Topic: work stoppages/strikes


Abu.Hafs.Bilaal    -- 08-08-2003 @ 2:05 PM
  As salaamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Dear respected brothers
Could someone please direct me to a fatwa stating the hukum on the permissibility of striking or work stoppages in contractual disputes with one's employer. Barakallahu fiqum.

wa salaamu alaikum
abu hafs bilaal mccloud as salafi


shahid393    -- 08-08-2003 @ 6:23 PM
  wa 'alaykum us-salaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,

i do not know if this is the ruling for strikes/work stoppages, but these are some statements of the 'ulamaa concerning demonstrations/protests:

http://www.tazkiyah.org/readarticle.php?II=IKWN-00006

http://www.tazkiyah.org/readarticle.php?II=BDAH-00016

here is a lecture about democracy, if i remember correctly it has some info about demonstrations/protests too (since they are a by-product of democracy):
http://www.spubs.com/sps/sad/mp3.cfm?scn=dl&LeID=43

abu hussam shahid williams


Abu.Hafs.Bilaal    -- 10-08-2003 @ 8:58 PM
  Barakallahu fiqum
I am sure that somehow there may be a connection between the strike and work stoppages and protests, but i can't work with what I think. This is in reference to the contract dispute with Verizon in  the US. They have allowed the Jehovah's Witnesses not to participate even though they are members of the union. The Muslims need a definitive statement that it is not permissible in Islam to be involved in such activity in order to get the same exemption without having to suffer the fitnah that comes from union membership. Jazakallahu khairan

wa salaamu alaikum
abu hafs bilaal mccloud as salafi

This message was edited by Abu.Hafs.Bilaal on 8-10-03 @ 9:03 PM


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