Uproar in Egypt over ElBaradei Death Fatwa

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By Waleed Abdul Rahman

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – A fatwa issued in Egypt calling for the death of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, former Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] and Egyptian political opposition figure, has stirred religious and political controversy across Egypt. Al-Azhar scholars have described this Fatwa as being "reckless" whilst supporters of ElBaredei – who is considering standing for the Egyptian presidential elections next year – have condemned this fatwa which was issued by Sheikh Mahmoud Amer, head of the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya association in Damanhur governorate. This fatwa justified the murder of Dr. ElBaradei for "stirring civil disobedience against the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, inciting riots and calling for full-scale civil disobedience."

In a fatwa posted on the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya website, Sheikh Amer began by stating that "we, in Egypt, are a people that for the most part follow the religion of Islam and anybody reading ElBaradei's statements can see that these call for civil disobedience and incite civil unrest against our Muslim ruler [President Hosni Mubarak]." The fatwa goes on to say that "regardless of the status of Egypt's ruler in the eyes of some people, he is the ruler and so should be listened to and obeyed…therefore ElBaradei and others are not entitled to make such statements [calling for civil disobedience]." Sheikh Mahmoud Amer's fatwa uses some of the prophet's hadith as well as some of the teachings of Salafist clerics as a reference, with the fatwa calling on ElBaradei to "declare his repentance for what he has said…otherwise the ruler is permitted to imprison or kill him in order to prevent sedition."

Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to the man responsible for the above fatwa, leader of the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya association in Damanhur governorate, Sheikh Mahmoud Amer, who said that "what was published on the group's website represents the Shariaa ruling of the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya association in Damanhur governorate members on ElBaradei's position."

In response to a question as to whether other branches of the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya group in Egypt support his fatwa, he confirmed that "no branch of the association is entitled to be the guardian of another, only the Egyptian government is permitted to do so. The Damanhur branch enjoys complete independence, and the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya association headquarters in Cairo has no authority over this branch or any other branch of the organization, as stipulated by our rules and regulations."

For his part, Dr. Abdul Mouti Bayoumi of the Islamic Research Academy of Al-Azhar University told Asharq Al-Awsat that "this fatwa is completely wrong, and fatwas that call for death should not be issued freely as this leads to killings." Dr. Bayoumi, who is also the former Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Al-Azhar University added that "it is not usual for the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya to issue fatwas, so what has happened to make them change their position? Is it logical that when they do start issuing fatwas, this should be a fatwa calling for killing?

Dr. Bayoumi said that provoking the murder of Dr. ElBaredei would incite violence in Egyptian society, which is something that contradicts the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, something that the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya claim to be upholding. Dr. Bayoumi added that the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya fatwa is based upon a misunderstanding of Prophet Muhammad's teachings.

Whilst Dr. Mohamed Rafat Othman, Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Al Azhar University, said that "this fatwa is reckless and not supported by any evidence as ElBaradei has not called on the Egyptian people to revolt against the ruling regime, but rather has called for a change in Egypt's policies."

Othman said that "[calling for] the shedding of blood is not so easy in Islam, anything that a man does in life is permissible unless expressly forbidden by Islamic Shariaa law." He also said that most Muslim scholars agree that [calling for] bloodshed is forbidden in Islam.

He added "for people to ambush somebody and kill them is a terrible sin…differences in opinion should be settled by means of dialogue and fair-speaking, for as God Almighty said [in the Quran] "speak fair to the people" [Surat al-Baqara; Verse 83].

As for the political controversy stirred by this fatwa, ElBaradei's National Coalition for Change said that it considered this fatwa to be extremely dangerous. A leading member of this organization, Ahmed Bahaa Shaaban, told Asharq Al-Awsat that "this fatwa is an indication that Egyptian, Arab, and Islamic society is on the verge of further deterioration, with the tolerant religion of Islam being used to intimidate figures and threaten their lives, rather than providing security, stability, and respect."

Shaaban added that "this fatwa only serves the forces of corruption in Egypt, and intimidates any citizen who is calling for change." Shaaban added that even during the era when governing regime's clerics would issue fatwas in the interests of the government, such fatwas never went so far as to call for the death of the government's political opponents.

Shaaban told Asharq Al-Awsat that "it is our duty now to take a strong stance to confront this new trend of darkness which backs the regime of corruption and uses religion to achieve worldly objectives." He also warned Egyptian citizens of adhering to this fatwa and making an attempt on the life of Dr. ElBaradei, as this is something that happened previously when Egyptian writer and Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz was attacked after a fatwa was issued against one of his novels.

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] has called on Egypt's general prosecutor to investigate the fatwa that justifies the killing of Dr. ElBaradei issued by the Ansar al-Sunnah al-Muhamadiya association.

The EOHR also called on Egypt's general prosecutor to "strictly apply the law to those who issue religious edicts permitting the killing of people, which spreads fear among the citizens." Whilst the head of EOHR described this fatwa as being "harmful to Islam."

Bron (http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=23506)

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Demonstranten Egypte slaags met politie

Demonstranten Egypte slaags met politie | nu.nl/buitenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl (http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/2433680/demonstranten-egypte-slaags-met-politie.html)

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Cairo scene of violent chaos as protests escalate

CAIRO: Violent chaos prevailed in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters fought with police in a major escalation of what was already the biggest challenge to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year-rule.

As stone-throwing protesters surged forward, police fought back by firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons.

Police also fired water cannons at one of the country’s leading pro-democracy advocates, Mohamed ElBaradei, and his supporters as they joined the latest wave of protests after noon prayers. Police used batons to beat some of ElBaradei’s supporters, who surrounded him to protect him.

A soaking wet ElBaradei was trapped inside a mosque while hundreds of riot police laid siege to it, firing tear gas in the streets around so no one could leave. The tear gas canisters set several cars ablaze outside the mosque and several people fainted and suffered burns.

Large groups of protesters, in the thousands, were gathered at at least six venues in Cairo, a city of about 18 million people, and many of them were on the move marching toward major squares and across Nile bridges.

They are demanding Mubarak’s ouster and venting their rage at years of government neglect of rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices.

There were smaller protests in Assiut south of Cairo and Al-Arish in the Sinai peninsula. Regional television stations were reporting clashes between thousands of demonstrators and police in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and Minya south of Cairo.

At the upscale Mohandiseen district, at least 10,000 of people were marching toward the city center chanting “down, down with Mubarak.” The crowd later swelled to about 20,000 as they made their way through residential areas.

Residents looking on from apartment block windows waved and whistled in support. Others waved the red, white and black Egyptian flags. The marchers were halted as they tried to cross a bridge over the Nile, when police fired dozens of tear gas canisters.

At Ramsis square in the heart of the city, thousands clashed with police as they left the Al-Nur mosque after prayers. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets and some of the tear gas was fired inside the mosque where women were taking refuge. Hundreds later broke through police cordons to head to the main downtown square, Tahrir. But they were stopped by police firing tear gas.

Near Tahrir, hundreds of riot police clustered together moved in, anticipating the arrival of large crowds of protesters. A short while later, thousands of protesters marched across a bridge over the Nile and moved toward the square, where police began firing tear gas into the crowds.

Later, television footage showed protesters throwing rocks down on police from a highway overpass near Tahrir Square, while a police vehicle sped through the crowd spraying tear gas on demonstrators.

Clusters of riot police with helmets and shields were stationed around the city, at the entrances to bridges across the Nile and other key intersections.

Internet and cell-phone services were disrupted across Egypt starting overnight and throughout the day as authorities used extreme measures to hamper protesters from organizing the mass rallies called after Friday prayers.

Mubarak, 82, is Washington’s closest Arab ally, but Washington has signaled that he no longer enjoys its full backing, publicly counseling him to introduce reform and refrain from using violence against the protesters. He has not been seen publicly or heard from since the protests began Tuesday.

The United States, Mubarak’s main Western backer, has been publicly counseling reform and an end to the use of violence against protesters, signs the Egyptian leader may no longer be enjoying Washington’s full backing.

President Barack Obama said Thursday the anti-government protests filling the streets show the frustrations of Egypt’s citizens.

“It is very important that people have mechanisms in order to express their grievances,” Obama said.

Friday’s demonstrations were energized by the return of Nobel Peace laureate ElBaradei on Thursday night, when he said he was ready to lead the opposition toward a regime change.

They also got a boost from the endorsement of the country’s biggest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood. The group called its supporters to join the protests on Friday.

The Brotherhood, outlawed since 1954, is Egypt’s largest and best organized opposition group. It renounced violence in the 1970s and has since been a peaceful movement. Its network of social and medical services has traditionally won it popular support, but its detractors say its involvement in politics has chipped away at its support base.

It made a surprisingly strong showing in 2005 parliamentary elections, winning 20 percent of the legislature’s seats, but it failed to win a single seat in the latest election late last year. The vote is widely thought to have been marred.

Mubarak and his government have shown no hint of concessions to the protesters who want political reform and a solution to rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices.

While Mubarak may still have a chance to ride out this latest challenge, his choices are limited, and all are likely to lead to a loosening of his grip on power.



Internet services cut off

Egypt’s four primary Internet providers — Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr — all stopped moving data in and out of the country at 12:34 a.m., according to a network security firm monitoring the traffic. Telecom experts said Egyptian authorities could have engineered the unprecedented cutoff with a simple change to the instructions for the companies’ networking equipment.

Telecoms company Vodafone says the Egyptian government has ordered all mobile telephone operators to suspend services “in selected areas” of the country.

In a statement, the company says that “under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it.”

Britain-based Vodafone Group PLC company says Egyptian authorities “will be clarifying the situation in due course.”

The Internet appeared to remain cut off in Cairo but was restored in some smaller cities Friday morning. Cell-phone text and Blackberry Messenger services were all cut or operating sporadically in what appeared to be a move by authorities to disrupt the organization of demonstrations.

Egyptians outside the country were posting updates on Twitter after getting information in voice calls from people inside the country. Many urged their friends to keep up the flow of information over the phones.

A Facebook page run by protesters listed their demands.

They want Mubarak to declare that neither he nor his son will stand for next presidential elections; dissolve the parliament holds new elections; end to emergency laws giving police extensive powers of arrest and detention; release all prisoners including protesters and those who have been in jail for years without charge or trial; and immediately fire the interior minister.

Cairo scene of violent chaos as protests escalate - Arab News (http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article244917.ece)

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El-Baradei says Mubarak should go by Friday

CAIRO: A coalition of opposition groups have told the Egyptian government that they will only begin talks on a transition to democracy once beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak stands down, the Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday. "Our first demand is that Mubarak goes. Only after that can dialogue start with the military establishment on the details of a peaceful transition of power," said Mohammed Al-Beltagi, a former member of Parliament from the Brotherhood.

Beltagi said the opposition was operating under an umbrella group, the National Committee for Following up the People's Demands, which includes the Brotherhood, the National Association for Change headed by Mohamed El-Baradei, political parties and prominent figures including Coptic Christians.

Beltagi's comments were echoed by El-Baradei and another opposition official.

Mubarak should step down by Friday, El-Baradei, who is emerging as a leader of anti-regime protests, told Al-Arabiya satellite channel.
"What I have heard (from protesters) is that they want this to end, if not today (Tuesday), then by Friday maximum," said El-Baradei, adding that the Egyptians have marked Friday as "departure day."
"I hope President Mubarak goes before this and leaves the country after 30 years of rule... I don't think he wants to see more blood."

El-Baradei says Mubarak should go by Friday - Arab News (http://arabnews.com/incoming/article248671.ece)

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US ambassador talks to Egypt’s Elbaradei

The U.S. ambassador to Egypt spoke to the country's top dissident Mohamed ElBaradei Tuesday as mass protests built in Cairo, in another apparent sign Washington is looking to the post-Mubarak era.

Ambassador Margaret Scobey spoke to the former globe-trotting diplomat for the first time since he flew back to Egypt as public unrest and demonstrations mounted against the 30-year strongman rule of President Hosni Mubarak.

Scobey's conversation with ElBaradei, who has become the leading public critic of the Mubarak government, came as part of her outreach to various opposition groups, a U.S. official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
US does not dictate
The official said she delivered a similar message to ElBaradei on the crisis that U.S. officials have made clear in public: namely that Washington wants a political transition but will not seek to dictate Egypt's political future.

