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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to remain silent about one who commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) if our government is Christian and punishes those who denounce it?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if I see
he who associates others with Allahمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:72]
and I do not clarify to him that that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), because in our country, whoever does that is punished by the government that rules our country, which is a Christian government, what is the ruling on remaining silent about this?

Answer:
Clarification has degrees. You clarify it to him between you and him, you clarify it to him in secret, you give him a secret piece of advice. This means you can employ the ruses and means that you are able to. The government may only prevent what is apparent, as for things that do not appear, the government does not know about them, so you do what you can. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [478 -939] هل يجوز السكوت عمن يفعل الشرك إذا كانت حكومتنا نصرانية تعاقب من ينكر ذلك؟ — youtube.com

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