Clarification that the people of good are those who wish for the rulers good and the continuation of their rule
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The questioner:
So he said: Satan descended before them, except that they were in the meeting with the religion of the king, just as the Exalted said, and just as the Exalted said: Indeed, I have been commanded to change in those who
The Shaykh:
Yes. Likewise, among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) is that the people of evil seek out the rulers, disparaging the people of good and claiming that they belittle the kings and leaders. In reality, the opposite is true: the people of good and righteousness are those who wish for the leaders and kings to have well-being, for the kingdom to remain, and for good to continue. The reformers wish for the rulers of the Muslims to have well-being and honor, and they help them in good and guide them to the path of guidance. Then the people of evil come and say to the leaders and kings, "Do not listen to these people; they are complex, they stand in the way of progress." Rather, they say that they want to belittle you, O king, or O leader, or O sultan; they want to diminish you and lower your status before the people. They whisper to them, and perhaps some leaders accept this statement from them because they are human, and because they want their authority and kingdom to remain. They may think that this statement is correct. But the kings of Islam and the rulers of the Muslims, whom Allah has blessed with insight, are not deceived by these claims. Rather, they return them to the one who said them, and they know that they are false, and that the preservation of the kingdom and the support of the rulers is through religion and the opinion of the reforming scholars.[An-Nur 24:55] This is the strength of the kingdom, and this is the preservation of the kingdom, [Al-Hajj 22:40], [Al-Hajj 22:41]. The truth is that the callers to good, and those who enjoin good and forbid evil, are on clear insight, and the verified scholars are those by whom the kingdom remains and the authority of the rulers of the Muslims is established. They are the strong, powerful support for the people of authority, in the past and the present. The kingdom does not stand except upon religion and the people of religion. As for the people of corruption, the people of desires, and the people of hypocrisy, they are in fact the most harmful to the governance of the Muslims' affairs. Even if they pretend to be advisors to them, they are the most harmful to them; they want their removal and the destruction of their kingdom. This is a well-known matter in
So he said: Satan descended before them, except that they were in the meeting with the religion of the king, just as the Exalted said, and just as the Exalted said: Indeed, I have been commanded to change in those who
The Shaykh:
Yes. Likewise, among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) is that the people of evil seek out the rulers, disparaging the people of good and claiming that they belittle the kings and leaders. In reality, the opposite is true: the people of good and righteousness are those who wish for the leaders and kings to have well-being, for the kingdom to remain, and for good to continue. The reformers wish for the rulers of the Muslims to have well-being and honor, and they help them in good and guide them to the path of guidance. Then the people of evil come and say to the leaders and kings, "Do not listen to these people; they are complex, they stand in the way of progress." Rather, they say that they want to belittle you, O king, or O leader, or O sultan; they want to diminish you and lower your status before the people. They whisper to them, and perhaps some leaders accept this statement from them because they are human, and because they want their authority and kingdom to remain. They may think that this statement is correct. But the kings of Islam and the rulers of the Muslims, whom Allah has blessed with insight, are not deceived by these claims. Rather, they return them to the one who said them, and they know that they are false, and that the preservation of the kingdom and the support of the rulers is through religion and the opinion of the reforming scholars.
Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًاAnd Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakah and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allah belongs the outcome of [all] matters.
الَّذِينَ إِن مَّكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَمَرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَلِلَّهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْأُمُورِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10/1/14 شرح مسائل الجاهلية / الشريط العاشر / جزء١ — youtube.com (5:35)
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