Request for the Shaykh to offer advice to the Salafis in Iraq.
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The questioner : We ask you, may Allah reward you, to offer advice to our Salafi brothers in Iraq regarding how to deal with other people, whether those who disagree with them or others.
The Shaykh : I think you have already received the answer previously.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Shaykh Mahmoud sends his greetings to you, conveys his salam, and wishes to see you.
The Shaykh : And upon him be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. And you, in turn, send your greetings to him and to everyone who asks about us.
The questioner : He wishes to see you.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, our Lord will gather us, and Iraq is free first, and then perhaps he has repented from his misguidance and returned to his Lord after this trial he was afflicted with, which was a cause for many trials of other Islamic states, foremost among them Saudi Arabia and those who joined it.
The questioner : Most of the current governments ruling the Islamic countries came to power in an un-Islamic manner, through coups or established by the colonizers. We ask these governments: we have heard some of your fatwas that it is not permissible to oppose them and one must seek their permission. So we ask about the legitimate government that we must obey and not oppose?
The Shaykh : It is the one that declares the rule of Islam and actually applies what it declares.
The questioner : And if it does not, if it did not apply and did not declare Islam?
The Shaykh : Okay, let us see what happens if it does not. Do we rise against it? We tell you no. So we need to see what is in it.
The questioner : Meaning, as assistance to our Muslim brothers, these governments may not permit us to assist them, so is it obligatory for us to obey them in this case?
The Shaykh : Make your example realistic, my brother. Assisting your Muslim brothers, for example, the Iraqis?
The questioner : For example, the Iraqis.
The Shaykh : Okay, the question is not clear because the answer does not allow it. But you want to say that they do not allow assistance to...
The questioner : Financial, material assistance.
The Shaykh : And this is also permissible.
Al-Halabi : He speaks about some of the Gulf countries due to the presence of...
The Shaykh : Yes, this falls under the rule that if a greater harm results from this assistance than the benefit the person intends to achieve, then the benefit turns into harm; otherwise, it is obligatory to carry out this benefit. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : I think you have already received the answer previously.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Shaykh Mahmoud sends his greetings to you, conveys his salam, and wishes to see you.
The Shaykh : And upon him be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. And you, in turn, send your greetings to him and to everyone who asks about us.
The questioner : He wishes to see you.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, our Lord will gather us, and Iraq is free first, and then perhaps he has repented from his misguidance and returned to his Lord after this trial he was afflicted with, which was a cause for many trials of other Islamic states, foremost among them Saudi Arabia and those who joined it.
The questioner : Most of the current governments ruling the Islamic countries came to power in an un-Islamic manner, through coups or established by the colonizers. We ask these governments: we have heard some of your fatwas that it is not permissible to oppose them and one must seek their permission. So we ask about the legitimate government that we must obey and not oppose?
The Shaykh : It is the one that declares the rule of Islam and actually applies what it declares.
The questioner : And if it does not, if it did not apply and did not declare Islam?
The Shaykh : Okay, let us see what happens if it does not. Do we rise against it? We tell you no. So we need to see what is in it.
The questioner : Meaning, as assistance to our Muslim brothers, these governments may not permit us to assist them, so is it obligatory for us to obey them in this case?
The Shaykh : Make your example realistic, my brother. Assisting your Muslim brothers, for example, the Iraqis?
The questioner : For example, the Iraqis.
The Shaykh : Okay, the question is not clear because the answer does not allow it. But you want to say that they do not allow assistance to...
The questioner : Financial, material assistance.
The Shaykh : And this is also permissible.
Al-Halabi : He speaks about some of the Gulf countries due to the presence of...
The Shaykh : Yes, this falls under the rule that if a greater harm results from this assistance than the benefit the person intends to achieve, then the benefit turns into harm; otherwise, it is obligatory to carry out this benefit. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
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