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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice to the peoples who have differed among themselves due to the differences in their governments

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Question : This questioner says: Regarding the current circumstances and the differences between governments, this has been reflected in many Muslims, leading to hatred between Muslim peoples. What is your advice to these Muslims? In other words, when each people is with their government, what is obligatory for the Muslims who differ according to their governments?

Answer : It is obligatory that our loyalty, hostility, love, and hatred be for Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So we support in the cause of Allah, we oppose in the cause of Allah, we love in the cause of Allah, and we hate in the cause of Allah, so that we thereby attain the strongest bond of faith. And as for us and some of the rulers who have differed, the peoples must have affection and love among them based on the foundation of the Shari'ah. So whoever supports us in the cause of Allah, we support in the cause of Allah, and whoever opposes us in the cause of Allah—meaning whoever is an enemy to us for the sake of Allah—we oppose him. It is not permissible for peoples to be tied to those whom Allah has placed in authority over them.
Rather, it is obligatory for the peoples to say to the oppressor: "You are an oppressor, and there is no obedience to you in disobedience to the Creator." And to say to the doer of good: "You are a doer of good, and we are with you." The standard in this is the Shari'ah. So whoever is with the Shari'ah, it is obligatory for all Muslim peoples to support him. And whoever is contrary to the Shari'ah, it is obligatory for all Muslim peoples, even if they are under his authority, not to support him, and it is obligatory for them to distance themselves from him. Because the Muslim community cannot be controlled in its destiny by any person. It is obligatory for us, the Muslims, that the affection among us be based on Islam, and that we do not become hostile to one another because of the hostility between rulers or governments. It is obligatory for us that one Muslim in the farthest part of the earth be a brother to us, even if there is hostility between his government and our government.
And it is obligatory for every Muslim that his love for his brothers in the peoples be a love based on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and that he disobeys his rulers if they order him to disobey Allah. Because Allah the Exalted says:
O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among youيَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ
[An-Nisa 4:59]
So obedience to the rulers is a consequence of obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and it is never permissible for any person to obey a human being, whoever he may be, in disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [257] نصيحة للشعوب التي اختلفت فيما بينها تبعًا لاختلاف حكوماتها - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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