The Ruling on Organizing Man-Made Laws and Alteration and Replacement

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Many questions have come in asking about organizing and codifying man-made laws, and about the ruling on one who alters the law of Allah: is it major disbelief or minor disbelief?

Answer:
It is not permissible. Organizing, arranging, and codifying man-made laws is not permissible, because they are the judgment of the taghut. Writing, organizing, and printing them is cooperation in sin and aggression, because they are the judgment of the taghut. As for alteration, no one is permitted to alter the law of Allah. However, replacement—where one replaces the law of Allah with them, makes them a substitute for the law of Allah, and rules by them—is disbelief. He, Glorified and Exalted, said: This is what is called replacement. As for alteration, if one changes the verses and puts others in their place, that is alteration. Or if one changes the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and puts others in their place, as the Jews did with the Torah, that is alteration.