Is judging by other than what Allah has revealed considered replacing the Shari'ah, and is this replacement considered making lawful the judgment by other than what Allah has revealed?
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onAl-Halabi: Our Shaykh, for the sake of completing the benefit, since you have graciously provided this concise and useful answer, as they say
The Shaykh : Yes.
onAl-Halabi: It would be desirable, our Shaykh, if you would answer a doubt that is being raised, meaning a hadith, and they have gone bankrupt, and the opponents of our position have gone bankrupt of bringing anything new
The Shaykh : Yes.
onAl-Halabi: So they began, meaning, to bring the old in a new garment
The Shaykh: : Now, and he
onAl-Halabi: : They say, for example, that those who judge by other than what Allah has revealed are replacing the Shari'ah [the phone rings], so their replacement of the Shari'ah is a type of making it lawful, not merely judging by other than what Allah has revealed
The Shaykh: : Keep your question
onAl-Halabi : Yes.
The Shaykh: : The answer is the same as the previous answer, because the reality is that the phrase you quoted today or now from those people is a matter of playing with words. Otherwise, we would say that what they call replacement is either out of conviction that judging by what Allah has revealed is not suitable for this time, in which case the ruling is that it is disbelief and apostasy, or it is not with that disbelieving conviction, or it is following the desire of the self, meaning he is clinging to the chair, and the chair cannot be established for him except by making this law, which he found and received from before him, the standard, whether that person was a disbeliever ruling over the Islamic lands, or one of those who came after him who consider themselves Muslims. So the important point is that this replacement is either out of conviction, in which case it is disbelief that takes its owner out of the religion, or it is not out of conviction, but rather he is doing the action of disbelievers, meaning he judges by other than what Allah has revealed, and this is what Allah has stamped upon the disbelievers when He said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:44] And therefore the scholars of tafsir mentioned that these verses were revealed regarding the Jews who used to send some of their individuals to ask the Messenger, so if his answer agreed with their desires, they would adopt it, and if not, they would say, "We do not believe in this statement." So the answer is the same as the reality, but with a note that it is playing with words.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you
The Shaykh: And with you
The Shaykh : Yes.
onAl-Halabi: It would be desirable, our Shaykh, if you would answer a doubt that is being raised, meaning a hadith, and they have gone bankrupt, and the opponents of our position have gone bankrupt of bringing anything new
The Shaykh : Yes.
onAl-Halabi: So they began, meaning, to bring the old in a new garment
The Shaykh: : Now, and he
onAl-Halabi: : They say, for example, that those who judge by other than what Allah has revealed are replacing the Shari'ah [the phone rings], so their replacement of the Shari'ah is a type of making it lawful, not merely judging by other than what Allah has revealed
The Shaykh: : Keep your question
onAl-Halabi : Yes.
The Shaykh: : The answer is the same as the previous answer, because the reality is that the phrase you quoted today or now from those people is a matter of playing with words. Otherwise, we would say that what they call replacement is either out of conviction that judging by what Allah has revealed is not suitable for this time, in which case the ruling is that it is disbelief and apostasy, or it is not with that disbelieving conviction, or it is following the desire of the self, meaning he is clinging to the chair, and the chair cannot be established for him except by making this law, which he found and received from before him, the standard, whether that person was a disbeliever ruling over the Islamic lands, or one of those who came after him who consider themselves Muslims. So the important point is that this replacement is either out of conviction, in which case it is disbelief that takes its owner out of the religion, or it is not out of conviction, but rather he is doing the action of disbelievers, meaning he judges by other than what Allah has revealed, and this is what Allah has stamped upon the disbelievers when He said:
And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.
ومن لم يحكم بما أنزل الله فأولئك هم الكافرونThen those are the wrongdoers
فأولئك هم الظالمونThen those are the open sinners
فأولئك هم الفاسقونThe questioner: May Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you
The Shaykh: And with you
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