Is every one who innovates a disbeliever, like the Banu Umayyah?
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The questioner : Well, they, O our Shaykh, cite evidence for their statement. Before I mention their evidence, I have already discussed some of the evidence with them, and I will mention it to you so you may know your opinion on it, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : I said to them, if you say that everyone who innovates has committed disbelief, I mentioned to them the example, O my Shaykh, that you mentioned, and my brother Abu Hatim is looking at the state of your speech because he mentions an incident that happened in this regard. Among the things I said to them: The Banu Umayyah innovated; they changed some of the things that existed during the time of the Prophethood, such as imposing hereditary rule on the people, and that whoever raised his head against this matter would have his neck struck.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : They said that the Banu Umayyah did not change anything because when they ruled with hereditary rule, the prince was a Qurashi, and the condition is that he be a Qurashi. This is not to be heeded. So I said to them, if they did not change anything, what do you say about the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? If the tyrannical king is the same as what was done according to the original method of the Prophethood, why does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that it is raised, and then a tyrannical king appears? So there is a change and there is a modification. And they say, meaning in such a case, that this is a light matter, a trivial thing, if they changed it. I said to them, there is no light or trivial matter in disbelief; whoever is established as a disbeliever, and disbelief has degrees.
The Shaykh : Meaning, whoever denies a word from the Qur'an, such as denying a verse from the Qur'an, or denying a surah from the Qur'an, or denying the entire Qur'an!
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : I said to them, if you say that everyone who innovates has committed disbelief, I mentioned to them the example, O my Shaykh, that you mentioned, and my brother Abu Hatim is looking at the state of your speech because he mentions an incident that happened in this regard. Among the things I said to them: The Banu Umayyah innovated; they changed some of the things that existed during the time of the Prophethood, such as imposing hereditary rule on the people, and that whoever raised his head against this matter would have his neck struck.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : They said that the Banu Umayyah did not change anything because when they ruled with hereditary rule, the prince was a Qurashi, and the condition is that he be a Qurashi.
And their affair is [to be decided by] consultation among themselves.
وأمرهم شورى بينهمThe Prophethood will remain among you for as long as Allah wills, then Allah will take it away when He wills. Then there will be a Caliphate according to the method of the Prophethood for as long as Allah wills, then He will take it away when He wills. Then there will be a tyrannical king.
تكون النبوة فيكم ما شاء الله أن تكون ثم يرفعها الله إذا شاء ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة ما شاء الله أن تكون ثم يرفعها إذا شاء ثم يكون مالك عاضThe Shaykh : Meaning, whoever denies a word from the Qur'an, such as denying a verse from the Qur'an, or denying a surah from the Qur'an, or denying the entire Qur'an!
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