The Spread of Innovations and the Severity of Adjudicating by Man-Made Laws
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Question:
In Kuwait, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has approved the holding, indeed the organizing, of celebrations with the attendance of some officials. If you would be so kind—may Allah reward you with good—to clarify, denounce, and advise through the Department of Ifta at the ministry level—may Allah reward you with good—in order to combat religious innovations?
Answer:
This is a reality in Kuwait, and in many other countries besides. Things greater than this have occurred, such as the suspension of the Shari'ah and the adjudication by man-made laws. The adjudication by man-made laws in Kuwait and elsewhere is greater and more serious than religious innovation. We ask Allah to guide them.
This exists in Egypt and in the Levant, and in Iraq, and in many other countries. They take as a model the doing of what is wrong, which is not a model to follow. Indeed, in the Levant, in Egypt, and elsewhere, there is the worship of graves and the worship of the awliya (close friends of Allah) other than Allah. Domes and mosques are built upon them, and they are worshipped other than Allah, and they are called upon other than Allah, at the shrine of al-Badawi, at the shrine of al-Husayn, and at others. In the Levant and elsewhere, there are idols worshipped alongside Allah. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. This is alongside the adjudication by man-made laws in the transactions of people, in their blood, instead of the Shari'ah. These are great matters of denunciation.
We ask Allah to guide them to success, and we ask Allah to grant the rulers of the Muslims in every place success in returning to the truth, establishing the Shari'ah, and abandoning what contradicts it.
In Kuwait, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has approved the holding, indeed the organizing, of celebrations with the attendance of some officials. If you would be so kind—may Allah reward you with good—to clarify, denounce, and advise through the Department of Ifta at the ministry level—may Allah reward you with good—in order to combat religious innovations?
Answer:
This is a reality in Kuwait, and in many other countries besides. Things greater than this have occurred, such as the suspension of the Shari'ah and the adjudication by man-made laws. The adjudication by man-made laws in Kuwait and elsewhere is greater and more serious than religious innovation. We ask Allah to guide them.
This exists in Egypt and in the Levant, and in Iraq, and in many other countries. They take as a model the doing of what is wrong, which is not a model to follow. Indeed, in the Levant, in Egypt, and elsewhere, there is the worship of graves and the worship of the awliya (close friends of Allah) other than Allah. Domes and mosques are built upon them, and they are worshipped other than Allah, and they are called upon other than Allah, at the shrine of al-Badawi, at the shrine of al-Husayn, and at others. In the Levant and elsewhere, there are idols worshipped alongside Allah. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. This is alongside the adjudication by man-made laws in the transactions of people, in their blood, instead of the Shari'ah. These are great matters of denunciation.
We ask Allah to guide them to success, and we ask Allah to grant the rulers of the Muslims in every place success in returning to the truth, establishing the Shari'ah, and abandoning what contradicts it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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