The Kufr of Democracy

Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi (HA)

The Most High said:

“Indeed, the religion with Allah is Islam.” [al-‘Imran, 19] And the Most High said: “And I was pleased with Islam as your religion.”


[al-Ma’idah, 3] 

So, we worship by it and we declare our disavowal from everything that opposes it. We disbelieve in everything that negates it or opposes it from the disbelieving methodologies, false ways, and corrupt Madhahib[schools of thought], and from that, the modern innovation of Kufr, that of democracy. So whoever follows it, and seeks it, then they have sought a religion other than Islam. The Most High said:

“And whoever seeks a religion other that Islam it will never be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be from he losers.”


[al-‘Imran, 85] 

for this reason, we declare as a Kafir, the one who legislates in accordance with the Din of democracy (legislation for the people, by the people), just as we also declare as a Kafir, the one who chooses, appoints, or elects on his behalf, a legislator. This is because he has [in that] sought a judge, legislator and lord besides Allah. The Most High said:

“Or do they have partners that have legislated for them in the Din that which Allah has given no permission for?”


[ash-Shura. 21]

And the Most Glorified said:

“They took their rabbis and priests as lords besides Allah.”


[at-Tawbah, 31]
 
Having said that, we do not declare as Kuffar, the generality of people who participate in the elections, for not all of them seek legislating lords in their participation in it. Rather, from them are those that seek to choose representatives for worldly services for living. In this matter the tribulation has spread far and wide. And the motives of the candidates for election differ-among those that do not directly take part in or practice legislation, such as the representatives. For that reason, we do not proceed to pronounce Takfir of the individuals among them as we do with those that directly perform clear Kufr such as legislation and its likes.

And we say: taking part in legislative elections is an action of Kufr and we do not make general Takfir. Rather, we differentiate between a persons performance of an action of Kufr, and placing the ruling of Kufr upon him, of what that implies of establishing the evidence if the affairs become confused and the matters become mixed up, as well as the consideration [given to] the motives in the likes of these issues.


Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi - This is our Aqeedah

A time on Friday..

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said while talking about the merits of Friday, "There is a time on Friday at which a Muslim, while he (or she) is performing Salat and is supplicating, will be granted whatever he (or she) is supplicating for." And he (SAW) pointed with his hand to indicate that this period of time is very short. 

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Israeli doctors in the Maldives

This week a group of Israeli eye surgeons are coming tothe country at the invite of the Taghut to provide free medical care.As expected this has caused quite an uproar and once again has exposed the deep divide between those of us who seek to follow Islam and those who would rather follow kuffar systems such as democracy and secularism and who have no Wala for the Muslims and Baraa for the kuffar.

There is no doubt that as Muslims as well as human beings we should be worried and outraged at this move. It has been admitted by Israeli doctors that they have in the past illegally stolen organs without the consent or even knowledge of the families of those they took them from.

But even if this was not the case we must rememer that Israel occupies Islamic land and every adult in that country is part of that occupation and so they are all enemies of Islam and they are all combatants according to the Sharia. Also every Israeli adult serves in their military which has slaughtered our brothers and sisters in Palestine.

Every Muslim who loves their Religion should avoid these Israeli doctors and should make clear their disguist at them being brought here to begin with.  And we must all make dua to Allah to thwart the plots of the kuffar and munafiqeen.


وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ ۚ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ

And  when the disbelievers plotted against you  to imprison you, or to kill you, or to get you out ;they were plotting and Allah too was planning, and Allah is the Best of the planners. 


Surah Al Anfal 30

A Message Clarifying The Meaning of Taaghout

by Muhammad bin 'Abdil Wahhaab

Know – may Allah have mercy upon you – that the first duty Allah has obliged upon the son of Aadam is al-kufr bit-taaghout and belief in Allah. And the evidence [for this] is the saying of the Exalted: And verily, We have sent among every ummah a Messenger [proclaiming]: 'Worship Allah [Alone] and keep away from taaghout.' [EMQ an-Nahl, 16:36]

As for the explanation of al-kufr bit-taaghout, it is to believe that anything [or anyone] that is worshipped instead of Allah is falsehood, and [one must] desert it and detest it, and make tafkeer to its people [those who worship it, i.e. the disbelievers] and to take them as enemies.

As for the meaning of al-Eemaanu Billaah, it is to believe that Allah is the Worshipped Lord – exclusively besides anything else – and to be sincere in all types of 'ibaadah (worship) to Allah, and to nullify it [one's worship] to any other ma’bood (false god), and to love the people of ikhlaas [i.e. the Muslims] and to have alliance with them. And [al-Eemaanu Billaah entails] hating the people of shirk and taking them as enemies.

And this is the Millah (religion) of Ibraaheem, which only the fool renegades against, and it is [also] the uswah (best example) which Allah has informed us about through His saying: Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their people: 'Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allah, we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, animosity and hatred forever, until you believe in Allah Alone.' [EMQ al-Mumtahanah, 60:4]

An Overview of the Life of Shaheed Abu Mus’ab Sayyid – Rahimahullaah

(Letter from Brother Abu Rawdha)

Assalaam ‘Alykum,

From Abu Rawdha
To the brothers and sisters

I praise Allah in all conditions, through the test He has subjected upon me since the beginning of this year and up untill now, the latest been the martyrdom of my friend and teacher Sheikh Abu La’aali or more commonly known as Sayyid. I do not complain Him about his blessed death, but I only do weep for myself losing the race we started. May Allah accept him.

I haven’t had contact of the brother for months. And today* receiving the news and his wasiyyah was a complete shock for me. Below I will insha Allah summarise the life of this young brother which has been hidden for most of you – although most of it remains hidden, as he loved it, hidden in the strangeness as a stranger.

