What is your opinion regarding the explosions that took place in al-Khubar and the Muslims and protected non-Muslims who died in them?

The questioner : Your Eminence, it is not hidden from you the explosion incident that previously occurred in al-Ulaya, in which the lives of protected non-Muslims and others were taken, and the events of the foolish and the ignorant. You know the magnitude of this act and its contradiction of the command of Allah and the command of His Messenger, its disregard for the evidence of the Shari'ah, its belittling of the opinions of the scholars and those firmly grounded in knowledge, and its defiance and hostility toward the one in authority. Now that a new explosion has occurred in al-Khubar, is there a word to clarify the religion of Allah the Exalted regarding this, and to warn against this dangerous precipice that a group of young people have taken, and they are few, praise be to Allah? This is derived from the action of the Khawarij, and they may not know that they are doing so, and that their action is the action of the Khawarij? Is there a clarification of the religion of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He?

The Shaykh : By Allah, there is no doubt that this action is one that no sane person, let alone a believer, approves of, because it is contrary to the Book and the Sunnah, and because it harms Islam internally and externally. For all those who hear about this news attribute it only to those who hold fast to Islam, and then they say: "These are the Muslims; these are the morals of Islam." And Islam is innocent of this. So in reality, they have harmed Islam above all else. We ask Allah the Exalted to reward them with His justice for this great harm.
Second: They have harmed their brothers who are committed to the religion. Because if people, even Muslims, imagine that this is done by one who claims to be Muslim and who is zealous for Islam, they will hate the one whose morals are like this, and they will assume that these are the morals of every committed person. It is well known that this does not represent any of the committed people at all, because the truly committed person is the one who adheres to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not hidden from us all that Allah the Exalted commanded the fulfillment of covenants and the fulfillment of contracts, and He said: It is not hidden from us that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is also not hidden from us that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is also not hidden from us that safety or security and a lease can be granted even by one of the Muslims, even if he is not the one in authority, even if he is a woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So how much more so if this safety is from the rulers? This is the very enmity toward Allah and His Messenger, and the very defiance of Allah and His Messenger.
Third: Even if we assume, in the worst-case scenario, that the state to which those who were killed belong is a state hostile to Islam, what is the sin of these people? These people came by the order of their government, and they did not come; some of them may have come unwillingly and do not want to commit aggression. Then what is the sin of the Muslims residing there? Several Muslims from this country were killed; several of these people were harmed, including children, old women, and old men, in their safety, in their night, while resting on their beds. Therefore, this is considered one of the ugliest crimes. But by the power of Allah, they will be found, if Allah wills, and they will receive their due. However, it is obligatory for students of knowledge to clarify that this methodology is a vile methodology, the methodology of the Khawarij who made the blood of Muslims lawful and stopped from the blood of the polytheists. And these people are either ignorant, or foolish, or hateful. They are ignorant because they do not know the Shari'ah. The Shari'ah commands the fulfillment of the covenant, and the most faithful religion in the covenant is the religion of Islam, praise be to Allah.
They are also foolish, because what will result from this incident is harm that only Allah the Mighty and Majestic knows. I mean, this is not a means of reform, even if they say: In reality, they are the corrupters, or they are hateful toward this country and its people. Because we do not know, praise be to Allah, a country that implements Islam as this country does now. Do the Islamic countries not have graves that are worshipped besides Allah? Do they not have houses of prostitution? Do they not have unlawful sexual intercourse? Do they not have sodomy? Do they not have intoxicants openly in the markets? Do their rulers not declare that they rule by laws, not by the Book and the Sunnah? So what do they want? What do they want from this action of theirs? Do they want reform? By Allah, they are not reformers; they are corrupters. But we must know how recklessness and zeal, which is dust and not true zeal, reaches this extent? And there is no doubt that this is also a harm, in the fourth or fifth degree, to this country and its people, and the terrorizing of the secure. Every person is amazed at how this happens in this secure country. But we ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to disgrace these people and to reveal to the rulers them and those who planned these crimes, so that they may judge them by the judgment of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes, the question is for the guests only.