Boycotting American Goods
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Question:
Lady 'Adi, you received this question: Is it true that you, Honorable Shaykh, issued a ruling that it is not permissible to boycott the American quartet?
Answer:
We did not say it is not permissible. We say that one should not boycott except by order of the one in authority. If the one in authority orders a boycott of it, then it is boycotted. As for a Western-style boycott by some people, this does not bring about any good, and it does not make the lawful forbidden. The default is that it is lawful, so no one makes the lawful forbidden except if the one in authority, who looks to the interest of the Muslims and the interest of the country, determines that there is an order from him. If he determines an order, then it is obligatory to fight and to boycott the goods of the warring state that is fighting.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
Lady 'Adi, you received this question: Is it true that you, Honorable Shaykh, issued a ruling that it is not permissible to boycott the American quartet?
Answer:
We did not say it is not permissible. We say that one should not boycott except by order of the one in authority. If the one in authority orders a boycott of it, then it is boycotted. As for a Western-style boycott by some people, this does not bring about any good, and it does not make the lawful forbidden. The default is that it is lawful, so no one makes the lawful forbidden except if the one in authority, who looks to the interest of the Muslims and the interest of the country, determines that there is an order from him. If he determines an order, then it is obligatory to fight and to boycott the goods of the warring state that is fighting.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 23 — archive.org (6:24)
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