Seeking the position of judge and taking on religious posts in a non-Muslim country
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: Do you advise a student of knowledge outside this country to seek the position of judge in his country, and to take it on if he wants to establish the religion and the call, and to stay away from ruling by man-made laws?
Answer:
Yes, this may become obligatory. It may become obligatory for him if he applies for the religious position when there is no one to perform it.[Yusuf 12:55] Yusuf (peace be upon him) said to the king, "Appoint me over [Yusuf 12:55] This is evidence that the one who has the ability and this matter is likely to be neglected should seek to take charge of it so that the interests of the Muslims are not lost.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: Do you advise a student of knowledge outside this country to seek the position of judge in his country, and to take it on if he wants to establish the religion and the call, and to stay away from ruling by man-made laws?
Answer:
Yes, this may become obligatory. It may become obligatory for him if he applies for the religious position when there is no one to perform it.
Appoint me over the storehouses of the land
اجْعَلْنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِthe storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:10:05)
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