The Ruling on One Who Rules by Other Than What Allah Has Revealed, Intentionally
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does the statement of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan that we read in yesterday’s lesson, namely his saying, “And among people are those who judge between the two disputants and follow in that the practice of their predecessors, and they judge by what they used to judge by, and this is disbelief if it becomes established and prevails among those who undertake it, to whom people turn when they differ,” does this indicate the ruling for one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed with the intention of replacing the Shari'ah with something else?
Answer:
Yes, whoever rules by other than what Allah has revealed, intentionally doing so and making it a substitute for the ruling of the Shari'ah, is included in the ruling that Allah stated:[Al-Ma'idah 5:44]
Honorable Shaykh, does the statement of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan that we read in yesterday’s lesson, namely his saying, “And among people are those who judge between the two disputants and follow in that the practice of their predecessors, and they judge by what they used to judge by, and this is disbelief if it becomes established and prevails among those who undertake it, to whom people turn when they differ,” does this indicate the ruling for one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed with the intention of replacing the Shari'ah with something else?
Answer:
Yes, whoever rules by other than what Allah has revealed, intentionally doing so and making it a substitute for the ruling of the Shari'ah, is included in the ruling that Allah stated:
And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.
وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، في كلام الشيخ عبد الرحمن بن حسن رحمه الله (ومن الناس من يحكم بين الخصمين...)؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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