What is the ruling on entering parliaments for the sake of reform?
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The questioner : A question regarding politics; there are brothers of ours who ask us to enter this parliament that they call it! But on the condition of reform; if reform is absent, they exit or we exit. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to enter the parliaments that exist today in Arab governments, and I do not say: Islamic governments; because they are not established upon the Islamic system. "The end does not justify the means"; that is, entering for the sake of reform. This is imaginary talk. Can the perfumer fix what time has spoiled? The reality is that many of the Muslims, when they enter such parliaments in order to reform, they themselves are reformed! That is, they are corrupted; because of the mix of deputies, the majority of whom are not Islamic. You find them, for example, the majority are beardless. So when the one claiming reform for the sake of reform enters, and he has a magnificent beard, the first reform begins with his beard! He keeps taking from it and taking from it until it becomes a beard according to the way of some of the common people in the Syrian lands; where they say there: "The best of chins is a sign that is made." Do you understand this speech?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, and he enters wearing the Arab Islamic dress; so when he finds the society around him wearing foreign Western clothes, he keeps evolving until he changes his Islamic attire. This is what we see and touch with our hands in those who enter the parliaments -in their claim- for reform, and behold, they return to corruption in their own selves. And so our Messenger, may Allah and his family bless him, disciplined us and disciplined us well, and taught us and taught us well; among that, he said to us:. So these who enter the parliaments circle around the sanctuary; and they fall into it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you likewise.
The questioner : A final question: just about the hadith: Is it authentic?
The Shaykh : No, it is weak.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you.
The questioner : O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Another question from my brother "Ahmad"; I tell you: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings, and may Allah reward you with good and preserve you and benefit us with your knowledge, and if Allah wills we will meet you. We ask Allah that we meet in this world, and that He gathers us with the Paradise, near our Prophet and the truthful ones and the martyrs and the righteous. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, and upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings and His forgiveness.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : How are you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I praise Allah to you.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to enter the parliaments that exist today in Arab governments, and I do not say: Islamic governments; because they are not established upon the Islamic system. "The end does not justify the means"; that is, entering for the sake of reform. This is imaginary talk. Can the perfumer fix what time has spoiled? The reality is that many of the Muslims, when they enter such parliaments in order to reform, they themselves are reformed! That is, they are corrupted; because of the mix of deputies, the majority of whom are not Islamic. You find them, for example, the majority are beardless. So when the one claiming reform for the sake of reform enters, and he has a magnificent beard, the first reform begins with his beard! He keeps taking from it and taking from it until it becomes a beard according to the way of some of the common people in the Syrian lands; where they say there: "The best of chins is a sign that is made." Do you understand this speech?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, and he enters wearing the Arab Islamic dress; so when he finds the society around him wearing foreign Western clothes, he keeps evolving until he changes his Islamic attire. This is what we see and touch with our hands in those who enter the parliaments -in their claim- for reform, and behold, they return to corruption in their own selves. And so our Messenger, may Allah and his family bless him, disciplined us and disciplined us well, and taught us and taught us well; among that, he said to us:
Indeed, the lawful is clear and the forbidden is clear, and between them are ambiguous matters that many people do not know. So whoever avoids the ambiguous matters has purified himself for his religion and his honor. Verily, every king has a sanctuary, and verily, the sanctuary of Allah is His prohibitions. And verily, whoever circles around the sanctuary is likely to fall into it.
إِنَّ الْحَلاَلَ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ وَبَيْنَهُمَا أُمُورٌ مَُشَتبِهَاتٌ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَمَنِ اِتَّقَى الْشُّبُهَاتِ فَقَدْ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ؛ أَلاَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمَى، أَلاَ وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللهِ مَحَارِمَهُ، ألاَ وَمَنْ حَامَ حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيهِThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you likewise.
The questioner : A final question: just about the hadith:
Fear the insight of the believer
اتقوا فراسة المؤمنThe Shaykh : No, it is weak.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you.
The questioner : O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Another question from my brother "Ahmad"; I tell you: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings, and may Allah reward you with good and preserve you and benefit us with your knowledge, and if Allah wills we will meet you. We ask Allah that we meet in this world, and that He gathers us with the Paradise, near our Prophet and the truthful ones and the martyrs and the righteous. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, and upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings and His forgiveness.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : How are you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I praise Allah to you.
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