What is the ruling on resorting to a secular judge?
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Question:
A questioner says: Is it shirk (associating partners with Allah) to go to a secular judge who does not rule by what Allah has revealed?
Answer:
If you go to him to have him rule in favor of you against your right, then it is haram (forbidden) and not permissible. But if you are claiming your right, you are not wronging anyone, and there is no other court except the official one, and you are just securing your right, then there is no harm in that, because you are not wronging anyone; you are only claiming your right. Yes.
A questioner says: Is it shirk (associating partners with Allah) to go to a secular judge who does not rule by what Allah has revealed?
Answer:
If you go to him to have him rule in favor of you against your right, then it is haram (forbidden) and not permissible. But if you are claiming your right, you are not wronging anyone, and there is no other court except the official one, and you are just securing your right, then there is no harm in that, because you are not wronging anyone; you are only claiming your right. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التحاكم إلى القاضي العلماني؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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