The State of the Secularists Between Hypocrisy and Disbelief
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the secularists, are they closer to hypocrisy or to disbelief?
Answer:
They are full of it. Because they do not see Allah in the affairs of the people; they only see Him in worship in the mosques. As for political affairs, transactions, and these matters, they say that people act in them without Shari'ah, acting according to their interests and desires. This is disbelief in Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and it is removing the Book of Allah the Exalted and Majestic and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from life. This is disbelief and misguidance. Yes. So they are from the hypocrites.
They are hypocrites; they display Islam, they pray, they fast, and they rely on Allah and their families, so there is no death except Allah. But these people openly declare: "Help us with the Shari'ah of Allah and its application to the conditions of people and their transactions." This is major disbelief openly declared. So if one displays something and harms its opposite, these people did not give anything; they declared it openly. So they are worse than their children.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the secularists, are they closer to hypocrisy or to disbelief?
Answer:
They are full of it. Because they do not see Allah in the affairs of the people; they only see Him in worship in the mosques. As for political affairs, transactions, and these matters, they say that people act in them without Shari'ah, acting according to their interests and desires. This is disbelief in Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and it is removing the Book of Allah the Exalted and Majestic and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from life. This is disbelief and misguidance. Yes. So they are from the hypocrites.
They are hypocrites; they display Islam, they pray, they fast, and they rely on Allah and their families, so there is no death except Allah. But these people openly declare: "Help us with the Shari'ah of Allah and its application to the conditions of people and their transactions." This is major disbelief openly declared. So if one displays something and harms its opposite, these people did not give anything; they declared it openly. So they are worse than their children.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، تابع باب فضل التوحيد وما يكفر من الذنوب — islamhouse.com (34:24)
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