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Is Rebelling Against a Ruler an Issue of Ijtihad? 1 Question: What do you say, may Allah preserve you, about a person who states that the issue of rebelling and opposing the ruler (king, president, government, etc.) is only a matter of Ijtihad (independent, personal interpretation) and says that there is a difference if opinion regarding the issue among the Salaf. Therefore, it is not permissible to accuse those who differ in this regard (those who allow political revolution and opposition) of being innovators or sinners. Answer: This is a lie and slander against the messenger (S), and there is no room for Ijtihad in this issue. The prophet (S) says: "Whoever comes to you while you are united in allegiance to one man (leader) among you and he wants to disunite your unified community, then strike his neck whoever he may be." [Sahih Muslim] And he (S) said: "Whoever splits up the unified community and dies while he is disuniting the community, then he dies a death of Jahiliyyah (a pre-Islamic state of ignorance)." or: "...then he has removed the guiding rope of Islam from his neck (disassociated himself from Islam)." It is impermissible to oppose and rebel against the leader of Muslim affairs. Rather, it is an obligation to obey him and forbidden to oppose him due to what that entails of bloodshed, disunity, and the ruining and alienation of a nation. And you all witness now those lands in which people revolted against their leaders. You see the results such as fighting and killing, bloodshed, and the loss of safety and security when some of these leaderships are not Muslim governments. But anytime people rebel against their leaders, the same thing occurs - that which occurred in Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and every other place. So what if the ruler is Muslim? It is certainly not allowed to oppose him due to what that will result in of bloodshed, the loss of security, the opportunity for non-Muslims to gain control over Muslims, and dissension and division among Muslims. 1 - This article is a translated transcription of a cassette (the first side) titled: "al-Liqaa al-Maftooḥ" given in May, 2004 by Salih al- Fawzan. Source: http://www.sahab.net/forums/showthread.php? p=649713 To read the full 3-page article online, click here. Abu Az-Zubayr Harrison [url=http://www.answering-extremism.com/][/url]
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