The U.S. ambassador's conversation with ElBaradei came a day after Washington said it sent a veteran former U.S. diplomat and envoy to Egypt, Frank Wisner, to meet top Egyptian officials and report back on the situation.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Wisner would meet Mubarak directly, as President Barack Obama's administration believed it would be "useful" to get the president's perspective.

The daily said officials would not say whether Wisner would be urging Mubarak to leave office or bringing a specific message from the United States.

But one senior official told the paper, "When you have old friends get together, it's a two-way conversation."

On Monday, Washington has shied away from billing Wisner as an American "envoy." But on Tuesday morning the State Department confirmed the Obama administration had asked him to go.

Scobey's move also coincided with the strongest show of support yet from anti-government protesters in Egypt, as massive crowds flooded Cairo and Egypt's second city Alexandria, pouring relentless pressure on Mubarak to quit.

On Sunday, ElBaradei had sharp criticism for the carefully calibrated U.S. stance on the protests rocking a government which has been a stalwart US ally for decades and at the center of its Middle East diplomacy.

"You are losing credibility by the day. On one hand you're talking about democracy, rule of law and human rights, and on the other hand you're lending still your support to a dictator that continues to oppress his people," ElBaradei told CBS from Cairo.

The United States has warned the Egyptian government not to use force against demonstrators and stressed their right to express their universal aspirations for freedom of expression.
Elbaradei on Mubarak
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should be allowed to stand down without fear of prosecution, top dissident ElBaradei told a Al-Arabiya television channel on Tuesday.

ElBaradei added that Mubarak must leave the country before any dialogue can start between the opposition and the government.

"There can be dialogue but it has to come after the demands of the people are met and the first of those is that President Mubarak leaves," he told Al Arabiya television, saying the dialogue would involve transitional power arrangements and dissolving parliament.

"I hope to see Egypt peaceful and that's going to require as a first step the departure of President Mubarak. If President Mubarak leaves, then everything will progress correctly," he said.

He also added that the Egypt's embattled president should step down by Friday.
Protesters want an end
"What I have heard (from protesters) is that they want this to end, if not today (Tuesday), then by Friday maximum," said ElBaradei, adding that the Egyptians have marked Friday as "departure day."

"I hope President Mubarak goes before this and leaves the country after 30 years of rule... I don't think he wants to see more blood."

As the Nobel peace laureate spoke, Several hundred thousand Egyptians massed in Cairo and Alexandria for the biggest outpouring of anger yet in their drive to oust Mubarak.

Asked about Vice President Omar Suleiman's offer for dialogue with the opposition, ElBaradei said he supports "a national comprehensive dialogue" but not before "the departure of President Mubarak."

"If President Mubarak leaves, everything will go in the right direction," said ElBaradei, who stressed that the demonstrations "should be peaceful."

Suleiman said on Monday that Mubarak had tasked him "with opening immediate talks with the political forces to begin a dialogue around all the issues concerning constitutional and legislative reforms."

Faced with the biggest protests of his presidency, an increasingly embattled Mubarak has appointed his first-ever vice president and a new prime minister in a desperate attempt to hold on to power.

ElBaradei said he was afraid Mubarak "has not understood the lesson and did not get the message which the army has grasped when it (the army) realized the people's demands."

"I hope he will understand this and leave the country (for Egypt) to begin a new era and prevent (further) bloodshed," he said.
From Mubarak's cricles
On the other hand, a prominent Egypt official who kept his identity anonymous told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday that the Egyptian president will not leave and there is no suggested scenario to transfer power to the country’s new vice president, the lieutenant Omar Sluieman.

"Mubarak is to say in power as he is the country’s president, and the head of the armed forces,” said the official emphasizing that there is no suggested scenario if he heaves the power.

The official said “how can we forgive a soldier if he leaves his station during a time of battle. Mubarak is a fighter and respects his history in the army and knows the importance of him staying in power.”

He also described the protesters who are still continuing demonstrating for the eight day as "minority" and said that they do not reflect the majority opinion of Egyptians whom they see Mubarak as the security symbol of the country.
Elbaradei out of touch
Far from seeing ElBaradei as the answer to Egypt's problems, the West fears the Nobel laureate is out of touch with the mood on the Arab street after a two decade absence, experts said Tuesday.

The 68-year-old, a former head of the U.N.'s Vienna-based nuclear watchdog, has been mandated by Egypt's opposition groups to negotiate with Mubarak amid the current unrest sweeping the country.

But Western diplomats and analysts suggest his lengthy absence from domestic politics means he may not be suitable as anything more than a temporary caretaker of power in the transition currently underway.

"ElBaradei has been out of Egypt for a number of years so he hasn't really been part of Egyptian opposition politics," said an analyst at London-based Exclusive Analysis, Zaineb Al-Assam. "His basis of power is fairly small."

Thomas Hasel, a North Africa analyst from Berlin's Free University, agreed, saying that while ElBaradei had "credibility ... what he lacks is contacts in Egypt. He doesn't know the regime from the inside."

Fellow researcher Firas Abi Ali even suggested there would be some who view ElBaradei as an opportunist.

They "would most likely see him as a Johnny-come-lately who was jumping on the opportunity," Abi Ali said.

"He's not the leader of this movement and he did not instigate these protests."

While trained as a lawyer, ElBaradei has spent most of his working life abroad as diplomat.

He began his U.N. career in 1980, and was sent to Iraq in the wake of the 1991 Gulf war to dismantle Saddam's nuclear program.

In 1997, he was chosen as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a role that made him a household name worldwide over a 12-year period and led to confrontations with Washington, first over Iraq and later over Iran.

He returned to the spotlight last Thursday when he flew back to Egypt, offering himself up as a potential bridge to democracy.

"If my people want me to serve as a bridge from an authoritarian system to a democracy, I will not let them down."
Stooge of Iran?
Analysts say that his time as head of the IAEA, during which he won the Nobel Peace Prize, will certainly lend him clout.

"He's internationally recognised, he's a Nobel Peace Prize laureate," said Amnon Aran, lecturer in international politics in the Middle East, at City University London,

"He would be somebody who would know how to deal with the West."

But ElBaradei's time in Vienna was dogged by controversy, with the United States in particular accusing him of being too soft on Iran and its disputed nuclear programme.

"He is a stooge of Iran, and I don't use the term lightly," said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice-president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

"He fronted for them, he distorted the reports."

Since the start of the uprising in Egypt, Washington has indeed been cool on ElBaradei who was just "one of many different voices that should be heard during these negotiations with the government," said US State Department spokesman Phillip Crowley.

"We do have broad contacts in Egypt. They include both some within government, a wide range of non-governmental actors, including members of the opposition."

In turn, ElBaradei has been critical of what he sees as Washington's fence-sitting in the current crisis.

For some, ElBaradei's willingness to do business with the banned Muslim Brotherhood is problematic.

He "is no Islamist," said one European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Nevertheless, "for the West, it's clear it would be a catastrophe if the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Egypt."

"Up until now, ElBaradei has been better known to foreign journalists than to Egyptians," said Denis Bauchard, expert at the French institute for international relations IFRI.

Given the disparate opposition groups in Egypt, he could act as a sort of point man.

But "there is the impression that doesn't enjoy unanimous support. In fact, for some Egyptians, he's seen as an agent for the U.S.," Bauchard said.

A Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, saw ElBaradei as "resourceful" and "outspoken". But "in his political discourse, he doesn't really have ideological backbone".

US ambassador talks to Egypt (http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/01/135874.html)

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Iran’s top leader: Mubarak betrayed his people

TEHRAN: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak betrayed his people and the uprising against his rule is the appropriate response, Iran’s top leader said during Friday prayers in Tehran.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told worshippers that widening unrest in the Arab world is a sign of “Islamic awareness” in the region.

Iran has portrayed the unrest in Egypt, which erupted Jan. 25, as a replay of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that toppled the pro-US Shah and brought Islamic militants to power.

In his speech, Khamenei accused Mubarak of turning Egypt, a close US ally, of doing America’s bidding, particularly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace agreement with Israel and Mubarak has been a key mediator between Israel and the Palestinians.

“America’s control over Egypt’s leaders has ... turned Egypt into the biggest enemy of Palestine and turned it into the greatest refuge for Zionists,” Khamenei said.

“This explosion we see among the people of Egypt is the appropriate response to this great betrayal that the traitor dictator committed against his people,” Khamenei said, without mentioning Mubarak by name.

Despite Iran’s attempts to compare Egypt’s uprising to the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, there are many differences. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is perhaps most organized of the opposition factions, but the protests have been driven by a loose alliance of diverse groups, including young, secular Egyptians.

The Brotherhood, which is officially banned, calls for rule by Islamic law in Egypt. But it has also cast itself in an uneasy partnership with pro-democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei and other opposition groups.

Iran (http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article251018.ece)

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Iran’s top leader: Mubarak betrayed his people

TEHRAN: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak betrayed his people and the uprising against his rule is the appropriate response, Iran’s top leader said during Friday prayers in Tehran.

Het weigeren van gehoorzaamheid aan overheden en het in opstand komen tegen hen is van de daden en uitnodigingen van de hypocrieten

Vraag: Wat is de Islamitische kijk op degene die weigeren om de overheden te gehoorzamen, en ze uitdagen met oproer en opstanden?

Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez aali Shaykh (de huidige Mufti van Saoedie Arabie, hafidahullah) antwoordde:

Wij zoeken onze toevlucht bij Allah tegen zulke slechte omstandigheden. Zij zijn de hypocrieten. Zij zijn afgedwaald en in hun harten is een ziekte. Zij zijn de Islam en zijn mensen afgunstig. Wie oproept tegen het in opstand komen en het rebelleren tegen de leider, wie er oproept tot opstanden tegen de autoriteiten, en wie oproept naar chaos, dan zit er hypocrisie in zijn hart en een ziekte... Dit zijn politieke sektarische mensen die niets anders teweeg brengen dan corruptie. Allah zegt:

En wanneer er tot hen gezegd wordt: "Breng geen corruptie teweeg op aarde." Dan zeggen zij: "Wij proberen slechts de situatie te herstellen en te verbeteren." Voorzeker, zij zijn de onheil plegers, maar zij realiseren het niet. (Surat al-Baqarah [2:11-12])

Eenieder die een andere persoon uitnodigd om tegenstand te bieden en te rebelleren tegen de gehoorzaamheid aan degene die de leiding hebben en om niet naar ze te luisteren, verwacht dan het ergste van zo'n persoon in dat hij een hypocriet is en een slechte zondaar. Hij heeft geen trouw, geen religie en geen loyaliteit. Dit is het geval omdat - en wij zoeken onze toevlucht bij Allah - dit soort aansporingen chaos promoten en bloedvergiet en het plunderen van bezit en het schaden van de rechten van mensen...

Dus trouw, samenwerking, wederzijdse ondersteuning en de eenheid van de harten en doelen, en van de gelederen van de mensen - is hetgeen wat verplicht is voor ons en vereist is voor iedere individu onder ons. De Profeet salAllahu 'alayhi wa salam zei:

Wie Allah ontmoet (betekenis: wie sterft) zonder trouw te zijn in gehoorzaamheid aan Hem, dan sterft hij een dood in een staat van Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamitische tijd van onwetendheid). (Sahih Muslim, no. 4770)

Wie in zijn hart afgunst heeft en vijandigheid heeft tegen een land en tegen gehoorzaamheid en openbare orde kleineert, hij leeft een ellendig bestaan en sterft de dood van Jaahiliyyah.

Shaykh bin Baaz (rahimahullah) zei:

Wij adviseren iedereen om naar hen te luisteren en te gehoorzamen, zoals wij eerder en altijd gezegd hebben. Wij waarschuwen tegen het rebelleren en in opstand komen tegen welke leider dan ook die de macht heeft; deze behoren tot de grootste zonden. Veeleer, zij zijn van de religie van de Khawaarij. Dit is de religie van de Khawaarij en de Mu'tazilah; zij verwerpen het bevel om te luisteren en gehoorzaam te zijn aan de leiders wanneer zij hen een zonde zien begaan, waarbij zij uiteindelijk tegen ze in gaan en in opstand komen. Dit is verkeerd en tegengesteld aan wat de Profeet salAllahu 'alayhi wa salam zei:

Wie van zijn leider iets van ongehoorzaamheid aan Allah ziet, dan moet hij wat hij doet aan zonde verafschuwen [in zijn hart], maar hij moet niet zelfs ook maar een spanlengte zich verwijderen van de gehoorzaamheid (aan hem). (Sahih Muslim, no. 1855)

Dus het is niet toegestaan voor een individu om in opstand te komen tegen of de trouw en gehoorzaamheid aan zijn legitieme leider (overheid, president, koning, etc) te verlaten. Tevens is het niet toegestaan zulke concepten te promoten, omdat deze daden tot de grootste kwaden behoren en van de voornaamste zaken is die leiden naar beproevingen en vijandigheid onder mensen. Wat betreft degene die hiernaar oproept, zo is de religie van de Khawaarij.

