What is the ruling on secularism?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There are some Muslims who are secularists. Are they Muslims or hypocrites?
Answer:
I do not know what secularism means. The word is vague. If the intention behind it is abandoning the religion, if the intention is to abandon the religion and adopt the systems of disbelief, and to abandon the Shari'ah, then this is disbelief, without a doubt. They say that the intention is to separate religion from the state.
Separating religion from the state. Religion is to be in the mosques only. And outside the mosques, there is no control by religion. Not in selling, not in buying, and not in transactions. So follow what the people are upon, what the disbelievers are upon regarding riba (usury or interest) and bribery, and so on. This is a mixture of disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. It is isolating the religion. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There are some Muslims who are secularists. Are they Muslims or hypocrites?
Answer:
I do not know what secularism means. The word is vague. If the intention behind it is abandoning the religion, if the intention is to abandon the religion and adopt the systems of disbelief, and to abandon the Shari'ah, then this is disbelief, without a doubt. They say that the intention is to separate religion from the state.
Separating religion from the state. Religion is to be in the mosques only. And outside the mosques, there is no control by religion. Not in selling, not in buying, and not in transactions. So follow what the people are upon, what the disbelievers are upon regarding riba (usury or interest) and bribery, and so on. This is a mixture of disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. It is isolating the religion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1405- 4717] ما حكم العلمانية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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