What is the authenticity of the hadith: (Do not occupy yourselves with supplicating against your rulers)?
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The questioner : O my master,The Shaykh : The authenticity of the hadith that passed by me, which says: Mishkat al-Masabih 3721?
The Shaykh : It is not authentic... Yes, it is permissible; if you have someone better than him, do not pray behind him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The people, I mean, need to hear what the remedy is...
The Shaykh : The remedy is returning to acting upon the Book and the Sunnah, every Muslim, every Muslim knows the remedy, but they do not do it, every Muslim.
The questioner : The principle in this matter is that the scholars are the eyes of the ummah (the Muslim community), clarifying the path, illuminating the path.
The Shaykh : My brother, it is clarified—may Allah bless you—but we clarify the things that are not clear to them. Now I tell you: Is it not clear that dealing in riba (usury or interest) is forbidden?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : Fine; the majority of Muslims deal in riba (usury or interest).
The questioner : Because, in principle, you know that in the absence of governance, there will be many issues, I mean.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : I mean, now the people—pardon me, sir—there are issues on the Palestinian scene, on the public scene... there are many issues at the level of the political scene, the people need to hear about them.
The Shaykh : One session, this will not happen.
The questioner : It will not happen; I mean, we need sessions.
The Shaykh : We hold sessions, two or three sessions a week.
So do not occupy yourselves with invoking curses on kings
لا تشغلوا أنفسكم بالدُّعاء على حكَّامكمThe Shaykh : It is not authentic... Yes, it is permissible; if you have someone better than him, do not pray behind him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The people, I mean, need to hear what the remedy is...
The Shaykh : The remedy is returning to acting upon the Book and the Sunnah, every Muslim, every Muslim knows the remedy, but they do not do it, every Muslim.
The questioner : The principle in this matter is that the scholars are the eyes of the ummah (the Muslim community), clarifying the path, illuminating the path.
The Shaykh : My brother, it is clarified—may Allah bless you—but we clarify the things that are not clear to them. Now I tell you: Is it not clear that dealing in riba (usury or interest) is forbidden?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : Fine; the majority of Muslims deal in riba (usury or interest).
The questioner : Because, in principle, you know that in the absence of governance, there will be many issues, I mean.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : I mean, now the people—pardon me, sir—there are issues on the Palestinian scene, on the public scene... there are many issues at the level of the political scene, the people need to hear about them.
The Shaykh : One session, this will not happen.
The questioner : It will not happen; I mean, we need sessions.
The Shaykh : We hold sessions, two or three sessions a week.
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