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Question: A brother from Tunisia asks, ýO shaykh, concerning the current events in Tunisia, the problem and chaos currently taking place thereý What is your advice about it??



Response :

Interpretation of the answer: By Allaah! We do not approve of the events taking place in Tunisia or in Algeria and we do not agree with them. In fact, they do not follow the teachings of the Sunnah of our Messenger (sallallahu ýalayhi wa sallam) in this affair, nor the guidance of his Noble Companions (radhi Allaahu ýanhum). They merely followed the West: Europe and America. And our proof for this is easy to find as it lays in what the leaders of the opposition of these countries claim. One can say that itýs either the socialist party, or a left-wing group or any other group mentioned in what we have heard. They all bring forward the same argument, ýWe still havenýt achieved the same level of freedom of expression as the Westerners have!ý Maa shaaý Allaah!! Which means that you should be  able to say anything you like regardless of it decadence (Fisq), disbelief (Kufr), innovation (Bidýah) or going astray (Dalalaat), etc. This idea is totally false (Baatil). Work and job opportunities are part of the success given by Allaah Tabaarak wa TaýAalaa and His favours the Almighty.

So in order to resolve this, the servants (of Allaah) must turn to Him in a sincere manner through heartfelt repentance whilst respecting and observing the Path of Allaah Tabaarak wa TaýAalaa. Once this is done, then they may expect good to befall them. However, if they seek to solve their problems by means whereby they imitate the West, they can expect nothing but an evil outcome. The result will be havoc and destruction and we seek refuge with Allaah from that! And as you can see, we have already witnessed over a hundred deaths and many more injured. The death has increased dramatically. In Algeria around fifty and Tunisia is similar.

Also, is it permissible to anyone to kill himself on the gorunds that he hasnýt found work? To set himself alight? This is what started all the evil of Tunisia and it is not permissible. It is not permissible.

He Messenger of Allaah (sallallahu ýalayhi wa sallam) used to spend three moons, meaning two months, without any food other than dates and water. By Allaah, I ask you! Did they reach that level? Subhanullaah! During that entire time, no fire was lit (to cook) in the house of the Messenger (sallallahu ýalayhi wa sallaam). So, they should be patient. And when they will have shown their patience, and fear of Allaah, then Allaah will bless them. They must repent to Allaah and turn to Him. As Allaah says:

إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّاراً. يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَاراً}

يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَاراً. وَيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَاراً}نوح: 10-12

"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; 'He will send rain to you in abundance; And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' "

So it is obligatory for us to return to Allaah, and when we do so, Allaah will remove the evil which has befallen us.

In the year of the drought (Ramadah) during the reign of the leader of the Believers (ýUmar ibnul Khattab), did the people go out and protest saying, there are no jobs? There is no food? The living standards are too low? They didnýt do this! This, O my brothers! They inherited it from the West and the disbelievers. The proof is that they use the argument of the disbelieving West. And this is not permissible! We are Ummat-al-Islaam and we have our own rules and revelations.! We have our own religion! We bear with patience until Allaah brings us relief! Patiently and with endurance we endeavour to return to Allaah by correcting ourselves. And call others to return to Him and reform themselves and Allaah will change their situation. Allaah says:

{وَأَلَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاءً غَدَقاً} (الجن:16)

ýIf they (non-Muslims) had believed in Allýh, and gone on the Right Way (i.e. Islým) We should surely have bestowed on them water (rain) in abundance.ý (Surat al-Jinn:16)

So, if we keep ourselves on the Straight Path, then Allaah will bless us abundantly. Allaah says:

{وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى آمَنُواْ وَاتَّقَواْ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَاتٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ} (الأعراف:96)،

ýAnd if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwý (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes, etc.).ý (Surat-al-Aýraaf:96)

And He says:

{وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْراً}(الطلاق:4)

ýýand whosoever fears Allýh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him.ý (Surat-at-Talaq:4)

And He says:

{ يَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ}(الطلاق:3)

ýAnd He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.ý (Surat-at-Talaq:3)



Now we must remind the people of the difference betweenus and the disbelievers! And remind them in what way Allaah has favoured us! What He has revealed to us by way of His clear verses and what the Messenger of Allaah (sallallahu ýalayhi wa sallam) has brought to us through the authentic Hadeeth concerning this. So it is important to understand that the disbelievers have their own way of solving their own problems, but their method isnýt suitable to us. Neither does it suit us according to the revelations (that is to the say the Religion), nor according to the decree (according to the affairs of this life ý the Douniyah). It is obligatory for us to follow the way ordained by Allaah.

And it is sad to observe that two trends have formed around them:

1-The atheist, secular, socialist and communist political movement and,

2-The Ikhwanis (the sect of the Muslim Brotherhood established by Hassan Al-Banna) who draw their beliefs from the Khawaarijs.

Both these trends blow on these people, who are (to them) as firewood so both of them can cook and eat. These people are their fuel. These poor people die so the fruit can be collected (by others): meaning that others may cook on this fuel, on this firewood. Those who die and those who burn themselves are the ones - either heretic atheists, or innovators and Khawaarijs. They are the ones who stimulate the fire of this fitnah. May Allaah preserve us from it. And we must beware of this. We must know that the Muslim must obey (the leaders in good) and listen, even if beaten with lashes or stripped of our property. Yet those did not receive lashes on their backs, or even lost their property. But they brought death upon themselves and transgressed against othersý belongings: they destroyed houses, burnt cars, burnt shops, or burnt banks and some government buildings. This is not permissible! The Prophet (sallallahu ýalayhi wa sallam) ordered us to listen and obey (the leaders) even when they treat themselves with privileges at our expense. This is what is incumbent on us! And we must bestow their right on them and ask Allaah for our own rights. And if we fail to receive this right in this Douniyah, we will receive it with Allaah Tabaarak wa TaýAalaa. I ask Allaah Subhaanahu wa taýAala success for us all.

End



This reply from Shaykh Muhammad ibn Haadi Al-Madkhaali was recorded Wednesday 8th Safar 1432 Hijri, corresponding to January 12, 2011 in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.



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English interpretation rendered by Umm Faycell






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