Ruling on rebelling against a ruler who does not implement the Shari'ah
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Question:
The Shaykh mentioned in his speech that it is not permissible to remove a wrong with a greater wrong. Is it permissible to rebel against a ruler who has suspended the hudud (fixed punishments), opened bars, imprisoned Muslims, and restricted the building of mosques? Please inform us; I mean killing the ruler?
Answer:
What he mentioned in the seminar is a legal principle. This is a legal principle: that it is not permissible to denounce a wrong if it leads to something more wrong than it. So, if the denunciation of a person who sits drinking intoxicants, or committing another wrong, causes a greater evil, such as killing or the like, it is left alone so that what is more wrong does not occur.
Likewise, the killing of rulers and leaders is something the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade rebelling against them, because killing them causes what is greater than fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), chaos, and the killing of innocents, among other things. When the rulers who commit sins were complained about to him, they said: "Shall we not fight them?" He said: And he said: And he said: Sahih Muslim 98 And he said: Bulugh al-Maram 9:40.
Therefore, rebelling against the authorities is not permissible if it causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil, or if they have not displayed open disbelief. However, if they display open disbelief and there is a coercive force capable of removing this ruler and placing a better ruler in his stead, without harm to the Muslims, then this is permissible. As for what some people do in the way of assassinations and evils that cause corruption among the Muslims, this is a wrong that is not permissible. This is removing a wrong with a wrong that is more evil and uglier than it; so it is not permissible.
The Shaykh mentioned in his speech that it is not permissible to remove a wrong with a greater wrong. Is it permissible to rebel against a ruler who has suspended the hudud (fixed punishments), opened bars, imprisoned Muslims, and restricted the building of mosques? Please inform us; I mean killing the ruler?
Answer:
What he mentioned in the seminar is a legal principle. This is a legal principle: that it is not permissible to denounce a wrong if it leads to something more wrong than it. So, if the denunciation of a person who sits drinking intoxicants, or committing another wrong, causes a greater evil, such as killing or the like, it is left alone so that what is more wrong does not occur.
Likewise, the killing of rulers and leaders is something the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade rebelling against them, because killing them causes what is greater than fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), chaos, and the killing of innocents, among other things. When the rulers who commit sins were complained about to him, they said: "Shall we not fight them?" He said:
No, as long as they establish prayer among you, except if you see from them open disbelief with which you have proof from Allah
لا ما أقاموا فيكم الصلاة إلا أن تروا كفرًا بواحًا عندكم فيه من الله برهانPay them their due, and ask Allah for what is yours
أدوا إليهم حقهم، واسألوا الله الذي لكمHe who took up arms against us is not of us.
من حمل علينا السلاح؛ فليس مناHe who comes to you when you are united and wants to disunite your community, kill him.
من أتاكم وأمركم جميع يريد أن يفرق جماعتكم فاقتلوه كائنًا من كانTherefore, rebelling against the authorities is not permissible if it causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil, or if they have not displayed open disbelief. However, if they display open disbelief and there is a coercive force capable of removing this ruler and placing a better ruler in his stead, without harm to the Muslims, then this is permissible. As for what some people do in the way of assassinations and evils that cause corruption among the Muslims, this is a wrong that is not permissible. This is removing a wrong with a wrong that is more evil and uglier than it; so it is not permissible.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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