If this government were offered to the Salafis and they were told: Submit to our government and join us, what is the ruling and the course of action?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, if they were offered this after the establishment of this state that was imposed on all of Afghanistan—a government whose nature Allah knows best, which is suspicious in the eyes of many people—and if it was imposed on them and they were told, "This government requires you to submit to our rule," what should they do?
The Shaykh : They should look into it. If the government, first of all, does not originate from the people, and as you say—and the reality is so, and Allah knows best—that it was imposed on the people, especially since they claim it is temporary. In reality, this is part of the stratagem of the Americans and their like. They had prepared the ground beforehand, and even when Yar was in power, some of his words indicated that he agreed to a temporary government and wanted to impose elections, because he believed that the overwhelming majority of the Afghan people were with him, so he was guaranteed success. There is no doubt that the system of elections is never an Islamic system. So the important point now is that the government is first imposed by force and is temporary. If the elite of the Afghan people—meaning, of course, the scholars and jurists—do not see, based on their knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, that they should submit to this imposed government, and if the greater power is with them, then they should not submit. Yes. However, if fighting is likely to occur between two things, then they should find a new opinion that is in the path of preserving blood and protecting it, in the name of Allah.
The questioner : O Allah, as you mentioned, Shaykh, there is intense stratagem on their part.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner : The Americans, to the extent that they cause many Muslims to fall into confusion by arranging...
The Shaykh : ...from their plots.
The questioner : ...and they study them thoroughly until the Muslim falls into confusion. They involve scholars in them and non-scholars, and they divide the people. Therefore, Muslims must unite around their scholars so that they may be guided by their guidance, so that their ranks are not fragmented and they are not scattered.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, if they were offered this after the establishment of this state that was imposed on all of Afghanistan—a government whose nature Allah knows best, which is suspicious in the eyes of many people—and if it was imposed on them and they were told, "This government requires you to submit to our rule," what should they do?
The Shaykh : They should look into it. If the government, first of all, does not originate from the people, and as you say—and the reality is so, and Allah knows best—that it was imposed on the people, especially since they claim it is temporary. In reality, this is part of the stratagem of the Americans and their like. They had prepared the ground beforehand, and even when Yar was in power, some of his words indicated that he agreed to a temporary government and wanted to impose elections, because he believed that the overwhelming majority of the Afghan people were with him, so he was guaranteed success. There is no doubt that the system of elections is never an Islamic system. So the important point now is that the government is first imposed by force and is temporary. If the elite of the Afghan people—meaning, of course, the scholars and jurists—do not see, based on their knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, that they should submit to this imposed government, and if the greater power is with them, then they should not submit. Yes. However, if fighting is likely to occur between two things, then they should find a new opinion that is in the path of preserving blood and protecting it, in the name of Allah.
The questioner : O Allah, as you mentioned, Shaykh, there is intense stratagem on their part.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner : The Americans, to the extent that they cause many Muslims to fall into confusion by arranging...
The Shaykh : ...from their plots.
The questioner : ...and they study them thoroughly until the Muslim falls into confusion. They involve scholars in them and non-scholars, and they divide the people. Therefore, Muslims must unite around their scholars so that they may be guided by their guidance, so that their ranks are not fragmented and they are not scattered.
The Shaykh : Yes.