Bron: casettebandje: Ahdaaf al-Hamalaat al-'Ilaamiyyah Dhid Wulaah wa 'Ulamaa Bilaad al-Haramayn.

Bron: مكتبة ال�وائد: Refusing Obedience to Governments, Revolting against them is From Actions & Calls of the Hypocrites (http://maktabah-alfawaaid.blogspot.com/2011/01/refusing-obedience-to-governments.html)

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Het weigeren van gehoorzaamheid aan overheden en het in opstand komen tegen hen is van de daden en uitnodigingen van de hypocrieten

Vraag: Wat is de Islamitische kijk op degene die weigeren om de overheden te gehoorzamen, en ze uitdagen met oproer en opstanden?

Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez aali Shaykh (de huidige Mufti van Saoedie Arabie, hafidahullah) antwoordde:

Wij zoeken onze toevlucht bij Allah tegen zulke slechte omstandigheden. Zij zijn de hypocrieten. Zij zijn afgedwaald en in hun harten is een ziekte. Zij zijn de Islam en zijn mensen afgunstig. Wie oproept tegen het in opstand komen en het rebelleren tegen de leider, wie er oproept tot opstanden tegen de autoriteiten, en wie oproept naar chaos, dan zit er hypocrisie in zijn hart en een ziekte... Dit zijn politieke sektarische mensen die niets anders teweeg brengen dan corruptie. Allah zegt:

De imbeciele leugenaar. Er is geen 'de islam', er zijn verschillende meningen.

Dit soort onderkruipers steunt elke leider, of ie nou kafir is, zoals Moebarak, martelt, moordt, geld steelt van het volk, corrupt is, het dondert niet. Gewoon gehoorzamen.

Moebarak schept chaos en fitna met zijn knokploegen.

Hij lult maar wat over chaos en corruptie, de djahil.

Hoed je voor degenen die Allah erbij slepen om absolute varkens, misdadigers tegen de menselijkheid te verdedigen.

Mounafiqer kan niet.

[rbn]

Shaykh bin Baaz (rahimahullah) zei:

Wij adviseren iedereen om naar hen te luisteren en te gehoorzamen, zoals wij eerder en altijd gezegd hebben.

zoals joesoef onlangs nog schreef: wij van wc-eend adviseren wc-eend..

staatsmoefties zullen altijd adviseren om burgers braaf in het gareel te houden..

[Abu_Hurayrah]

De imbeciele leugenaar. Er is geen 'de islam', er zijn verschillende meningen.

Dit soort onderkruipers steunt elke leider, of ie nou kafir is, zoals Moebarak, martelt, moordt, geld steelt van het volk, corrupt is, het dondert niet. Gewoon gehoorzamen.

Moebarak schept chaos en fitna met zijn knokploegen.

Hij lult maar wat over chaos en corruptie, de djahil.

Hoed je voor degenen die Allah erbij slepen om absolute varkens, misdadigers tegen de menselijkheid te verdedigen.

Mounafiqer kan niet.

Je bent zelf een imbeciele leugenaar.

Er is wel slechts 1 Islam. Binnen die Islam heb je op het gebied van jurisprudentie (fiqh) verschillende izjtihaad en 1 geloofsleer ('aqeedah). Er zijn wel vele groeperingen, of zo je het noemen wilt, sekten, die afwijken van deze 1 Islam en daardoor niet gerekend worden tot de eenheid dat zich onder de vrienden van de Profeet salAllahu 'alayhi wa salam bevond en die voor deze geleerden als uitgangspunt genomen wordt in hun uitspraak dat de Waarheid 1 is, dat Allah 1 is en dat er 1 correcte Islam is.

Zo lang Mubarak Moslim is volgens deze geleerden, dan is het niet toegestaan om in opstand te komen als zij daartoe in staat zijn. Als hij geen Moslim zou zijn, dan mag dat alleen als ze daartoe in staat zijn, omdat als ze daar niet toe in staat zijn, dan is het kwaad groter dan het voordeel en is het niet toegestaan.

Verder ga ik niet zeggen dat je munafiq bent, want je bent geen Moslim - dus je bent minder slecht dan een munafiq.

[Abu_Hurayrah]

zoals joesoef onlangs nog schreef: wij van wc-eend adviseren wc-eend..

staatsmoefties zullen altijd adviseren om burgers braaf in het gareel te houden..

Saddam Hussein, die uiteindelijk als Moslim gestorven is volgens de geleerden, is in een ver verleden door Shaykh bin Baaz (vorige mufti van SA) rahimahullah tot kafir verklaard, eveneens door Shaykh Muqbil rahimahullah, de mujadid uit Yemen. Shaykh al-Albaani rahimahullah - die dezelfde weg bewandelde als de voorgenoemde drie geleerden - heeft Khomeini tot kafir verklaard.

Dus ik zou die fatawa maar ernstig nemen als ik jou was.

[Eke]

[SIZE="5"]Dus het is niet toegestaan voor een individu om in opstand te komen tegen of de trouw en gehoorzaamheid aan zijn legitieme leider (overheid, president, koning, etc) te verlaten. [/url]


Legitiem in de ogen van wie ? Dat is de vraag...

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Legitiem in de ogen van wie ? Dat is de vraag...

Dat is geen vraag.

Een Moslim die de positie van staatshoofd bemachtigd heeft, heeft dit met de Wil van Allah. Ongeacht of het een goede leider is of een slechte leider.

[Abu_Hurayrah]

YouTube - Deel 2 - De omgang met de gezaghebbers en de leiders!

[sjo]

Saddam Hussein, die uiteindelijk als Moslim gestorven is volgens de geleerden, is in een ver verleden door Shaykh bin Baaz (vorige mufti van SA) rahimahullah tot kafir verklaard, eveneens door Shaykh Muqbil rahimahullah, de mujadid uit Yemen. Shaykh al-Albaani rahimahullah - die dezelfde weg bewandelde als de voorgenoemde drie geleerden - heeft Khomeini tot kafir verklaard.

Dus ik zou die fatawa maar ernstig nemen als ik jou was.

Rahiammehoella kan me wat.....

gr.
sjo

[rbn]

Saddam Hussein, die uiteindelijk als Moslim gestorven is volgens de geleerden, is in een ver verleden door Shaykh bin Baaz (vorige mufti van SA) rahimahullah tot kafir verklaard, eveneens door Shaykh Muqbil rahimahullah, de mujadid uit Yemen. Shaykh al-Albaani rahimahullah - die dezelfde weg bewandelde als de voorgenoemde drie geleerden - heeft Khomeini tot kafir verklaard.

Dus ik zou die fatawa maar ernstig nemen als ik jou was.

het roept de vraag op wat een moeftie bezielde om een staatshoofd van een buurland voor kaafier uit te maken.. dat is olie op het vuur gooien.. daarmee kon de politieke situatie escaleren.. al bewees wijlen bin baaz zijn koning zeker en vast lippendienst door een vijand van saudi-arabië voor kaafier uit te maken.. maar slim was het niet..
het was ook bin baaz die goedkeuring gaf om amerikaanse koeffaar op saudisch grondgebied toe te laten zodat irakeze moslims vermoord konden worden door koeffaar..

[fisherman1969]

Dat is geen vraag.

Een Moslim die de positie van staatshoofd bemachtigd heeft, heeft dit met de Wil van Allah. Ongeacht of het een goede leider is of een slechte leider.

Wat voor geloof had de Shjah van Perzie nu IRAN ook alweer ??

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Wat voor geloof had de Shjah van Perzie nu IRAN ook alweer ??

Hoezo? Je viel zeker over het woord Moslim. Nou ik kan je vertellen dat alles wat er gebeurd, met de Wil is van Allah. Over iets dat gebeurd, kan Hij tevreden Zijn of ontevreden Zijn en alles is volgens Zijn Wijsheid.

Het staat vast dat Allah ontevreden is over de Shjah van Perzie met hun Mu'tazilee geloof en khaarijee manhaj (methodiek).

[Abu_Hurayrah]

het roept de vraag op wat een moeftie bezielde om een staatshoofd van een buurland voor kaafier uit te maken.. dat is olie op het vuur gooien.. daarmee kon de politieke situatie escaleren.. al bewees wijlen bin baaz zijn koning zeker en vast lippendienst door een vijand van saudi-arabië voor kaafier uit te maken.. maar slim was het niet..
het was ook bin baaz die goedkeuring gaf om amerikaanse koeffaar op saudisch grondgebied toe te laten zodat irakeze moslims vermoord konden worden door koeffaar..

Dat is een andere discussie, eentje die het eerlijkst gevoerd kan worden door degene die van alle omstandigheden op de hoogte is, van de oorzaken en de gevolgen, van de voordelen en de nadelen, van belangen etc...

[naam]

Dat is geen vraag.

Een Moslim die de positie van staatshoofd bemachtigd heeft, heeft dit met de Wil van Allah. Ongeacht of het een goede leider is of een slechte leider.

Geen eigen wil dus.

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Geen eigen wil dus.

Wel hoor, Allah is zo Almachtig dat Hij alleen ook een vrije wil en keuze voor de mens heeft geschapen, maar daar hadden we het elders al over gehad: http://www.maroc.nl/forums/het-nieuws-van-de-dag/319335-marcouch-de-maktab-levenshouding-gevaarlijk.html#post4553618

[fisherman1969]

Wel hoor, Allah is zo Almachtig dat Hij alleen ook een vrije wil en keuze voor de mens heeft geschapen, maar daar hadden we het elders al over gehad: http://www.maroc.nl/forums/het-nieuws-van-de-dag/319335-marcouch-de-maktab-levenshouding-gevaarlijk.html#post4553618

[QUOTE=Abu_Hurayrah;4621652]Wel hoor, Allah is zo Almachtig dat Hij alleen ook een vrije wil en keuze voor de mens heeft geschapen,

Ja zo kan ik van een drol een krentebol maken!
Op zee was het ook zo :
Punt 1 De kapitein heeft altijd gelijk .
Punt 2 Voor het onwaarschijnlijke geval dat de Kapitein ongelijk heeft , treed automatisch Punt 1 WEER IN WERKING !

:zwaai:

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Revolutions, Coups and Revolts Were Not the Way of the Righteous Salaf in Repelling Oppression and Tyranny.

The vast majority of the groups present today in the field of da'wah try to win the sentiments and support of the people by focusing and pointing their fingers towards the rulers. They make them the scapegoats for all the calamities, evils and ills to befall the Ummah, and subsequently make their methodologies of reform based around coups, revolutions and bringing about the downfall and replacement of governments. All of this is based upon ignorance of the Sharee'ah and ignorance of Allaah's Divine wisdom, and is a mental outlook that is based upon a corrupt underlying aqidah.

[mark61]

Dat is geen vraag.

Een Moslim die de positie van staatshoofd bemachtigd heeft, heeft dit met de Wil van Allah. Ongeacht of het een goede leider is of een slechte leider.

Logisch denken is niet jouw forte :haha:

Het gaat hier om mensen die met geweld, list en bedrog aan de macht zijn gekomen.

Als vervolgens het volk zelf de macht grijpt, met of zonder geweld, is dat dan ook met de Wil van Allah.

Sulliger dan jij komen ze niet. Nou ja, we hebben sjonnie nog.

[mark61]

Je bent zelf een imbeciele leugenaar.

Er is wel slechts 1 Islam. Binnen die Islam heb je op het gebied van jurisprudentie (fiqh) verschillende izjtihaad en 1 geloofsleer ('aqeedah). Er zijn wel vele groeperingen, of zo je het noemen wilt, sekten, die afwijken van deze 1 Islam en daardoor niet gerekend worden tot de eenheid dat zich onder de vrienden van de Profeet salAllahu 'alayhi wa salam bevond en die voor deze geleerden als uitgangspunt genomen wordt in hun uitspraak dat de Waarheid 1 is, dat Allah 1 is en dat er 1 correcte Islam is.

