The Meaning of the Terms (Liberal and Secular) and the Ruling on Applying Them to One Who Boasts of This Designation
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[The Meaning of the Terms (Liberal and Secular) and the Ruling on Applying Them to One Who Boasts of This Designation]
Is it permissible to apply the term secular or liberal to one who boasts of this designation and says: that he is secular and liberal, and openly opposes the application of the Shari'ah?
The Shaykh: Who is the liberal?The questioner: The one who calls for absolute freedom without restrictions.
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for the rulers that such people be tried and judged according to what the Shari'ah requires; because the one who calls for absolute liberation from every restraint, even if it is religious, is a disbeliever,And what does it mean when we say: You are free, pray or do not pray, fast or do not fast, give zakah or do not give zakah?Its meaning is: He denied an obligatory duty of the obligations of Islam, indeed all the obligations of Islam, and permitted zina, sodomy, and intoxicants, so how can this be a Muslim?! This is an apostate disbeliever, he is to be tried, and if he returns to the religion of Islam and ceases his harm to the Muslims, otherwise the sword.
As for the secularists, I do not have a conception of them, and if you have a conception, describe it to us and we will issue a ruling on what we see is obligatory?The questioner: They are those who see the separation of religion from the state.
The Shaykh: These are less severe than the former; because these are more dangerous, and if the state does not act according to the religion, it is a loser, and Glorified and Exalted is Allah, all the verses of the Qur'an and the hadiths of the Sunnah indicate that Islam is the state,Meaning: That it is obligatory for the state to apply Islam in itself, its laws, and its people.
In any case: I advise my believing brothers truly to stand firm against these currents; because the disbelievers now, with the strength of industry and control over people that Allah the Exalted has given them, have come to want to take the Muslims out of their religion with terms that resemble the truth but are not the truth, like globalization for example,Globalization means: That all people are free and equal, the markets of the capitals of disbelief and the markets of the capitals of Islam are the same, buy what you want and sell what you want and you have freedom in everything, and for this reason it is obligatory for the Muslims -first the rulers, then the peoples- to fight globalization, and not to accept it easily; because in the end it leads to the Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, atheists, Muslims, and hypocrites all being equal, a global globalization, so it is obligatory for us to reject this thought.
And praise be to Allah, the rulers, perhaps if they find pressure from the people, they will respond to it, even among the rulers who do not care about applying the Shari'ah, as for the rulers who care about applying the Shari'ah and call for it on every occasion, we hope that the medicine is in their bellies, they do not need medicine from the outside.
And you have benefited us now, the liberal, we always hear the liberal,Therefore: It means: dissolution from the religion!
Is it permissible to apply the term secular or liberal to one who boasts of this designation and says: that he is secular and liberal, and openly opposes the application of the Shari'ah?
The Shaykh: Who is the liberal?The questioner: The one who calls for absolute freedom without restrictions.
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for the rulers that such people be tried and judged according to what the Shari'ah requires; because the one who calls for absolute liberation from every restraint, even if it is religious, is a disbeliever,And what does it mean when we say: You are free, pray or do not pray, fast or do not fast, give zakah or do not give zakah?Its meaning is: He denied an obligatory duty of the obligations of Islam, indeed all the obligations of Islam, and permitted zina, sodomy, and intoxicants, so how can this be a Muslim?! This is an apostate disbeliever, he is to be tried, and if he returns to the religion of Islam and ceases his harm to the Muslims, otherwise the sword.
As for the secularists, I do not have a conception of them, and if you have a conception, describe it to us and we will issue a ruling on what we see is obligatory?The questioner: They are those who see the separation of religion from the state.
The Shaykh: These are less severe than the former; because these are more dangerous, and if the state does not act according to the religion, it is a loser, and Glorified and Exalted is Allah, all the verses of the Qur'an and the hadiths of the Sunnah indicate that Islam is the state,Meaning: That it is obligatory for the state to apply Islam in itself, its laws, and its people.
In any case: I advise my believing brothers truly to stand firm against these currents; because the disbelievers now, with the strength of industry and control over people that Allah the Exalted has given them, have come to want to take the Muslims out of their religion with terms that resemble the truth but are not the truth, like globalization for example,Globalization means: That all people are free and equal, the markets of the capitals of disbelief and the markets of the capitals of Islam are the same, buy what you want and sell what you want and you have freedom in everything, and for this reason it is obligatory for the Muslims -first the rulers, then the peoples- to fight globalization, and not to accept it easily; because in the end it leads to the Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, atheists, Muslims, and hypocrites all being equal, a global globalization, so it is obligatory for us to reject this thought.
And praise be to Allah, the rulers, perhaps if they find pressure from the people, they will respond to it, even among the rulers who do not care about applying the Shari'ah, as for the rulers who care about applying the Shari'ah and call for it on every occasion, we hope that the medicine is in their bellies, they do not need medicine from the outside.
And you have benefited us now, the liberal, we always hear the liberal,Therefore: It means: dissolution from the religion!