Ruling by Man-Made Laws and Permitting the Forbidden
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the group that does not adhere to the laws of Islam, he said, "And these, according to the discerning scholars, are not in the position of the rebels (baghy), but rather they are outside of Islam." Does this apply to one who rules by man-made laws and permits people to drink intoxicants, commit zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), and other known forbidden things?
The Shaykh:
If he permits intoxicants and zina and allows people to do them, this is explicit disbelief (kufr). He has made lawful what Allah has forbidden and forbidden what Allah has made lawful.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He asks: Is it permissible to commit one of the sins before another?
The Shaykh:
But it may be that in the lands there are people who drink intoxicants from among the People of the Book or from among the disbelievers. As for these, if they have a protected status (dhimmah) and a covenant, they are not fought, but they are required to conceal this matter and not display it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the group that does not adhere to the laws of Islam, he said, "And these, according to the discerning scholars, are not in the position of the rebels (baghy), but rather they are outside of Islam." Does this apply to one who rules by man-made laws and permits people to drink intoxicants, commit zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), and other known forbidden things?
The Shaykh:
If he permits intoxicants and zina and allows people to do them, this is explicit disbelief (kufr). He has made lawful what Allah has forbidden and forbidden what Allah has made lawful.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He asks: Is it permissible to commit one of the sins before another?
The Shaykh:
But it may be that in the lands there are people who drink intoxicants from among the People of the Book or from among the disbelievers. As for these, if they have a protected status (dhimmah) and a covenant, they are not fought, but they are required to conceal this matter and not display it.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله - 2 — islamhouse.com (52:49)
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