Zo lang Mubarak Moslim is volgens deze geleerden, dan is het niet toegestaan om in opstand te komen als zij daartoe in staat zijn. Als hij geen Moslim zou zijn, dan mag dat alleen als ze daartoe in staat zijn, omdat als ze daar niet toe in staat zijn, dan is het kwaad groter dan het voordeel en is het niet toegestaan.

Verder ga ik niet zeggen dat je munafiq bent, want je bent geen Moslim - dus je bent minder slecht dan een munafiq.

Ik lieg niet, die knakker die jij aanhaalt liegt.

Je bedoelt, jij hebt één van die kluppies uitgekozen die de Absolute Waarheid verkondigen. Net als die andere 259 kluppies zeggen dat ze doen.

Aight, zo zot als een deur.

Je weet pas of je ergens toe in staat bent als je het probeert, niet van tevoren. Het gaat niet goed in je hoofd en dat van je kluppie.

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Logisch denken is niet jouw forte :haha:

Het gaat hier om mensen die met geweld, list en bedrog aan de macht zijn gekomen.

Als vervolgens het volk zelf de macht grijpt, met of zonder geweld, is dat dan ook met de Wil van Allah.

Sulliger dan jij komen ze niet. Nou ja, we hebben sjonnie nog.

The great scholar, Ibn al-Qayyim wrote, in explanation of the reality that the actions of the servants become manifest in those placed in authority over them, this being from the Divine wisdom:


And reflect in His, the Most High's wisdom in making the kings of the servants, their leaders and their rulers to be of the same species as the actions [of the servants]. Rather, it is as if their actions became manifest in the appearances of their rulers and kings.

If they remain upright, then their kings will remain upright, and if they turn away (from uprightness), then they (the kings) too will turn away from uprightness.

And if they (the servants) oppress [themselves and others], then their kings and rulers will oppress [them].

And if there appears plotting and deception from them, their rulers will [be made to] behave likewise, and if they (the servants) prevent the rights of Allaah that are between themselves and become miserly with respect to them (i.e. withhold the rights of each other), then their kings and their rulers will withhold the right that they (the servants) have upon them and will become miserly with respect to them.

And if they take from the one who is considered weak, what they do not deserve to take from him in their dealings (i.e. misappropriate from him), then the kings will take from them (the servants) what they do not deserve to take (from them) and will inflict them with taxes.

And everything that they (the servants) take away from the weak person, the kings will take away from them with power, force.

So their actions (those of the servants) become manifest in their actions (those of the kings and rulers). And it is not from the Divine wisdom that the evil-doers and the sinners are made to be ruled over [by anyone] except by one who is of their like.

And when the very first band (of Islaam) was the best of the generations, and the most pious of them, then their rulers were likewise. And when they became tarnished (i.e. corrupted), the Rulers were made corrupted over them. Thus, the wisdom of Allaah refuses that the likes of Mu'aawiyah, and 'Umar bin 'Abdil-'Azeez are put in authority over us in the likes of these times [the 8th Century Hijrah], let alone the likes of Abu Bakr and 'Umar. Rather, our rulers are in accordance with our (nature) and the rulers of those before us were in accordance with their (nature).

Source: Miftaah Daar is-Sa'aadah, Daar Ibn 'Affaan Publishing, (2/177).

All of the jamaa'aat (groups) that have appeared in the 20th century, claiming to rectify the Ummah, have fallen into deviation in their methodologies of reform and they have not judged by what Allaah has revealed in their understandings, their methodologies and their calls. They wrongly believe by removing one ruler, or one government they can establish Allaah's law, or that they can do so through political parties that engineer coups and revolutions while turning a blind eye to or belittling the fact that the Muslims are far removed from that Islaam which gave honour and victory to the Companions, but upon an Islaam tainted with innovations, devations, foreign philosophies and ideologies in the fields of aqidah and ibaadah and manhaj and siyaasah. And thus, that tainted Islam they are following does not have the same effect in bringing about the aid and support of Allaah and the granting of success as that pure Islaam, with its purity in aqidah, and tawhid, that the Companions were upon.

The activities of these groups claiming to rectify the Ummah are based upon methodologies that are in opposition to the Book, the Sunnah and the way of the Righteous Salaf whose belief and methodology Allaah has made a criterion of truth in all affairs of the religion.

Bron: Ibn al-Qayyim: It is From the Divine Wisdom That Kings and Rulers Are Simply a Manifestation of the Actions of the Servants, Like for Like (http://www.manhaj.com/manhaj/articles/tyjmk-it-is-from-the-divine-wisdom-that-kings-and-rulers-are-simply-a-manifestation-of-the-actions-of-the-servants.cfm)

[knuppeltje]

Dat is geen vraag.

Een Moslim die de positie van staatshoofd bemachtigd heeft, heeft dit met de Wil van Allah.

Ik denk toch eerder met de hulp van een leger.

Maar ik beken: Ik ben geen gelovige.

Maar wij moeten dus maar aannemen dat het aan de macht komen van al die diktators in het Midden-Oosten de wil van Allah is.
Bizar.

[Slinger]

Dat is geen vraag.

Een Moslim die de positie van staatshoofd bemachtigd heeft, heeft dit met de Wil van Allah. Ongeacht of het een goede leider is of een slechte leider.

Hé, ouwe calvinist! Je lijkt meer op een traditionele protestant dan je zelf weet.

[H.P.Pas]

Ik denk toch eerder met de hulp van een leger.



Der Herrgott ist immer mit den größten Bataillonen. --Friedrich II

[Slinger]

Der Herrgott ist immer mit den größten Bataillonen. --Friedrich II

:duim:

[knuppeltje]

Der Herrgott ist immer mit den größten Bataillonen. --Friedrich II

Ach, nur so. :maf2:

[rbn]

Dat is een andere discussie, eentje die het eerlijkst gevoerd kan worden door degene die van alle omstandigheden op de hoogte is, van de oorzaken en de gevolgen, van de voordelen en de nadelen, van belangen etc...

voordelen waren er niet; nadelen wel.. en de gevolgen zijn enorm geweest..

[mark61]

Ik denk toch eerder met de hulp van een leger.

Maar ik beken: Ik ben geen gelovige.

Maar wij moeten dus maar aannemen dat het aan de macht komen van al die diktators in het Midden-Oosten de wil van Allah is.
Bizar.

Wijlen Gnassingbe Eyadema, de voormalige dictator van Togo, en een goed christen, zei in een interview eens dat hij regeerde bij de gratie Gods, immers, hij was nog steeds aan de macht; anders had God hem wel laten afzetten.

Dat is de kern van het misbruik van godsdienst: de status quo een aura van heiligheid geven, terwijl die status quo op geweld is gebaseerd, niets anders.

En Abu en zijn maats zeggen het hem na. De dictator regeert bij de gratie gods, maar waarom dan niet het volk als het in opstand komt?

Heel moeilijk, zindelijk nadenken :hihi:

[mark61]

The great scholar

Ben je echt zo dom of doe je alsof?

Als een volksopstand slaagt, is dat dus niet met de Wil van Allah. Waarom niet? Allah houdt van moordende dictators?

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Ben je echt zo dom of doe je alsof?

Als een volksopstand slaagt, is dat dus niet met de Wil van Allah. Waarom niet? Allah houdt van moordende dictators?

De geschiedenis laat zien dat volksopstanden gepaard gaan met het geven van mensenlevens. Zo lang de leider Moslim is, is de waarde van het geven van een mensenleven als gevolg van een opstand - te zwaar, volgens de correcte zienswijze binnen de Islam.

[Abu_Hurayrah]

voordelen waren er niet; nadelen wel.. en de gevolgen zijn enorm geweest..

Dat kan jij niet weten, of je moet alles gevolgd hebben in nabijheid van hen die de beslissingen genomen hebben.

Degene die aanwezig is, die ziet wat degene die niet aanwezig is, niet ziet.

Dit laatste is een Islamitische stelregel voor het feit dat de Salaf (sahaba, tabi'un, atba' at-tabi'un) hebben gezien, wat wij niet hebben gezien, wat hen superieuriteit geeft boven degenen die na hen kwamen, met op de eerste plaats de Sahaba, die zelfs door Allah in de Koran uitgezonderd en geprezen worden.

[knuppeltje]

Heel moeilijk, zindelijk nadenken :hihi:

Voor Abu blijkbaar heel zeker.

[knuppeltje]

De geschiedenis laat zien dat volksopstanden gepaard gaan met het geven van mensenlevens.


Zo lang de leider Moslim is, is de waarde van het geven van een mensenleven als gevolg van een opstand - te zwaar, volgens de correcte zienswijze binnen de Islam.

Dat was jou dus ook al opgevallen.

Maar over de slachtoffers van de diktatuur hoeven we het zeker niet te hebben? Die zijn zeker niet belangrijk? :maf2:

Tja, welke diktator is er moslim volgens de correcte zienswijze binnen de islam volgens jou? :maf2:

Je bent zo ongelooflijk aan het zwetsen dat mijn tenen ervan gaan kromtrekken. :maf2:

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Dat was jou dus ook al opgevallen.

Maar over de slachtoffers van de diktatuur hoeven we het zeker niet te hebben? Die zijn zeker niet belangrijk? :maf2:

Tja, welke diktator is er moslim volgens de correcte zienswijze binnen de islam volgens jou? :maf2:

Je bent zo ongelooflijk aan het zwetsen dat mijn tenen ervan gaan kromtrekken. :maf2:

De slachtoffers zijn veelal degene die op eniger wijze rebelleren, wat dus niet toegestaan is.

De titel Moslim is van toepassing op degene die bid, dictator of niet.

Je tenen overleven het wel.

[rbn]

Dat kan jij niet weten, of je moet alles gevolgd hebben in nabijheid van hen die de beslissingen genomen hebben.

Degene die aanwezig is, die ziet wat degene die niet aanwezig is, niet ziet.

Dit laatste is een Islamitische stelregel voor het feit dat de Salaf (sahaba, tabi'un, atba' at-tabi'un) hebben gezien, wat wij niet hebben gezien, wat hen superieuriteit geeft boven degenen die na hen kwamen, met op de eerste plaats de Sahaba, die zelfs door Allah in de Koran uitgezonderd en geprezen worden.

de amerikanen hebben de saudi's voorgelogen met fake satelietfoto's om ze bang te maken en onder druk te zetten.. de saudi's en bin baaz zijn er met open ogen ingetrapt.. deze blunder hadden ze nooit mogen begaan.. naast dat het de saudische overheid miljarden dollars gekost heeft is er ook veel leed uit voortgekomen..

[sjo]

Hé, ouwe calvinist! Je lijkt meer op een traditionele protestant dan je zelf weet.


Psies. In die groeifase hebben wij ook gezeten.

gr.
sjo

[Abu_Hurayrah]

de amerikanen hebben de saudi's voorgelogen met fake satelietfoto's om ze bang te maken en onder druk te zetten.. de saudi's en bin baaz zijn er met open ogen ingetrapt.. deze blunder hadden ze nooit mogen begaan.. naast dat het de saudische overheid miljarden dollars gekost heeft is er ook veel leed uit voortgekomen.. 9/11 en de huidige war on terror zijn onder meer terug te leiden naar de fout om geweldadige koeffaar naar saudi-arabië te halen..

Ik geloof niet dat het halen van kufar tot terrorisme heeft geleid. Het terreur, tot aan de demonstraties in Tunesië, Yemen en Egypte aan toe, zijn allemaal het gevolg van een verkeerde 'Aqeedah en Manhaj - die twee zijn onafscheidelijk. Als je een schuldige wilt aanwijzen voor het terrorisme, dan is het makkelijk om naar het Westen te wijzen. Het is vaak zo dat er gewezen wordt naar de staatshoofd en anders naar het westen. Terwijl diegene in de meeste gevallen niet eens weet waar Allah is.

[sjo]

Ben je echt zo dom of doe je alsof?

Als een volksopstand slaagt, is dat dus niet met de Wil van Allah. Waarom niet? Allah houdt van moordende dictators?

Ja. En niet van Moslims. Anders zou hij hen niet van die griezels op hun dak sturen.

gr.
sjo

[knuppeltje]

De slachtoffers zijn veelal degene die op eniger wijze rebelleren, wat dus niet toegestaan is.

De titel Moslim is van toepassing op degene die bid, dictator of niet.

Dat mag dus niet tegen een op grote schaal onderdrukkende en uitbuitende dictators, die talloze slachtoffers maken, want die zijn immers aan de macht gekomen?

Als dat volgens jouw godsdienst ok is, dan vind ik dat een regelrechte kutgodsdienst.

