The Shaykh’s verification of the fatwas of Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen regarding entering parliament.
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The Shaykh: Good, so I think you will find a summary of this speech there in detail. This is the first thing. The second thing: is it true thatThe Shaykh : Ibn Baz andThe Shaykh : Ibn Uthaymeen hold that the Muslim youth should enter into elections and enter into parliament.
The questioner: Yes, they issue fatwas to that effect, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: They issue fatwas to that effect?
The questioner : The Shaykh : Ibn Uthaymeen andThe Shaykh : Ibn Baz, as forThe Shaykh : Ibn Uthaymeen, he says this is obligatory for the Muslim youth: if he sees in himself that he can forbid what is wrong or alleviate some of the harms upon the Muslim community from these parliaments, then he must enter into it. And if he enters and feels that he is unable to forbid these wrongs, then he must withdraw from parliament.
The Shaykh: Okay, so does he have a recorded fatwa on a tape, or in a book, or what?
The questioner: On a tape and in writing, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: In writing?
The questioner: Yes, in writing and recorded, all of it.
The Shaykh: In writing in which publication?
Another questioner: Al-Istijabah li-Ansar al-Sunnah
The questioner: The Kuwaiti brothers came to the country, and there they conducted a pollThe Shaykh : of Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen andThe Shaykh : Abdul Aziz ibn Baz
The questioner: Yes, they issue fatwas to that effect, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: They issue fatwas to that effect?
The questioner : The Shaykh : Ibn Uthaymeen andThe Shaykh : Ibn Baz, as forThe Shaykh : Ibn Uthaymeen, he says this is obligatory for the Muslim youth: if he sees in himself that he can forbid what is wrong or alleviate some of the harms upon the Muslim community from these parliaments, then he must enter into it. And if he enters and feels that he is unable to forbid these wrongs, then he must withdraw from parliament.
The Shaykh: Okay, so does he have a recorded fatwa on a tape, or in a book, or what?
The questioner: On a tape and in writing, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: In writing?
The questioner: Yes, in writing and recorded, all of it.
The Shaykh: In writing in which publication?
Another questioner: Al-Istijabah li-Ansar al-Sunnah
The questioner: The Kuwaiti brothers came to the country, and there they conducted a pollThe Shaykh : of Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen andThe Shaykh : Abdul Aziz ibn Baz
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