If the pledge of allegiance were made to someone who is not from Quraysh, would this pledge be considered legitimate?
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The questioner: That is, the question may be a follow-up to what has passed, regarding the condition that the imams be from Quraysh. Now they are imposing this condition. We said that they removed the curriculum entirely and prohibited its study.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: Its name is "Shari'ah Politics," and its study is prohibited.
The Shaykh: In which book was this?
The questioner: It was in the upgraded secondary schools.
The Shaykh: The secondary schools.
The questioner: The upgraded ones. These are new curricula, and there was a book called "Shari'ah Politics" that was taught.
The Shaykh : To whom?
The questioner: It was composed by several...
The Shaykh: ...authors.
The questioner: Authors who set the conditions for the imam and the conditions for the caliph. Among the conditions was that the imams be from Quraysh. It was reviewed by higher authorities, and the book was finally cancelled and not taught.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: Now, if the scholars, for example, threaten to withdraw the pledge of allegiance because they say that the ruling has deviated from the foundation, how do you view the pledge when they stipulated that the caliphate or the imamate must be in a specific family, clan, or group? Is such a pledge legitimate or not?
The Shaykh: First, pledges like those of groups and political parties are all not prescribed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And we do not have a pledge of allegiance to anyone other than the Muslim caliph.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So when these people pledged allegiance, it is not permissible. To say "it is permissible" means they did something that is not permissible. However, its impermissibility comes from two aspects. The first aspect is if they pledged on the basis that this person is the caliph of the Muslims, then it is worse than if they pledged that he is the ruler of this state.
The questioner: The imam of the Muslims.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: Its name is "Shari'ah Politics," and its study is prohibited.
The Shaykh: In which book was this?
The questioner: It was in the upgraded secondary schools.
The Shaykh: The secondary schools.
The questioner: The upgraded ones. These are new curricula, and there was a book called "Shari'ah Politics" that was taught.
The Shaykh : To whom?
The questioner: It was composed by several...
The Shaykh: ...authors.
The questioner: Authors who set the conditions for the imam and the conditions for the caliph. Among the conditions was that the imams be from Quraysh. It was reviewed by higher authorities, and the book was finally cancelled and not taught.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: Now, if the scholars, for example, threaten to withdraw the pledge of allegiance because they say that the ruling has deviated from the foundation, how do you view the pledge when they stipulated that the caliphate or the imamate must be in a specific family, clan, or group? Is such a pledge legitimate or not?
The Shaykh: First, pledges like those of groups and political parties are all not prescribed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And we do not have a pledge of allegiance to anyone other than the Muslim caliph.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So when these people pledged allegiance, it is not permissible. To say "it is permissible" means they did something that is not permissible. However, its impermissibility comes from two aspects. The first aspect is if they pledged on the basis that this person is the caliph of the Muslims, then it is worse than if they pledged that he is the ruler of this state.
The questioner: The imam of the Muslims.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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