Maar wees niet boos, bij de katholieke kerk was dat voor kort niet anders. Die sloot met de meest afschuwelijke regimes concordaten. Dat was ook al heel misdadig.

Dat zeg ik ook altijd.

Maar de vraag is volgens mij of zo'n biddende dictator dan nog steeds volgens de correcte zienswijze binnen de islam een goede moslim is?
Ik hoop het niet, maar ik ben een ongelovige. Ik zal er dus wel geen verstand van hebben.

Maar, Sadam was moslim, Mubarak is dat, Kamenei en Bashir ook vast, om er maar eens een paar te noemen. En liters en lieters bloed heeft er aan hun handen gekleefd. Maar volgens jou zijn dat dus allemaal goede moslims, want zij zijn aan de macht gekomen, en hoe doet er niet toe.

Ik hoop dat er iemand mij een spuitje geeft als ik ook zo geloofswaanzinnig wordt. Maar het zal niet nodig zijn denk ik.

[Abu_Hurayrah]

Dat mag dus niet tegen een op grote schaal onderdrukkende en uitbuitende dictators, die talloze slachtoffers maken, want die zijn immers aan de macht gekomen?

Als dat volgens jouw godsdienst ok is, dan vind ik dat een regelrechte kutgodsdienst.

Maar wees niet boos, bij de katholieke kerk was dat voor kort niet anders. Die sloot met de meest afschuwelijke regimes concordaten. Dat was ook al heel misdadig.

Dat zeg ik ook altijd.

Maar de vraag is volgens mij of zo'n biddende dictator dan nog steeds volgens de correcte zienswijze binnen de islam een goede moslim is?
Ik hoop het niet, maar ik ben een ongelovige. Ik zal er dus wel geen verstand van hebben.

Maar, Sadam was moslim, Mubarak is dat, Kamenei en Bashir ook vast, om er maar eens een paar te noemen. En liters en lieters bloed heeft er aan hun handen gekleefd. Maar volgens jou zijn dat dus allemaal goede moslims, want zij zijn aan de macht gekomen, en hoe doet er niet toe.

Ik hoop dat er iemand mij een spuitje geeft als ik ook zo geloofswaanzinnig wordt. Maar het zal niet nodig zijn denk ik.

http://www.maroc.nl/forums/het-nieuws-van-de-dag/322315-uproar-egypt-over-elbaradei-death-fatwa-2.html#post4621877

[Abu_Hurayrah]

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On Friday evening we had a beautiful gathering in Philadelphia, PA with our beloved scholar Shaykh Falaah Ismaeel (حفظه الله). He supposed to speak on the topic of "Creed of Ahlul As-sunnah" but someone asked a question and requested for the advice on the current situation of Egypt. So the Shaykh gave a really beneficial speech in regards with dealing with this matter according to the Quran and the Sunnah. It was very emotional when Shaykh Falaah started telling about the torture of the rulers on the noble scholars of this ummah and started to weep, subhanAllah. Br. Abdur Razzaq was translating the speech of the Shaykh. We ask Allah grant us the correct understanding of this deen, aameen:

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de amerikanen hebben de saudi's voorgelogen met fake satelietfoto's om ze bang te maken en onder druk te zetten.. de saudi's en bin baaz zijn er met open ogen ingetrapt.. deze blunder hadden ze nooit mogen begaan.. naast dat het de saudische overheid miljarden dollars gekost heeft is er ook veel leed uit voortgekomen..

Dat riedeltje kennen we nou wel. De Saoedi's zijn niet achterlijk, anders waren ze niet al twee eeuwen aan de macht. Ze begrijpen heel goed dat ze kwetsbaar zijn, met zoveel olie, zo'n groot land, en zo'n kleine bevolking en een matig leger. Saddam viel Iran aan, en had zijn ogen al op Koeweit laten vallen, geen reden om daar op te houden. Een paar foto's doen er dan niet zo toe. Tis niet voor niks dat ze al lang geleden voor de VS hebben gekozen als beschermer.

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De heersers zijn simpelweg een reflectie van de daden van de onderdanen

bron: Miftaah Daar is-Sa'aadah -manhaj.com-
auteur: Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

De grote, bekende Geleerde, ibn al-Qayyim al-jawziyyah (rahimahoellaah) legt uit:

En beschouw Zijn (de meest Verhevene) wijsheid, dat hij de koningen van de dienaren, hun leiders en heersers, dezelfde soort (schepsels) heeft laten zijn als de daden [van de dienaren]. Het is alsof hun daden zich hebben gemanifesteerd (i.e. zichtbaar zijn geworden) in de verschijning van hun heersers en koningen.


Indien zij rechtschapen blijven, dan zullen hun koningen rechtschapen blijven, en indien zij zich afkeren (van rechtschapenheid), dan zullen ook zij (de koningen) zich afkeren van rechtschapenheid.

En indien zij (de dienaren) [zichzelf en anderen] onderdrukken, dan zullen hun koningen en heersers [hen] onderdrukken.

En indien samenzweringen en bedrog onder hen verschijnen, dan zullen hun heersers zich ook zo gedragen, en indien zij (de dienaren) de rechten van Allaah, die onderling gelden, achterhouden en hier terughoudend in zijn (i.e. terughoudend zijn met betrekking tot de rechten van mekaar), dan zullen hun koningen en heersers de rechten die zij (de dienaren) op hen hebben achterhouden en zullen zij hier terughoudend in zijn.

En indien zij nemen van degene die zwak is, waar ze geen recht op hebben (i.e. bestelen), dan zullen de koningen van hen (de dienaren) nemen wat ze niet behoren te nemen en zullen ze hen treffen met belastingen.

En alles wat zij (de dienaren) nemen van de zwakke persoon, zullen de koningen van hen nemen met macht en geweld.


Hun daden (die van de dienaren) worden dus zichtbaar in hun daden (die van de koningen en heersers). En het is niet van de Goddelijke wijsheid dat [wie dan ook] heerst over de misdadigers en zondaars behalve iemand die zoals hen is.

En omdat de allereerste groep (generatie moslims) de beste generatie was en de vroomste, waren hun heersers dat ook. En toen zij (de mensen na hen) slechter werden, werden hun Heersers slechter. Het is niet van de wijsheid van Allaah, dat mensen als Mu'aawiyyah en 'Umar bin 'Abdil-'Azeez over ons worden aangesteld als heersers in tijden zoals deze [8e eeuw na Hijrah], laat staan (heersers) als Abu bakr en 'Umar (ibn al Khattaab). Echter is het zo dat onze heersers overeenkomen met onze (aard), en de heersers van degenen voor ons, waren in overeenstemming met hun (aard).

Bron: http://www.sincerehearts.nl/lessen/ibnqayyimdadenheersers.pdf

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[CENTER]De heersers zijn simpelweg een reflectie van de daden van de onderdanen

Helamaal duidelijk. Niets aan toe te voegen.

Alle moslims in die landen zijn allemaal bar slecht, anders hadden zij niet een hen onderdrukkende en uitzuigende dictator, die is niet meer dan een reflectie van henzelf.

Jij moet volgens mij toch toch wel een heel rare kronkel in je hersens hebben. Je bent totaal gestoord volgens mij.

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Helamaal duidelijk. Niets aan toe te voegen.

Alle moslims in die landen zijn allemaal bar slecht, anders hadden zij niet een hen onderdrukkende en uitzuigende dictator, die is niet meer dan een reflectie van henzelf.

Jij moet volgens mij toch toch wel een heel rare kronkel in je hersens hebben. Je bent totaal gestoord volgens mij.


Allaah stelt tirannieke onderdrukkers aan als Heersers over de dienaren, vanwege hun eigen onderdrukking en verdorvenheid

bron: Sharh Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah (1/430)
auteur: Ibn Abil-Izz al-Hanafi

Ibn Abil-Izz al-Hanafi vermeldde in zijn uitleg van de uitspraak van Imaam at-Tahaawi, "Wij beschouwen (de toelaatbaarheid) van het rebelleren tegen onze leiders en heersers niet alszijnde van onze zaak, zelfs als zij tiranniek zijn...", zoals staat in Sharh Aqiedah at-Tahaawiyyah (1/430):

"En wat betreft het vasthouden aan de gehoorzaamheid van hen (de Heersers), zelfs indien zij zich schuldig maken aan onderdrukking, dan is dit omdat het kwaad en de schade wat voortkomt uit het rebelleren tegen hen, meermalen groter is dan datgene wat voortkomt uit de onderdrukking van de Heersers zelf. Het is echter zo, dat in het hebben van geduld met hun onderdrukking, er een kwijtschelding van zonden schuilt, en een vermeerdering van de beloning.

Want Allaah heeft hen niet over ons aangesteld (als machthebbers), behalve vanwege de verdorvenheid van onze daden, en de compensatie van een daad is het gelijke daarvan (al-jazaa'u min jins il-'amal). Het is dus aan ons om ons in te spannen (ijtihaad) in het zoeken naar vergiffenis, het tonen van berouw en het rectificeren van onze daden.

Allaah, de Verhevene, zegt (in vertaling): "En er treft jullie geen ramp, of het is vanwege wat jullie handen hebben verricht, maar Hij vergeeft veel." [42:30], en Hij, de Verhevene, zegt: "En toen een ramp jullie trof, hoewel jullie (je vijanden) met een dubbele ramp getroffen hebben, (waarom) zeggen jullie dan: "Waar komt deze (ramp) vandaan?" Zeg: "Dat komt van jullie zelf." (3:165) en Hij, de Verhevene, zegt, "En wat jou van het slechte overkomt, het is van jouzelf." (4:79), en Hij, de Verhevene, zegt, "Zo maken Wij de onrechtplegers tot elkaars Auliyaa (helpers) (in het verrichten van het slechte, etc.) wegens wat zij plachten te verrichten. (6:129)

Indien de onderdanen (van een staat) zich dus wensen te redden van de onderdrukking van een tirannieke heerser, dan dienen zij de onderdrukking zelf te verlaten. En van Maalik bin Dienaar (die zei) dat het is verschenen in een aantal van de (vorige geopenbaarde) boeken van Allaah:

"Ik ben de Koning van de heerschappij, de harten van de koningen zitten in mijn Hand. Dus voor wie mij gehoorzaamde, heb ik hen (de koningen) een genade laten zijn, en voor wie mij ongehoorzaamde, heb ik hen een vergelding laten zijn. Hou je dus niet bezig met het beschimpen van de koningen, maar toon echter berouw en ik zal hen barmhartig voor je laten zijn".

Bron: http://www.sincerehearts.nl/lessen/ibnabilizztirannie.pdf

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[CENTER]Allaah stelt tirannieke onderdrukkers aan als Heersers over de dienaren, vanwege hun eigen onderdrukking en verdorvenheid

Je hoeft het niet te herhalen. Het was al duidelijk hoe vervrongen je geest is.

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Je hoeft het niet te herhalen. Het was al duidelijk hoe vervrongen je geest is.

Het rebelleren en revoluties, de methodiek van Marx en Lenin en soortgenoten, dat zijn degenen die ziek zijn.

Voor wat betreft onze methodiek, dat is er een van rechtvaardigheid, gezond verstand en veiligheid.

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Voor wat betreft onze methodiek, dat is er een van rechtvaardigheid, gezond verstand en veiligheid.

het is de methodiek van de duivel.. het is de methodiek om het kwade over het goede te laten zegevieren in dit aardse leven..
je verplicht laten onderdrukken door een dictator zonder dat je er iets tegen mag doen zodat jij en je gezin langzaam kapot creperen staat haaks op rechtvaardigheid, gezond verstand en veiligheid..

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Het rebelleren en revoluties, de methodiek van Marx en Lenin en soortgenoten, dat zijn degenen die ziek zijn.

Voor wat betreft onze methodiek, dat is er een van rechtvaardigheid, gezond verstand en veiligheid.

Rechtvaardigheid van martelende en onderdrukkende corrupte dictators.

Fan-tas-tisch.

[mark61]

het is de methodiek van de duivel.. het is de methodiek om het kwade over het goede te laten zegevieren in dit aardse leven..
je verplicht laten onderdrukken door een dictator zonder dat je er iets tegen mag doen zodat jij en je gezin langzaam kapot creperen staat haaks op rechtvaardigheid, gezond verstand en veiligheid..

