The view of those who confine the rulings of religion to the mosques
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He also says: In His saying, the Exalted,[An-Nur 24:36], some people say that the rulings of religion do not extend beyond the mosques. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
Secularism. The statement of secularism. They say religion is only in the mosques. It has no authority outside the mosques. It has no authority over people’s transactions or people’s actions. People are free, and people… As for the mosque, that is the place of religion in their view. This is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. This means that Islam is not comprehensive for life, but is only in the mosques, and the rest of the earth has no authority of religion over it. We ask Allah for safety. This is the statement of the secularists and the liberals; they say to separate religion from the state.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He also says: In His saying, the Exalted,
in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein
فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُAnswer:
Secularism. The statement of secularism. They say religion is only in the mosques. It has no authority outside the mosques. It has no authority over people’s transactions or people’s actions. People are free, and people… As for the mosque, that is the place of religion in their view. This is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. This means that Islam is not comprehensive for life, but is only in the mosques, and the rest of the earth has no authority of religion over it. We ask Allah for safety. This is the statement of the secularists and the liberals; they say to separate religion from the state.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب المريض — islamhouse.com (52:19)
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