What is your opinion on the term "the replaced ruler," who was the first to use it, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding it?
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The questioner : What is your opinion on the term "the replaced ruler," who was the first to use it, or which was the first group to use it, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding it?
The Shaykh : What is the second word? The ruler, what?
The questioner : The term "the replaced ruler."
The Shaykh : What? The ruler, what?
The questioner : The replaced one.
The Shaykh : The tyrant.
The questioner : The replaced one, the replaced one means the ruler who replaces the ruling of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with the law of Allah; a replaced ruler.
The Shaykh : Replaced, meaning, no, no, it does not mean the ruler who rules by other than what Allah has revealed?
The questioner : Yes, yes, the replaced one, the ruling of Allah.
The Shaykh : Replaced, so the question is then about the ruler who rules by other than what Allah has revealed. Complete the question so we can see?
The questioner : What is your opinion on the term "the replaced ruler," who was the first to use it, or which was the first group to use it, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding it?
The Shaykh : I do not know this. Why? Is there a Muslim who says it is permissible not to rule by what Allah has revealed? No Muslim dares to say that, until it becomes established and we are able to determine who first said that. This question is the first time it has come to me. The previous questions were repeated often, and we heard them and discussed them with their proponents and opponents, and so on. But this last question has no basis in truth at all. If the question were "What is the ruling on one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed," there would be a wide scope for answering it. But "who was the first to say the replaced ruler," did you understand this question?
The questioner : I understand what he is saying.
The Shaykh : Good, explain this question to us in your own words. What is meant by it?
The questioner : What is meant by it is the ruler who rules by other than what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has revealed. He replaced the law, meaning, or he replaced things from his own position contrary to what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has legislated. So does this ruler deserve to be rebelled against or not? Is this what is meant by the question?
The Shaykh : What is the benefit of knowing who first replaced, if that is the correct expression?
The questioner : Yes, he wants to know which... which group or who said this statement, meaning.
The Shaykh : We do not know, because this replacement is not conceivable to have a beginning, because the evil comes gradually. We know, for example, that the Rightly Guided Caliphs ruled by Islam in its entirety. But the rulers who came after them, such as the Umayyads, were not all the same in ruling by Islam in all its aspects. We know, for example, from correct Islamic history that the best ruler, indeed caliph, among the Umayyads was 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz. But those before him and those after him were not like him in ruling by Islam; rather, they ruled by Islam to a great extent but were lenient in applying Islam in some of its aspects. The greatest example is that 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him), when he assumed the caliphate and married his wife Fatimah, and I forgot, she was the daughter of one of the Umayyad kings, so she was wealthy and very rich. He returned all her money to the treasury of the Muslims. Why? Because this money came to her through an unlawful path from her father and her uncle, and so on. So deviating from ruling by what Allah has revealed did not come as a sudden burst, but it came gradually. And we do not know of any Muslim who declared openly, "I do not accept the ruling of Allah as religion, but rather the earthly, man-made laws." So in brief, I say: there is no benefit in determining who first fits the description of the statement of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He said regarding the Jews:[Al-Baqarah 2:61]. We do not know who first established this evil practice of adopting earthly laws and preferring them over.
The Shaykh : What is the second word? The ruler, what?
The questioner : The term "the replaced ruler."
The Shaykh : What? The ruler, what?
The questioner : The replaced one.
The Shaykh : The tyrant.
The questioner : The replaced one, the replaced one means the ruler who replaces the ruling of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with the law of Allah; a replaced ruler.
The Shaykh : Replaced, meaning, no, no, it does not mean the ruler who rules by other than what Allah has revealed?
The questioner : Yes, yes, the replaced one, the ruling of Allah.
The Shaykh : Replaced, so the question is then about the ruler who rules by other than what Allah has revealed. Complete the question so we can see?
The questioner : What is your opinion on the term "the replaced ruler," who was the first to use it, or which was the first group to use it, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding it?
The Shaykh : I do not know this. Why? Is there a Muslim who says it is permissible not to rule by what Allah has revealed? No Muslim dares to say that, until it becomes established and we are able to determine who first said that. This question is the first time it has come to me. The previous questions were repeated often, and we heard them and discussed them with their proponents and opponents, and so on. But this last question has no basis in truth at all. If the question were "What is the ruling on one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed," there would be a wide scope for answering it. But "who was the first to say the replaced ruler," did you understand this question?
The questioner : I understand what he is saying.
The Shaykh : Good, explain this question to us in your own words. What is meant by it?
The questioner : What is meant by it is the ruler who rules by other than what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has revealed. He replaced the law, meaning, or he replaced things from his own position contrary to what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has legislated. So does this ruler deserve to be rebelled against or not? Is this what is meant by the question?
The Shaykh : What is the benefit of knowing who first replaced, if that is the correct expression?
The questioner : Yes, he wants to know which... which group or who said this statement, meaning.
The Shaykh : We do not know, because this replacement is not conceivable to have a beginning, because the evil comes gradually. We know, for example, that the Rightly Guided Caliphs ruled by Islam in its entirety. But the rulers who came after them, such as the Umayyads, were not all the same in ruling by Islam in all its aspects. We know, for example, from correct Islamic history that the best ruler, indeed caliph, among the Umayyads was 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz. But those before him and those after him were not like him in ruling by Islam; rather, they ruled by Islam to a great extent but were lenient in applying Islam in some of its aspects. The greatest example is that 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him), when he assumed the caliphate and married his wife Fatimah, and I forgot, she was the daughter of one of the Umayyad kings, so she was wealthy and very rich. He returned all her money to the treasury of the Muslims. Why? Because this money came to her through an unlawful path from her father and her uncle, and so on. So deviating from ruling by what Allah has revealed did not come as a sudden burst, but it came gradually. And we do not know of any Muslim who declared openly, "I do not accept the ruling of Allah as religion, but rather the earthly, man-made laws." So in brief, I say: there is no benefit in determining who first fits the description of the statement of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He said regarding the Jews:
Would you exchange what is better for what is less?
أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَى بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ
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