Zo dan :hihi:

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De grote, bekende Geleerde, ibn al-Qayyim al-jawziyyah (rahimahoellaah) legt uit:


Die cirkelredeneringen altijd :hihi: Hoezo is ie groot? Omdat zijn aanhangers dat vinden. Als ie bekend was hoefde je er dat niet meer bij te zeggen. Ik ken hem alvast niet :hihi:

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Indien de onderdanen (van een staat) zich dus wensen te redden van de onderdrukking van een tirannieke heerser, dan dienen zij de onderdrukking zelf te verlaten.

Vluchten naar de dar ul-harb, bedoelt ie? :hihi: Lekker in die k4democratie leven, ver weg van door Allah aangestelde bloedige dictators?

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Al-Hasan al-Basri: al-Hajjaaj bin Yusuf (de tirannieke heerser) is de bestraffing van Allaah

bron: boven iedere stuk staat de bron -manhaj.com-
Uitspraken van al-Hasan al-Basri betreffende al-Hajjaaj ibn Yusuf

Ibn Sa'd verhaald in zijn Tabaqaat al-Kubraa (7/163-165):

"Een groep moslims kwam naar al-Hasan al-Basri voor een uitspraak (oordeel), om te kunnen rebelleren tegen al-Hajjaaj [een tirannieke heerser]. Dus zeiden zij, "O Abu Sa'eed! Wat zegt u over het bevechten van deze onderdrukker, die op onrechtmatige wijze bloed heeft vergoten en op onrechtmatige wijze bezit heeft afgenomen en dit en dat heeft gedaan?" Al-Hasan zei dus, "Ik ben van mening dat hij niet bevochten dient te worden. Indien dit een bestraffing van Allaah is, dan zullen jullie niet in staat zijn om het te verwijderen met jullie zwaarden. Indien dit een beproeving is van Allaah, wees dan geduldig totdat Allaah oordeelt, en Hij is de beste der Rechters." Zij verlieten al-Hasan dus, waren het oneens met hem en rebelleerden tegen al-Hajjaaj - al-Hajjaaj doodde hen allemaal. Al-Hasan was gewoon te zeggen, "Indien de mensen geduld hebben, wanneer zij worden beproeft door hun onrechtvaardige heerser, dan zal het niet lang duren voordat Allaah hen een uitweg geeft. Echter haasten ze zich altijd naar hun zwaarden, dus worden ze gelaten met hun zwaarden. Bij Allaah! Ze hebben niet eens één dag iets goeds voortgebracht."

Het is overgeleverd van al-Hasan al-Basri (o. 110H), zoals staat vermeld in Minhaj us-Sunnah van Shaykh ul-Islaam (4/528):

"Voorwaar, al-Hajjaaj is de bestraffing van Allaah. Verdrijf de bestraffing van Allaah dus niet met je eigen handen. Echter dien je je te onderwerpen en nederigheid te tonen, want Allaah de meest Verhevene heeft vermeldt, "En voorzeker, Wij hebben hen met de bestraffing getroffen, toch werden zij niet ootmoedig tegenover hun Heer en zij werden niet nederig." (al-Mu'minoen 23:76)

En van al-Hasan al-Basri, zoals staat vermeldt in Adaab Hasan al-Basri, van ibn al-Jawzee, (p. 119-120):

"Weet - moge Allaah je genadig zijn - dat de tirannie van de koningen een vergelding (niqmah) is van de vergeldingen van Allaah, de meest Verhevene. En de vergeldingen van Allaah worden niet geconfronteerd met het zwaard, maar worden geconfronteerd (benaderd) met taqwaa en worden verdreven met smeekbeden en berouw, inaabah (berouwvol terugkeren naar Hem) en het afhouden van zonden."

Bron: http://www.sincerehearts.nl/lessen/hassanalbasrihajjaaj.pdf

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het is de methodiek van de duivel.. het is de methodiek om het kwade over het goede te laten zegevieren in dit aardse leven..
je verplicht laten onderdrukken door een dictator zonder dat je er iets tegen mag doen zodat jij en je gezin langzaam kapot creperen staat haaks op rechtvaardigheid, gezond verstand en veiligheid..

[4785] 52 - (...) Hudhaifah bin al-Yaman said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we were in an evil state, then Allah brought something good, and we are in a [good] state. Will there be any evil after this goodness?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'And will there be any goodness after that evil?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'And will there be any evil after that goodness?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'How?' He said: 'After I am gone, there will be A-immah (leaders) who will not follow my way and will not follow my example. Among them there will be men whose hearts are the hearts of devils in the bodies of men.' I said: 'What should I do, O Messenger of Allah, if I live to see that?' He said: 'Hear and obey the ruler, even if your back is flogged and your wealth is taken; hear and obey.'" (Sahih Muslim, The book of Leadership, Kitaab al-Imarah, Chapter 13 The Obligation of Staying with the Jama'ah (Main Body) of the Muslims When Fitn (Tribulations) appear, and in all circumstances. The prohibition of refusing to obey and on splitting away from the Jama'ah, page 181, Maktaba Dar-us-Salam, 2007)


[4785] 52 - (...) Hudhaifah bin al-Yaman

Op Wikipedia staat over deze beste man:

Hudhayfah had three qualities which particularly impressed Muhammad; his unique intelligence, quick wittedness, and his ability to keep a secret even under persistent questioning. A notable policy of Muhammad was to utilize the special strengths of each companion, carefully choosing the right man for the right task. A primary problem the Muslims encountered were hypocrites who had superficially accepted Islam while simultaneously plotting against the Muslim community. Because of Hudhayfah's ability to keep a secret, Muhammad told him the names of the hypocrites, a trust not bestowed upon others. Hudhayfah was commissioned to watch their movements and follow their activities. The hypocrites, because their secrecy and intimate knowledge of the developments and plans of the Muslims, presented a greater threat to the community than external enemies. From this time onwards, Hudhayfah was called The Keeper of the Secret of the Messenger of Allah, remaining faithful to his pledge of secrecy.
After Muhammad's death, the Khalifah often sought his advice concerning their activities but he remained tight-lipped. Umar was only able to find out indirectly who the hypocrites were by monitoring Hudhayfah’s attendance at the funeral prayer following the death of a Muslim. If Hudhayfah did not attend Umar refrained from performing the funeral prayer for that person. Once Umar asked Hudhayfah if any of his governors was a munafiq. Hudhayfah told him that one was but declined to inform whom. Hudhayfah later said that shortly after their conversation Umar dismissed the person as if he had been guided to him.

Bron: Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudhayfah_ibn_al-Yaman)

De hadith is duidelijk en degene aan wie de Profeet salAllahu 'alayhi wa salam het heeft verteld is ook duidelijk.

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And Al-Fitnah[1] is worse than killing. [2:191]

[1] (V.2:191) Al-Fitnah: polytheism, to disbelieve after one has believed in Allâh, or a trial or a calamity or an affliction.

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Islamic Scholars Support Egyptian Protestors

Fatwa ‏‪Regarding the Current Crisis in Egypt‬‏ From ‏‪The Permanent Fatwa Committee of the Assembly‬ Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA)

In the name of Allaah, the Benevolent, the Merciful. All praise is due to Allaah, and may peace and blessings be upon the messenger of Allaah, his family, companions, and all those loyal to him.‫ ‬

Many questions have been directed to the assembly regarding the current situation in Egypt of protests, demonstrations, their aftermath, and the ruling on conducting demonstrations of solidarity and support of them here in America. Therefore, we would like assert certain principles in lieu of these events that we will be summarized in the following points:

1 – The Arab Republic of Egypt is the heart of the Arab and Islamic world and its civilization. Its rich, deep history is beyond need of being mentioned. Hence, safeguarding its security and resources is an integral part of Islam’s glory and that of the Muslims, and unraveling its security – may Allaah forbid – is a matter that isn’t accepted by a sensible person that is sincere to his religion and loyal to his nation. Having said that, it is upon the Egyptian government, as well as the protestors and their leadership, to keep these important fundamentals in mind when dealing with this crisis, ensuring that it is done in a manner that serves the people’s best interests. This is grounded in the established principle of the Islamic shariah that general welfare is to be given precedence over individual welfare.

2 – Injustice is appalling in all religions, for it is the core of all sins and the source of all evils. Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, even forbid injustice upon Himself and deemed it forbidden between His slaves, saying: ‘Oh My slaves, I have made injustice forbidden upon Myself, and made it forbidden between you, so do not wrong one another.’

3 – The obligation to give sincere advice, command good, and forbid evil are of the essential protocols of the religion. These are general obligations that no one is exempt from. Rather, it is mandatory upon the ruler and the ruled, the politician and the laymen. ‘The religion is (all about) advice.’ We said: ‘To whom, oh messenger of Allaah?’ He said: ‘For Allaah, His messenger, the leaders of the Muslims, and their masses.’ The obligation to obey those in leadership does not contradict establishing this obligation (of advising, command, and forbidding). Rather, it is part of the leader’s rights over his following (that he be advised by them).

4 – The methods of advising and showing disapproval of evils that are widespread, not those of individuals, are many, and vary depending on time, place, and condition. It could (at times) be done in the form of writing to the judicial and executive offices, writing to newspapers and magazines, speaking at lecture circles and places of assembly, and it may be privately or publicly done depending on the benefit and/or possible consequences of doing so.

5 – The sanctity of blood, wealth, and honor are of the primary aims of the religion. Our prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, began his address in the farewell sermon with this fact, reiterating it again in amidst his speech that day. He said: ‘Do not return to being disbelievers after me, striking one another’s necks (i.e. with your swords).’ And the Muslims are unanimously agreed that compulsion to kill does not deem it permissible, even if one is threatened with being killed himself, because his brother’s life that he is being forced to end is no less valuable than his own life. Likewise, public property is protected (by Islamic law). Regardless of it belonging to Muslims or non-Muslims, it isn’t permissible to transgress against it by destroying or burning it.

6 – In the Islamic shari’ah, protesting is of the issues that revolve around weighing the pros and cons involved. The ruling on it changes with the change of time, place, and conditions wherein the benefits and harms vary. Considering the coexistence of benefits and harms involved in protesting, the matter is to be referred back to the people of sound reasoning and determination, namely the scholars.

Based on this, we view that what our brothers in Egypt took part in of protesting is their right in the eyes of the shari’ah, and it is an act that is warranted by international custom. This (permissibility) is because these were peaceful protests that demanded legitimate rights that were guaranteed by shari’ah. They exemplified the bravery and nobility of these youth and those that went out with them. Once again, we reiterate that the permissibility of their actions is contingent upon their protest remaining in a peaceful manner and also contingent upon the legitimacy of their demands.

7 – We don’t view the correctness of the opinion that the likes of these protests conflict with the ahadeeth forbidding to revolt against the ruler and commanding with patience towards them. The reason being is that these rulings are for a different case scenario, and because the prohibition to revolt against unjust rulers was legislated to prevent bloodshed and chaos, not to allow injustice or approve of the oppressor’s tyranny. Thus, wherever a method arises to deter injustice without resulting in a greater harm, it becomes a must to utilize it, for injustice is appalling in all religions. Therefore, if the Muslims were to come together upon a permissible method of impeding the oppressor and stopping his injustice without that involving a weightier harm, and (considering) it is (also) included in their constitution, then the fundamental principle remains of establishing justice and stopping oppression.

8 – Peaceful protesting in and of itself isn’t considered revolting against the ruler when the constitution that this ruler was instated upon had legalized this method, deemed it permissible, formulated its practice, and considered it a permissible political technique. Hence, the evidences that forbid revolting against the ruler with the sword aren’t to be used against these peaceful demonstrations – contingent upon their abidance by recognizing the sanctity of blood, wealth, and their protection of private and public property.

9 - We don’t view the correctness of using the ahadeeth forbidding fighting between the Muslims and isolating oneself from tribulation to hinder these protests, for these youth did not come out bearing arms nor displaying aggression. Rather, arms were bore against them by a troop of immoral delinquents. Therefore, the case is completely different, and it is the protestors’ right to defend themselves against these assailant by whatever means necessary.

As for the ahadeeth regarding tribulations and the command to isolate oneself from them, this is when the truth is unclear to the Muslim. As for when the truth surfaces, it is incumbent that one commands the good and forbids the evil, and peaceful protest is of the ways to do that – with conditions – as was aforementioned.

10 – It is permissible for the Muslims residing in the West to organize peaceful protests in support of their brothers that are taking a stand in Egypt, and to support their demands so that they would be known in Western societies – on the condition that these protests are legally permitted and void of shari’ah violations.

