What is the validity of the phrase: "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, does not want worship from people through compulsion and coercion, but rather that they worship Him willingly and out of love"?
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The questioner : Regarding the statement, if you permit me to ask, "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, does not want worship from people through compulsion and coercion, but rather that they worship Him willingly and out of love," is this phrase correct?
The Shaykh : Of course, it is correct.
The questioner : Now, if we compare this to a severe ruling, for example, forcing people to pray in some countries, or if the Shari'ah includes things where people are forced, for example, to perform obligatory duties or to abandon prohibited acts?
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Is there?
The Shaykh : Who is doing the forcing?
The questioner : I am saying that if in Islamic Shari'ah, in some matters, people are forced, for example, by rulers who compel people by force and coercion to perform these obligatory duties or to abandon these prohibited acts, how does this agree with the...?
The Shaykh : Are you asking about a practical matter?
The questioner : I am asking about a legal ruling.
The Shaykh : What is the legal ruling you are asking about?
The questioner : Brother Hussein, may Allah reward you with good, when...
The Shaykh : What business is it of yours and Brother Hussein? Tell me, what is the legal ruling you are asking about?
The questioner : The question was about, for example, the Islamic government.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you, what is the legal ruling? The Islamic government is not allowed to be an Islamic government? What is the legal ruling you are asking about in your statement "legal ruling"? It is not a legal ruling, so what do you mean? One moment you tell me Brother Hussein, the next moment you tell me the Islamic government. What is the legal ruling? The one who directs the question must have the question in his mind.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And he presents it, orders it, and regulates it, and then he poses it. But he does not understand the question; he sits and mumbles it and asks about it.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you and reward you with good.
The Shaykh : A legal ruling.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh :Sunan Ibn Majah 2535Sahih (Darussalam) Perhaps you mean something like this? A man commits unlawful sexual intercourse and the fixed punishment is carried out against him, or he steals, and so on. These are legal rulings; I do not think you mean them.
The questioner : I do not mean them.
The Shaykh : So what do you mean?
The questioner : What came to my mind was prayer, specifically the compulsion to pray.
The Shaykh : Compulsion to pray? What does compulsion to pray mean? For example, are you asking about his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:Sahih Ibn Hibban 9:19 I also do not think that is your question. So what do you mean by compulsion to pray? So, so, so, so. The Saudis carry sticks and go around the shops saying "Prayer, prayer," and so on.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is correct.
The questioner : Now, if we compare this to a severe ruling, for example, forcing people to pray in some countries, or if the Shari'ah includes things where people are forced, for example, to perform obligatory duties or to abandon prohibited acts?
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Is there?
The Shaykh : Who is doing the forcing?
The questioner : I am saying that if in Islamic Shari'ah, in some matters, people are forced, for example, by rulers who compel people by force and coercion to perform these obligatory duties or to abandon these prohibited acts, how does this agree with the...?
The Shaykh : Are you asking about a practical matter?
The questioner : I am asking about a legal ruling.
The Shaykh : What is the legal ruling you are asking about?
The questioner : Brother Hussein, may Allah reward you with good, when...
The Shaykh : What business is it of yours and Brother Hussein? Tell me, what is the legal ruling you are asking about?
The questioner : The question was about, for example, the Islamic government.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you, what is the legal ruling? The Islamic government is not allowed to be an Islamic government? What is the legal ruling you are asking about in your statement "legal ruling"? It is not a legal ruling, so what do you mean? One moment you tell me Brother Hussein, the next moment you tell me the Islamic government. What is the legal ruling? The one who directs the question must have the question in his mind.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And he presents it, orders it, and regulates it, and then he poses it. But he does not understand the question; he sits and mumbles it and asks about it.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you and reward you with good.
The Shaykh : A legal ruling.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh :
Whoever changes his religion, execute him.
من بدل دينه فاقتلوهThe questioner : I do not mean them.
The Shaykh : So what do you mean?
The questioner : What came to my mind was prayer, specifically the compulsion to pray.
The Shaykh : Compulsion to pray? What does compulsion to pray mean? For example, are you asking about his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: