the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) guided travelers to appoint an imam over them does not involve a pledge of allegiance. The travelers do not pledge allegiance to this imam; it is not reported that they pledge allegiance to him. Rather, he becomes a leader over them such that he settles disputes if they occur among them; they refer to him for what they need of their affairs, and his opinions resolve the dispute and he is a reference for them only. As for pledging allegiance to him, there is no basis for it in the religion of Islam. One does not pledge allegiance except to the one in authority only; this is the religion of Islam. Yes.
We return to the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians, who are the People of the Book. Because the verses are in the context of the Jews and the Christians, He said: All[At-Tawbah 9:29] This includes the Jews and the Christians. "They took their rabbis and their monks" includes the Jews and the Christians, indeed before that, and the Jews said: "Uzair is the son of Allah" [At-Tawbah 9:30], all of this is regarding the Jews and the Christians. Yes. Yes. This is regarding the Christians. "The Messiah, son of Abd al-Rahman" is regarding the Christians, yes.
Or the obedience of students of knowledge in matters of the pledge of allegiance, obedience, and leadership that contradict the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the established Sunnah, does this obedience fall under the category of obeying scholars in defining what Allah has made lawful or defining what Allah has forbidden?
Answer:
The pledge of allegiance in Islam is only for the one in authority; it is not for a scholar, a leader of a method, or a head of a group. It is only for the one in authority. Therefore, a pledge of allegiance to other than the one in authority is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that Islam does not bring. Yes.
And the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) guided travelers to appoint an imam over them does not involve a pledge of allegiance. The travelers do not pledge allegiance to this imam; it is not reported that they pledge allegiance to him. Rather, he becomes a leader over them such that he settles disputes if they occur among them; they refer to him for what they need of their affairs, and his opinions resolve the dispute and he is a reference for them only. As for pledging allegiance to him, there is no basis for it in the religion of Islam. One does not pledge allegiance except to the one in authority only; this is the religion of Islam. Yes.
We return to the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians, who are the People of the Book. Because the verses are in the context of the Jews and the Christians, He said: All
those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture
الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَThe Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah."
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ابْنُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللَّهِ
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