Litigation in Secular Courts in Non-Muslim Countries
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Question:
Your Eminence, the questioner says: In our country, the laws are secular laws and the courts are secular courts. Is it permissible for a Muslim to litigate in these courts if he has a case, given that there are no Shari'ah courts in the country?
Answer:
The custom is that Muslim minorities in disbeliever countries have an Islamic center to which they turn for their affairs, such as their acts of worship, their disputes, their marriages, and so on. This is a sound way out: they establish an Islamic center. And, praise be to Allah, this exists in many non-Muslim countries, where there are Islamic centers.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence, the questioner says: In our country, the laws are secular laws and the courts are secular courts. Is it permissible for a Muslim to litigate in these courts if he has a case, given that there are no Shari'ah courts in the country?
Answer:
The custom is that Muslim minorities in disbeliever countries have an Islamic center to which they turn for their affairs, such as their acts of worship, their disputes, their marriages, and so on. This is a sound way out: they establish an Islamic center. And, praise be to Allah, this exists in many non-Muslim countries, where there are Islamic centers.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (45:46)
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