The Criterion for Book Lands
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the criterion by which we say that a land is a Book land or not? Because these days most countries declare themselves secular?
Answer:
They say the criterion is the ruling in place there. If the ruling is by the Shari'ah, it is Islamic; if the ruling is by something other than the Shari'ah, it is not Islamic.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner asks: What is the criterion by which we say that a land is a Book land or not? Because these days most countries declare themselves secular?
Answer:
They say the criterion is the ruling in place there. If the ruling is by the Shari'ah, it is Islamic; if the ruling is by something other than the Shari'ah, it is not Islamic.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما ما أفتى به الحسن وإبراهيم النخعي ومالك في إحدى الروايتين عنه — islamhouse.com (50:09)
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