Does the absence of a Muslim ruler mean leaving our land to the Jews?
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The questioner : Does this mean that the absence of a Muslim ruler implies that we leave our land to the Children of Zion?
The Shaykh : No, that is not what it means. It means that you work for the distant future, not that you sit idle and engage in selling prohibited items and dealing in riba (usury or interest) and everything else, while neglecting yourself and your offspring by not educating and raising them, and so on. I am amazed at people when they raise such a question. What were the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) doing during the Meccan period? What were they doing?
The questioner : They were learning.
The Shaykh : Yes, they were learning. But was it permissible for them to leave the land to the polytheists and to be harsh with the Muslims? No, rather they were making plans, and at their head was Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), who guided them, taught them, and raised them. And upbringing is not achieved except through beneficial knowledge and righteous action. Is this present today, O you...The questioner : ...the noble one?
The questioner : It is not present.
The Shaykh : So, this missing element is what we are able to provide, without the tyrants and disbelievers and the like standing between us and what we desire. In reality, we burden ourselves with what we have no capacity for on one hand, and we neglect what we can accomplish with great ease on the other hand, which is beneficial knowledge and righteous action, and nothing else.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh : No, that is not what it means. It means that you work for the distant future, not that you sit idle and engage in selling prohibited items and dealing in riba (usury or interest) and everything else, while neglecting yourself and your offspring by not educating and raising them, and so on. I am amazed at people when they raise such a question. What were the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) doing during the Meccan period? What were they doing?
The questioner : They were learning.
The Shaykh : Yes, they were learning. But was it permissible for them to leave the land to the polytheists and to be harsh with the Muslims? No, rather they were making plans, and at their head was Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), who guided them, taught them, and raised them. And upbringing is not achieved except through beneficial knowledge and righteous action. Is this present today, O you...The questioner : ...the noble one?
The questioner : It is not present.
The Shaykh : So, this missing element is what we are able to provide, without the tyrants and disbelievers and the like standing between us and what we desire. In reality, we burden ourselves with what we have no capacity for on one hand, and we neglect what we can accomplish with great ease on the other hand, which is beneficial knowledge and righteous action, and nothing else.
Please proceed.
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