What is the advice regarding manifestations of contradiction with the Shari'ah?
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Question:
This questioner says: Do you not notice, Your Eminence, that there is a contradiction in the Muslim society; for the Shari'ah forbids intoxicants, yet people consume them in their gatherings, especially a large group of those who are supposed to be responsible for academic, educational, and media integrity. Likewise, the prohibition of women appearing in the media? Is this intended to apply only to the Saudi woman, or is the intention to apply the Shari'ah in all of Allah's earth?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the contradiction exists, there is no doubt that it exists, and we ask Allah for guidance for everyone. These are the fruits of not ruling by the Shari'ah. If the Shari'ah is ruled by, the contradiction disappears, and if the Shari'ah is not ruled by, the contradiction occurs.
So it is obligatory for every Muslim who rules by the Shari'ah to beware of intoxicants, and to beware of selling them, buying them, and approving them in his land, and to prevent them strictly. This is what is required of the Muslims, government and people alike: that they cooperate in preventing what Allah has forbidden, such as intoxicants, unlawful sexual intercourse, sodomy, and all else that Allah has forbidden them. They should cooperate in this. Likewise, preventing women from tabarruj (displaying adornment) and ikhtilat (free mixing) with men—the ikhtilat that Allah has forbidden—and employing them among men. All of this must be prevented if the people are ruling by the Shari'ah.
But if they are lenient, all evil occurs. Leniency in ruling by the Shari'ah is a means for the occurrence of evils and contradictions. Caring for ruling by the Shari'ah, striving for it, and mobilizing the scholars in these matters so that they convey Allah's rulings, and so that His rulings are applied among His servants; this is the path of salvation, and this is the path of happiness. Not in the media, nor in anything else. The media and all the affairs of the state and all the affairs of the Muslims must be subject to the ruling of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) . It is not permissible for the believer or the ruler to contradict what Allah has made obligatory upon him. Likewise, the individuals among the people, men and women, they must rule by the Shari'ah of Allah, let them beware of what Allah has forbidden, and let them cooperate in righteousness and taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). This is how the believers are.
This questioner says: Do you not notice, Your Eminence, that there is a contradiction in the Muslim society; for the Shari'ah forbids intoxicants, yet people consume them in their gatherings, especially a large group of those who are supposed to be responsible for academic, educational, and media integrity. Likewise, the prohibition of women appearing in the media? Is this intended to apply only to the Saudi woman, or is the intention to apply the Shari'ah in all of Allah's earth?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the contradiction exists, there is no doubt that it exists, and we ask Allah for guidance for everyone. These are the fruits of not ruling by the Shari'ah. If the Shari'ah is ruled by, the contradiction disappears, and if the Shari'ah is not ruled by, the contradiction occurs.
So it is obligatory for every Muslim who rules by the Shari'ah to beware of intoxicants, and to beware of selling them, buying them, and approving them in his land, and to prevent them strictly. This is what is required of the Muslims, government and people alike: that they cooperate in preventing what Allah has forbidden, such as intoxicants, unlawful sexual intercourse, sodomy, and all else that Allah has forbidden them. They should cooperate in this. Likewise, preventing women from tabarruj (displaying adornment) and ikhtilat (free mixing) with men—the ikhtilat that Allah has forbidden—and employing them among men. All of this must be prevented if the people are ruling by the Shari'ah.
But if they are lenient, all evil occurs. Leniency in ruling by the Shari'ah is a means for the occurrence of evils and contradictions. Caring for ruling by the Shari'ah, striving for it, and mobilizing the scholars in these matters so that they convey Allah's rulings, and so that His rulings are applied among His servants; this is the path of salvation, and this is the path of happiness. Not in the media, nor in anything else. The media and all the affairs of the state and all the affairs of the Muslims must be subject to the ruling of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) . It is not permissible for the believer or the ruler to contradict what Allah has made obligatory upon him. Likewise, the individuals among the people, men and women, they must rule by the Shari'ah of Allah, let them beware of what Allah has forbidden, and let them cooperate in righteousness and taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). This is how the believers are.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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