Is it a condition in the Shura Council or the Council of the Ummah that all its members be Muslims, excluding disbelievers?
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The questioner : The brother says: What is the ruling on Muslims entering the councils of the Ummah?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In the councils of the Ummah...?
The Shaykh : The Muslim Ummah, or the existing Ummah?
The questioner : The existing Ummah.
The Shaykh : The Muslim Ummah... should consist of nothing but righteous people, because this council is for consultation, and it should include the elite of the Ummah in terms of religion, opinion, and knowledge. But today, unfortunately, the good and the bad are mixed together. These councils and parliaments are all foreign methods. When the Muslim state is established—and may that be soon—all these systems will change, and there will no longer be councils called parliaments, or... a system of elections where votes are bought with money, dirhams, and dinars; all of this will become a thing of the past. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) once rebuked Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) for appointing a Christian as his scribe, just a scribe! Like any other employee, he said: "If you can find among the Muslims someone who can replace him, then replace him."
The questioner : I have a question... I pray the Fajr prayer in a mosque with the congregation, I pray with them...
The Shaykh : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In the councils of the Ummah...?
The Shaykh : The Muslim Ummah, or the existing Ummah?
The questioner : The existing Ummah.
The Shaykh : The Muslim Ummah... should consist of nothing but righteous people, because this council is for consultation, and it should include the elite of the Ummah in terms of religion, opinion, and knowledge. But today, unfortunately, the good and the bad are mixed together. These councils and parliaments are all foreign methods. When the Muslim state is established—and may that be soon—all these systems will change, and there will no longer be councils called parliaments, or... a system of elections where votes are bought with money, dirhams, and dinars; all of this will become a thing of the past. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) once rebuked Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) for appointing a Christian as his scribe, just a scribe! Like any other employee, he said: "If you can find among the Muslims someone who can replace him, then replace him."
The questioner : I have a question... I pray the Fajr prayer in a mosque with the congregation, I pray with them...
The Shaykh : ... .
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