Describing the Shari'ah ruling as injustice and aggression
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Question:
What is the ruling on one who says about a religious ruling issued against him that it is injustice and aggression, while he knows that he committed a matter for which he was judged?
Answer:
This is an error and a sin against Allah. He says about a ruling he knows to be correct that it is injustice and aggression. One fears apostasy for him; we ask Allah for safety. To describe a religious ruling as apostasy, or as enmity and aggression, and to describe Allah’s rulings as aggression—this is a different matter. If he says the judge made a mistake, or that the judge erred in something regarding him, that is another thing. But for him to describe Allah’s ruling, saying that stoning the adulterer is an injustice to Uthman, or flogging the adulterer is an injustice to Uthman, or cutting off the thief’s hand is an injustice—this is severe disbelief from Islam. We ask Allah for safety, because he disliked Allah’s ruling,[Muhammad 47:9], and he attributed injustice to Allah. This is disbelief. We ask Allah for safety.
What is the ruling on one who says about a religious ruling issued against him that it is injustice and aggression, while he knows that he committed a matter for which he was judged?
Answer:
This is an error and a sin against Allah. He says about a ruling he knows to be correct that it is injustice and aggression. One fears apostasy for him; we ask Allah for safety. To describe a religious ruling as apostasy, or as enmity and aggression, and to describe Allah’s rulings as aggression—this is a different matter. If he says the judge made a mistake, or that the judge erred in something regarding him, that is another thing. But for him to describe Allah’s ruling, saying that stoning the adulterer is an injustice to Uthman, or flogging the adulterer is an injustice to Uthman, or cutting off the thief’s hand is an injustice—this is severe disbelief from Islam. We ask Allah for safety, because he disliked Allah’s ruling,
That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء الخير - ابن باز — archive.org (36:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
