What is the ruling on one who legislates laws that contradict what is known from the religion by necessity, such as permitting zina and intoxicants?
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The questioner : Those who legislate laws that contradict what is known from the religion by necessity.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He legislates a law that permits zina, permits drinking intoxicants; these are not matters of unrestricted public interest. Is it considered...
The Shaykh : No, no. This is so even if he does not legislate laws. If he says zina is lawful, he is a disbeliever, unless he is a recent convert to Islam and does not know.
The questioner : This is the situation, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Is this the situation? Do you think there are laws in Muslim countries that say zina is lawful?
The questioner : It exists, O Shaykh, ninety percent?
The student: It exists, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is present.
The student: And they defend it.
The Shaykh : That zina is lawful?
The student: As for explicitly stating that it is lawful, I do not know. They have laws that regulate this act of immorality. As for explicitly stating that it is lawful, I do not know. They have laws in which they regulate this act of immorality, giving it a specific system and direction, specific times, and specific places, and so on.
The Shaykh : That means they consider it lawful. They do it as one who considers it lawful, but they do not state it explicitly.
The student: They do not state it explicitly.
Another student: But they say that if a woman commits zina on her husband's bed, he has the right to demand accountability and prosecute her. But if she commits zina on a bed other than her husband's, he does not have that right.
The Shaykh : So she is free? This permissibility is not just... You must review this. Is it true or not?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He legislates a law that permits zina, permits drinking intoxicants; these are not matters of unrestricted public interest. Is it considered...
The Shaykh : No, no. This is so even if he does not legislate laws. If he says zina is lawful, he is a disbeliever, unless he is a recent convert to Islam and does not know.
The questioner : This is the situation, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Is this the situation? Do you think there are laws in Muslim countries that say zina is lawful?
The questioner : It exists, O Shaykh, ninety percent?
The student: It exists, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is present.
The student: And they defend it.
The Shaykh : That zina is lawful?
The student: As for explicitly stating that it is lawful, I do not know. They have laws that regulate this act of immorality. As for explicitly stating that it is lawful, I do not know. They have laws in which they regulate this act of immorality, giving it a specific system and direction, specific times, and specific places, and so on.
The Shaykh : That means they consider it lawful. They do it as one who considers it lawful, but they do not state it explicitly.
The student: They do not state it explicitly.
Another student: But they say that if a woman commits zina on her husband's bed, he has the right to demand accountability and prosecute her. But if she commits zina on a bed other than her husband's, he does not have that right.
The Shaykh : So she is free? This permissibility is not just... You must review this. Is it true or not?