11 – Empowerment through foreigners at the expense of Islamic or national interests in the likes of these conditions or otherwise is an Islamic crime and national betrayal. The enemies of the Muslims lurk in the shadows, awaiting these gaps to penetrate through them towards their plot against the Muslim nation and the sabotage of its children. Were they to enter amongst us, they would increase us in nothing but chaos, confusion, and dissension. And the lessons we take from history and our present age – for whoever understands them – speak loud and clear with this reality. Thus, take extreme caution from enabling them to achieve their objectives.

12 – The current situation cannot sustain weakness and disunity to be provoked between the ranks of those exerting their all to attain reform, minimize the harms, and lessen the injustices via this unified stand. After Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, nothing will determine success for this endeavor except agreeing upon a single aim; general welfare. For this reason, its is incumbent upon all the various reform movements, be they national or Islamic, to agree upon common terms that they can synchronize their efforts and collaborate with all their fellow countrymen on; of the freedom and respect they call for and the social justice and economic sufficiency that they all seek. Let their guiding principle be the words of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of Hudaybiyah: ‘By He in whose hands is my soul (Allaah), they will not demand of me any plan wherein Allaah’s sanctities are protected except that I will agree to it. ’ – and his words, peace and blessings be upon him, after the Treaty of Al-Fudool: ‘I had attended a treaty in the home of Abdullah ibn Jud’an that I would not exchange for (a lot of) red camels (i.e. a treasure of wealth), and were I to be invited to it (again) in Islam, I would respond.’

13 – What the Muslim nation is going through of tribulations, and that which descends upon it of afflictions, is but a recompense for some of its sins and a hastening for some of its crimes. Allaah, the Most High, said: [And no catastrophe befalls you except by what your hands have earned, and He pardons much.] Hence, no misfortune descends except for a sin, and isn’t repealed except by repentance. Thus, the first thing the successful tend to when catastrophe strikes is rushing to repent to Allah, the Most High, admitting their weakness before Him, genuinely seeking refuge with Him and pleading between His hands. Allah, the Most High, said: [If only, when Our punishment came to them, they pleaded.] We therefore beseech all those who believe in Allaah and the Last Day to rush and repent to Allaah, the Glorified, and beg Him in the pre-dawn hours and in the end of your prayers, to uplift the punishment from the Muslim lands, to relieve them of these tribulations, to not call them to account for what the foolish among them have done, to appoint over their affairs the best of them, to not appoint their affairs over to the worst of them, and to beautifully return them altogether to Him; leaders and followers, rulers and ruled.

14 – Likewise, we invite all the leaders of the Muslims, both scholars and rulers, to learn this valuable lesson and uphold their obligations towards it; by being sincere to themselves and their people from one angle, and by taking on their roles of being sincere to their neighbor, Egypt, whether towards its current leadership or the roaring masses from another angle. It isn’t reasonable that the eyes have seen statements being sent to Egypt from outside the lands of Islam yet they (the Muslim leaders) have no role in guiding or sincerely advising it – while we are brethren of the same religion and nation!

We ask Allaah, the Most High, to appoint over the Muslims the best of them and distance from them the worst of them, and that He provides their leaders with advisors that are righteous and sincere, and that He protects the lands and slaves from the evil of tribulations, the hidden of them and the apparent. We ask Him to forgive those that have died in these bloody events in Tunisia and Egypt, to relieve the injured, to console the wounded, to make a way out for the oppressed, and to bring about stability and comfort quickly to the beloved Egypt. And may Allaah send His peace and blessings upon His prophet, Muhammad, and upon his family and companions.

Islamic Scholars Support Egyptian Protesters (http://www.muslimlinkpaper.com/index.php/islam/fataawa/2499-islamic-scholars-support-protestors.html)

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Al-Qaradawi: Freedom should be prioritized over Islamic law

Preserving the people’s freedom should be prioritized over the working to set up a system of Sharia (Islamic law), said Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Friday evening in an interview with Al Jazeera television network. Al-Qaradawi, who is an influential Islamic thinker and president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, is closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group.

Recently, some members of the Brotherhood have tried to alleviate concerns that they want to establish an Islamic state by asserting that the Brotherhood does not seek to the rule the country or establish an Islamist government in Egypt.

Al-Qaradawi also emphasized that the army should protect the nation and the rights of the people, rather than rule the country. He stressed that the right to protest peacefully for the sake of a better life is granted by Islam and recognized by every human rights convention. He congratulated the Egyptian people and the Arab nation on the departure of President Hosni Mubarak after 18 days of the revolutionary struggle.

He described the young revolutionaries as honorable Egyptians who went beyond the call of duty to achieve national justice.

Al-Qaradawi expressed his confidence that God had aided them because he aids those who sacrifice in order to bring about justice, adding, “I was sure that God would aid the revolutionaries. I swore in my Friday sermon that God would soon help these youth, and that is indeed what turned out happening.”

Holding the ousted president responsible for the bloodshed, he said that “God wanted to award this victory to the Egyptian people” and denounced claims that Egyptians were servile and slavish.

He added that Tahrir Square had become a university for the educating the virtues of self-sacrifice, and suggested that the square should be renamed “25 January Revolution Square.”

Al-Qaradawi praised independent media outlets for disclosing facts and uncovering falsehoods while criticizing government owned media outlets as misleading. He accused the later of having continued its campaign of deception up to the final moments before Mubarak’s resignation was announced.

Al-Qaradawi: Freedom should be prioritized over Islamic law | Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain (http://www.hizb.org.uk/news-watch/al-qaradawi-freedom-should-be-prioritized-over-islamic-law)

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Taking the act of the companions as evidence for the permissibility of demonstration

Question
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rathmatullahi wa Barakatuhu I have been informed that at the time of the prophet (SAAW), there was an incident where the sahabahs and sahabiets walked around the Ka'bah, shouting and demonstrating against the oppression of the Quraish. This has been used as evidence that islamic demonmstration against the oppression of the disbelievers is permitted. Can you please tell me if this is correct as I have asked a number of other people who tell me that it is not from the sunnah. Yet what about what the sahabahs did? Barakalowfic

Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

The Muslims went out to the street in Makkah forming two rows, one row was led by Hamzah and the other row was led by 'Umar and this is a well known incident which the historians mentioned. This incident was an act to show the strength of the Muslims, and it is evidence for the permissibility of organizing peaceful demonstrations that as a means of expressing oneself.

Since these demonstrations are means, then they do not need a special evidence proving their permissibility, because, in principle, means are permissible. The one who claims that such demonstrations are forbidden is required to provide evidence about their prohibition.

Allaah Knows best.

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Fatwa on Participation in Egyptian Demonstrations and those that criticize them

What is the ruling on participating in the revolution in Egypt (the revolution of January 25)? I would like you to expound in the answer to include everything that surrounds the subject of matters related to it?

I mentioned the ruling on this issue in this article: "Revolution against Mubarak," I said in that: (Certainly what is happening today in the land of Islam from the oppression, injustice and immorality within the circle of injustice is the shariah of Allah for His slaves to address it or face it .. He says in the description of people of faith: {And those who, when wrong is done to them, defend themselves} [Shura: 39].
He said in the description of the oppressed to lift oppression and to raise and repel it:

{Yet indeed, as for any who defend themselves after having been wronged - no blame whatever attaches to them} [Shura: 41]
He said (peace be upon him):
“Fight without the owner until you take possession of ownership, or are killed so you become one of the martyrs in the Hereafter. (Saheeh: narrated by Imam Ahmad and Tabaraani).
He said (peace be upon him): “Whoever is killed under oppression is a martyr” Narrated by Ahmad from Ibn Abbas.

He said (peace be upon him): “Whoever is killed defending his wealth is a martyr”. Narrated by Muslim.

He said (peace be upon him): “By He whose hand rest my soul, you either enjoin good and forbid evil and catch hold of the hand of the oppressor and persuade him to act justly and stick to the truth, or, Allah will involve the hearts of some of you with the hearts of others and will curse you as He had cursed them” (Tabaraani in Muajam Kabirr and al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan.)

He said (peace be upon him): How to sanctify the nation is not taken from the strong of them for the weak among them? (Narrated by Ibn Haban and Tabaraani).
He said peace be upon him:

If you have seen my ummah fearing the oppressor and to tell him, “certainly you are unjust” simply tell them goodbye! (Narrated by Ahmad and al-Bayhaqi.)

And Al-Bayhaqi said commenting on this hadeeth:

(Ahmed said that the meaning of this is, "About them, if they feared for themselves from this statement and then abandoned it they are worse than it and the greatest of speech and the most feared action as they were called to Jihad with the mushrikeen but out of fear for themselves and their closest money and if they became like this therefore they were bid farewell and were deposited, and firmly established their presence and nonexistence (People of faith -Bayhaqi) oh martyrdom."

- It is obligatory that we know that offsetting the ruling regime in Egypt was a command hard to realize for the biggest jihadist organizations, so if these protesters succeeded in dropping the regime then that is a great victory for Islam and Muslims .. and it has emerged over the Western interests the strength in this great system and their fear of its falling .. so the U.S. government is following what is happening with great interest and the relations did not stop and the command came down on the internal affairs!!
This shows the severity of their dependence on this system! And this is why they are today polishing ElBaradei, who is expected to be the next client, trying to preserve the empowerment of the lining of Mubarak, who felt that its demise is imminent ..
If the Egyptian regime fell, God willing, we would lose an important client of the West, the most important customers who depended on them ..

If the Egyptian regime fell, God willing, there would be mixed with a lot of leaves on the U.S. government will have to deal in a new way with the peoples of the region ..

If the Egyptian regime fell, God willing, it will change a lot of circumstances and conditions of the Islamic world ..

If the Egyptian regime fell, God willing, perhaps several other systems would fall down ..

If the Egyptian regime fell, God willing, there may occur in the region a major earthquake similar to the raids of September 11 ..

If the Egyptian regime fell, God willing, therefore this means that Israel has lost a sentry from its most important sentries ..

The issue is important, substantial and sensitive not only for Egypt alone, but for the whole Islamic world .. we are facing a historic moment and a decisive stage in the history of the Islamic nation ..

The issue for the Egyptian brothers today means a grab of dignity, pride and freedom and to get rid of the West’s customers, which means the birth of a new era in which Egypt has freedom and self-determination and dignity... in her religion and the law of her Lord and her ummah.

According to the West, this means a serious defeat and the loss of a client regime which is one of its most important customers in the region and exit the country from the grip of their hands .. This is what explains the strong attachment to the survival of Mubarak in power and if not for this support given by them he would not have dared to defy the legions, which insist on his immediate departure and refuse that he stay in power ..

The Egyptian brothers today repelling against this system and removing him make a major victory for their country and for Islam and Muslims .. They stand today in the bond of great repelling… Even if some of the Mujahideen today exists in Egypt it is one of the best jihads to participate in this blessed revolution..

If I asked about the standing of ten or a hundred of the finest Mujahideen for a martyrdom operation in which all of us to perish for Mubarak and his regime you would not see anything wrong with this because it’s in the interests of Islam and Muslims and defeats the enemies of the religion. How many of us wished to be behind our brothers in Egypt and to have the privilege to contribute to the overthrow of this system, even with half a word. We ask Allah to accept all the martyrs who fell in the face of this tyrant and to give sustenence to their parents pay, patience and fortitude.

Those demonstrators who came out on the street today, chanting the slogan: "People want to overthrow the regime" may in fact have reached the same conclusion reached by the jihadi groups two decades ago that there was the necessity to dispose of this system considering it an extension of the West .. And here the youth today go out to the street to face the police themselves which was undertaken by the militants two decades ago the need to confront the necessity .. and they are burning cars and smashing its headquarters ..

This was a period sufficient to recognize the Muslim masses for the right decision taken by the Mujahideen:
So it shows you the position of the ignorant *** and alter the news from one who did not provide. Please note that the Mujahid groups in Egypt said that it did not resort to the decision to confront the system until after it was forced to because of stifling and exactly how much the public was forced today to confront the system due to cracking down on them.
Here is the system today, even after the breakdown of security is out of his hand, he describes that all the many people going against it are a group of thugs outside the law! Just as this group of terrorists said of the Mujahideen that they are terrorists, outlaws!

- I am amazed from those who are shy to come out for these demonstrations!

If these systems who were switching the law of Allah and were corruption and tyrannical it obligatory to rebel and fight with the sword, as is the matter with all the groups abstaining from the law of Allah, it is it not obligatory to come out for it with other ways other than protests?
If we claim that we are excused and justified in leaving them, we will be disabled it should be known that we are not excused in leaving the protests against it because ease does not fall without hardship. And how it is prescribed for us to come out and fight the ruler who fights Allah's religion by force and arms. And it is not prescribed for us to ask him to just claim to relinquish power?

