What is your opinion of those who permit rising up against a disbeliever ruler when able, on the grounds that his harm is less?
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The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Is Muhammad present?
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : O Shaykh, there are young men from Kuwait with you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : ... questions, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Just one question.
The questioner : One question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh. Some people among us say that it is permissible to rise up against a disbeliever ruler when able, and if there is in rising up against him a harm that is less than the harm present in the state of ... this ruler?
The Shaykh : Those who speak this way in this time do not know the time in which they are living. The question indicates, unfortunately, great ignorance, because a Muslim asks about something he is able to do, to reform himself, and to fear his Lord. As for posing hypothetical questions that have not materialized in this time, and have not materialized except if the Muslims return to being truly Muslim, then posing such questions is among the religious innovations from which the scholars of the Salaf used to warn. Perhaps you understood?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh Nasser.
The Shaykh : Then I say, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Is Muhammad present?
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : O Shaykh, there are young men from Kuwait with you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : ... questions, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Just one question.
The questioner : One question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh. Some people among us say that it is permissible to rise up against a disbeliever ruler when able, and if there is in rising up against him a harm that is less than the harm present in the state of ... this ruler?
The Shaykh : Those who speak this way in this time do not know the time in which they are living. The question indicates, unfortunately, great ignorance, because a Muslim asks about something he is able to do, to reform himself, and to fear his Lord. As for posing hypothetical questions that have not materialized in this time, and have not materialized except if the Muslims return to being truly Muslim, then posing such questions is among the religious innovations from which the scholars of the Salaf used to warn. Perhaps you understood?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh Nasser.
The Shaykh : Then I say, peace be upon you.
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