There was some who associate themselves to the methodology of the salaf today that became unfortunately adoptive of a negative direction about the matters of the ummah similar to the passivity of Tablighi Jamaat, that never made any change during her work even if the Kaaba was hit by nuclear bombs.

And the events that happen are greater than what is going on now and this group never moves.
The sanctity of Muslims was assaulted and the sanctity of a Muslim is greater than the sanctity of the Kaaba but the Jama'ah did not move a muscle.

Thus, some affiliated with the approach of the methodology of the salaf they leave or abandon all the matters of the Muslims ummah and have no interest except in their books and papers, and study circles, ignoring the words of the Prophet peace be upon him, “He who does not care about the affairs of the Muslims is not one of us.”

Increasingly, I am surprised by the audacity of some young people who are not committed to the ummah by their enthusiasm and their support for these issues, while some young people who claim to be students of knowledge do not even move their head!

If they talk and they participate they only warn people of the strife of fitnah as though they don’t know that people are already full of fitnah around them. And some of them rioting to participate in the protest against these regulations says:
- If you fall down this regime you only will get the secular regime does not apply the law of Allah!

The answer about that is that we are now talking about the matter of toppling the regime and this is a demand that we agree with the rest of the people.we should contribute to achieve it. And after the demise of the regime we can seek to establish a new constitution that rule with Allah’s law. Participation in overthrowing this regime does not mean it will be followed by the adoption of systems in violation of Allah ‘s law. The matter is about reducing the evil and to achieve what can be achieved from good. People are already injustice, oppression and persecution, we must contribute to the lift it ..

Prisons are full of muwahidun and We must help with their release.. And qunoot (night prayer) and du’aa is obligatory upon all Muslims in order to fell the tyrant and so he leaves my dear Egypt.

O Allah destroy him and cut off the tail (America)
O Allah Link the hearts of the rebellious Muslim youth on the face of him ..
Allah accepts the martyrs and to pour constancy upon their mothers and sisters, patience and fortitude likewise ..
O Allah decree for this nation a wise matter where the people of your worship can have dignity
and humiliate the people of sin and judge them in it with your shariah.
And Allah knows best
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds
Answered, a member of Shariah Committee:
Sheikh Abu-Mundhir Shanqeeti

islampolicy: Minbar alTawheed wal Jihad - Fatwa on Participation in Egyptian Demonstrations and those that criticize them (http://www.islampolicy.com/2011/01/minbar-altawheed-wal-jihad-fatwa-on.html)

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Islamic Ethics of Staging Demonstrations

As-salamu `alaykum. I would like that you clarify for me the Islam’s stance on staging demonstrations that are usually done to face oppression and to support oppressed Muslims. It will be very much appreciated if you mentioned the Islamic guidelines of staging such demonstrations. Jazakum Allah Khayran.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear sister in Islam, thank you for the great confidence you place in us, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake. We invoke Almighty Allah to protect all suffering people all over the world against oppression and injustice.

Protesting against oppression in order to support the truth and the oppressed is a legitimate act that may be obligatory if it will affect the process of decision-making among the oppressors. However, these protests and demonstrations do not warrant riots or destructive acts against public or private property. This is because such acts fall under the category of wrongdoing and cannot be justified by the negative attitudes of governments.

Explaining the legitimacy of demonstrating in Islamic Shari`ah, the prominent Saudi Scholar, Dr. Muhammad al-Ahmari states:

Holding demonstrations to support the truth and refuse injustice, oppression and corruption is a legitimate recurring act that Allah sanctions in condemning corruption as well as in celebrating feasts. Examples of this are the Prophet's demonstrating (with the companions) to bid farewell to the Muslim armies as well as to welcome them when they returned. Another example is during the conquest of Makkah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded his uncle Al-`Abbas, to show Abu Sufyan the strength and power of the Muslim army as they were marching towards Makkah with their banners raised. By commanding them to do so, the Prophet wanted to convince Abu Sufyan that he could not confront the powerful army of Muslims.

If we cannot at least express our voice, display our position, and declare our sympathy with our oppressed fellows, as well as show our readiness to protect our invaded and occupied lands, then what does remain for us to do? Hence, explaining and supporting the truth as well as confronting and condemning injustice and corruption by all possible means is a legitimate recurring right in Islam.

Shedding more light on the issue and the Islamic guidelines for demonstrations, the following fatwa issued by the prominent Saudi Islamic lecturer and author, Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid states:

There is nothing wrong with Muslims protesting against a certain act of oppression, condemning it, and asking for active reaction to stop it. Rather, Muslims should use all effective and Islamically acceptable means provided that these protests and demonstrations do not involve things that are forbidden in the Shari`ah. Some of those prohibited acts may include the following:

-Men and women going out without abiding by the Islamic code of dress.

-Shouting slogans that are improper.

-Doing wrong to others by such acts as blocking the road or preventing people from passing by.

-Using slanderous and insulting words that are not permitted in Shari`ah.

-Men and women mixing during the demonstration.

-Committing acts of aggression against the property of innocent people, such as destroying their shops or breaking their windows, or starting fires in public facilities, and other haram actions.

In stating that men and women should not mix during the demonstration, we mean that only indecent mixing is not allowed. Both men and women who join the rally should abide by the Islamic code of dress and women as well as men should not mix with one another in an indecent way. It is suggested that the people in the rally should line up in a way similar to that of prayer, i.e. men in the front and women in the back.

This is further clarified in the following fatwa issued by Dr. Ahmad Sa`id Hawwa, Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Principles at Jordanian Universities:

If a demonstration attracts a huge crowd, thus entails mixing between people, then it is not allowed for women to participate in it. However, if the rally is properly arranged that women are made to walk in separate lines or with men but without being jam-packed, then it is permissible.

What matters here is the amount of certainty about the consequences of the rally. For example, if there is a higher possibility that women will be subject to ill-treatment and the like from the police or other people, then they should not demonstrate. This is based on the juristic rule that states: removing hardship is given priority over accruing benefit. This must not be construed as preventing women from participating in the service of Islam, as there are many ways women can help in the cause of Allah.

Islamic Ethics of Staging Demonstrations - IslamonLine.net - Ask The Scholar (http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503546710)

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Reforming Political Corruption

According to the teachings of Islam, changing evil is an Islamic duty that can be done on three levels — changing something, speaking out against it, or detesting it. Nowadays there is much talk about political evil. Are today's common evils (munkarat ) in the political scene included in the types of evils that should be changed? Or is changing evil confined to what is referred to in Shari`ah as unlawful, such as adultery and alcohol? If the duty of changing evil extends also to politics, what is the stance of Islam towards the one who keeps silent regarding political corruption?

Responding to the question, the eminent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi states the following:

The texts in the Qur'an and the Sunnah that severely condemn remaining silent to evil acts committed in the society deeply affect anyone who has an atom's weigh of faith in his or her heart. This condemnation holds whether the one committing evil is a ruler or one of the ruled. Allah Almighty says: [Those of the children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and used to transgress. They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!] (Al-Ma'idah 5:78-79).

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is also reported to have said, "He who amongst you sees an evil should change it with the help of his hand; and if he has no strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should do it with his heart, and that is the least (sign) of faith" (Muslim).
In this regard it is a mistake to think that evil is confined to the unlawful acts such as adultery and drinking alcohol.

A ruler's humiliating his subjects is an evil; forging elections is another evil; and refraining from voting is also an evil because it passively leads to giving authority to people unworthy of bearing public responsibility. Evil also encompasses misappropriating public funds; monopolizing goods that people need; detaining people without legal evidence; torturing detainees in prisons; giving or taking bribes, and mediating between givers and takers of bribes; adulating rulers; taking Allah's enemies and the enemies of the Muslim Ummah as friends, etc. Hence, we find that the meaning of evil includes many things that people regard as sheer political affairs.

It does not befit true Muslims who sincerely seek to please Almighty Allah to stand inactive before such vile acts on the pretext that they fear to take serious steps towards reform, or that they want to be on the safe side anyway.

Should this negative spirit spread in the Muslim Ummah, it would no longer be able to undertake the responsibility towards guiding the world, and it would then become a nation other than the one Almighty Allah describes by saying [Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind. Ye enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in Allah] (Aal `Imran 3:110).

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also warned the Muslims against adopting negative (apathetic) attitudes of this kind as he (peace and blessing be upon him) is reported to have said, "Should it occur that the people of my Ummah have such extreme fear that they become unable to say to the unjust people 'You are wrong,' they would no longer be worthy of life" (Ahmad).

Dictates of faith require Muslims not to stand helpless in the face of evil, whatever be its kind — political, economic, intellectual, social, etc. Rather Muslims should exert their utmost efforts (while making use of all possible legal channels) to change evil. If they cannot do actual things to change it, they are to try this by expressing their refusal openly; and if still they cannot do this, they are to resort to the least attempt of reform, that is, to abhor it in their hearts, which is considered as "the least (sign) of faith" according to the Prophet's hadith referred to above.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) considered abhorring evil from one's heart as a kind of changing it, as it is a psychological and intellectual mobilization on the way of refusing it. Therefore, it is not a total submission to and acceptance of the evil as some people may think. Had it been so, it would not have been referred to in the hadith as a kind of changing evil.

Constant abhorrence of evil will certainly result someday in something positive in the way of resistance; it may be then in the form of revolution and utter change of affairs.

There is another hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that referred to changing the evil with one's heart as a kind of jihad, though also considered here as the lowest rank of jihad. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said, "There was no prophet sent by Almighty Allah to a community before me but he would find supporters and companions who would follow in his footsteps and abide by his teachings. Then there came (after them) generations that would say (that is, preach) what they would not act upon and do what they had not been given instructions to do. He who can perform jihad against (resist) those people with the help of his hands is a believer; he who can do this with his tongue is also a believer; and he who can do this (even) with his heart is a believer too. There is no atom of faith beyond this (that is, seeking resistance with any of these means)" (Muslim).

However, individual efforts may fail to resist evil, especially if it has prevailed in such a monstrous way that it is practiced by the very people who are supposed to fight against it. I mean here the rulers and people in authority. If the case is so, combining efforts to resist evil by all possible and lawful means becomes a religious duty upon the political parties and organizations that seek reform. It is a kind of seeking cooperation on that which is good and righteous for the good of people.

Reforming Political Corruption - IslamonLine.net - Ask The Scholar (http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1138109426557&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaEAskTheScholar)

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Islamonline.net is een spreekbuis voor figuren die afwijken van de Manhaj (http://manhaj.com) (methodiek) van de Profeten. Wat een ernstige zaak is.

Niemand van de bekende Ulamaa (http://ulamaa.com) spreekt op die site. Hetzelfde geldt voor de tv zender Iqra - niemand van de bekende Ulamaa (http://ulamaa.com) spreekt op die tv-zender.

Naar mijn weten is er maar 1 programma waarop de geleerden de vragen beantwoorden van de mensen over de hele wereld en dat is het programma Nurun 'ala Darb, welke wordt uitgezonden op de Saoedische radiozender al-Quran al-Kareem. Verder is mij bekend dat soms geleerden op de tv-zender al-Majd spreken.

Dat geeft toch te denken.

Voorts, weer een stuk van een Nederlandse website (maar die wel enigszins onbekend zijn - wat niet hoort), die betrouwbare content verspreid :

De gehoorzaamheid aan de gezaghebbers

90- Tot de Soennah behoort het luisteren naar en het gehoorzamen van de leiders van de Moslims en heersers van de Gelovigen, zowel de deugdzamen als de zondigen onder hen. Dit is zolang zij ons niet bevelen Allah ongehoorzaam te zijn, want er is geen gehoorzaamheid aan wie dan ook, als het gaat om ongehoorzaamheid aan Allah.

91- Degene die het kalifaat wordt gegeven, terwijl de mensen akkoord gaan en tevreden met hem zijn, of hen met zijn zwaard overweldigt, totdat hij kalief wordt en Leider der Gelovigen wordt genoemd; het is verplicht om hem te gehoorzamen en het is verboden om hem tegen te werken, tegen hem in opstand te komen en om tweedracht te zaaien tussen de Moslims.

Bron: - De gehoorzaamheid aan de gezaghebbers (http://www.soennah.com/content/view/315/39/)