Abu La’aali started his studies in religion at the age of fifteen. He excelled in his subjects and mastered in Arabic grammar within few years. Before his last (Islamic colledge) exams he came to an understanding of the falsehood within the education systems and thus completely denounced it. And he threw away his certificates and recognitions. (I could not recall all the shuyookh he studied under, except Shaykh Basheer – the scholar originally from Somalia and who someway joined the struggle there, but later on supported the ikhwani fasiq Hukoomah.) He later concentrated study in circles and in this process sat with few scholars. This period was very short and thus his later studies did not come to a completion due to several reasons, mainly due to the aftermath of September the 11th. He faced many tribulations after this point, and suffered continuous imprisonment and isolations and banishments.

He was a very physically-fit brother. He had infact mastered in South East Asian Islamic (Moro/Indonesian) fighting of Saradah. And was one of the best students of his teacher. He had also done specialist trainings in guerilla and urban warfare from Kashmeeree Mujahideen groups – prior to 9/11.

Also these phases of his life were challenged with his practical implementations of what he believed, and sometimes he retracted from his previous views and changed to what is best evident upon Quran and Sunnah to him. In the early stages he even went through Hizb-at-tahrir and other such groups. And this will be evident from many of his writings, where he refers to these experiences.

To be fare, I should state that he used to treat brothers/ sisters who suffer from Jinn. He used to treat in accordance to Quran and Sunnah, till a later time he got into some matters of shubuhaat, as some believing Jinn came upto him and offered their help in these treatments. But after this he started to suffer from abnormal conditions. Thus I adviced him to give-up these treatments and study on the matter on the basis of Sharee’ah. He later on, after talking to shuyookh from Jihadi circles, announced his Tawbah from this (latter) type of treatment and I Quote him:

Quote:

“… I make it public that I have repented from the connections I had from the Jinns, I do not approve that anyone cure people as I did, I mean with their help. So I have repented from this, all of it.”

(end of his words from his personal will)

As I mentioned earlier, he suffered a lot of imprisonments, and within this were long term house arrests. And it was these times where he started to go through internet Islamic forums. Through which he gifted the brothers with some invaluable knowledge. Sometimes he may say he is leaving for a month, while infact he is been relocated to prison custody or elsewhere. May Allah accept his efforts.

He lived a very hard life due to his continued imprisonments, he could not work and was forced to depend, although he would never try to show his needs, few brothers used to offer him. May Allah reward them.

During his last jail term, the hukoomah, approached him with many tempting, glittering and prestigious offers, which should have given him a worldly title of “Shaykh” or “Aalim” – but for which he openly refused. He divorced this world and its glittering three times, just as he did it before his martyrdom.

He was greatly grieved by the situation of the Ummah especially the sufferings of akhawaat and children. I personally know that he has never lost a copy of the letter of Fatimah (the sister who suffered in Iraqi prison) from his pocket, and after his hijrah to Daaru Ribaat wal Jihaad, he quickly got hold of a copy of it. In his last bayaan given to the brothers, he made it khaas on this topic, and translated the letters of sister Fatima and Nadia and other similar sisters from Kashmeer and elsewhere. And he warned the sincere scholars that there speeches and writing are not giving aid for the suffering of these sisters, and called to back themselves with action. Throughout the speech he wept while always trying to hide it, as is his usual nature.

In a personal wasisyyah he wrote, he stated:

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I hope that when this letter reaches you I maybe facing Allāh تعالى either to a Heaven of Eternity or a Hell of Punishments, as I fear for the great sins I was in, I hope in Him that He would forgive me for my migration and Jihād and for my offering my body in pieces with His Mercy and Bounty Only.

Dear Brother; each of us would die, and none can hold on to the world, be his intention to serve Allāh سبحانه وتعالى or shaitān. But it is an ordained time which we cannot avoid, thus the one who dies upon Islām and Faith is the one who is victorious.

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Dear brother if Allāh takes my soul in this Martyrdom operation, then I leave within you my teachings which Allāh taught me from Qurān and Sunnah –if it is upon the Truth- and every mistake is from me and the Shaitān. What Allāh has gave me tawfīq to do is that I left guidelines which you must carry on preaching. Islām doesn’t stand upon the life or the death of anybody. Brother you may find in my belongings some pages in Arabic in which I tried to summarize all what I preached, try to get it translated and as you know the details are already written.

Hold on to the clear path which Allāh taught you through me and others and do not compromise.

I am leaving the world –may Allāh accept me- in the state I love, hidden and in strangeness. I was uncomfortable for the days in which I was treated with more care and respect than the other brothers. I am but a weak voice which tried to illuminate in this darkness. Maybe my enemies would be very pleased to hear about my death –hopefully martyrdom- but my life is not to make them happy or angry, rather to please Allāh سبحانه وتعالى. So if Allāh grants me martyrdom and May Allāh give me, then, I would be in a place where there emotions would not effect me as it is the Gardens with the Maidens. So who would care after this for anything and what is the use of all the striving if not for the pleasure of Allāh.

End of Quote

He was a person who always stood for truth. What was unique that I saw in him was, he was firm against dhulm (oppression) being uttered against anyone – even upon his enemies. If someone utters an unjust word or statement to an enemy – in his presence – he hurries to correct it. He used to say to me, try to rid yourself from even the slightest dhulm – as any trace of it within you might prevent you from hidayah. And this is one of the unique characteristics I found in him – i.e. justness. He did not look down upon a person due to a lack of worldly education. But I did constantly find him questioning and listening to brothers of Taqwa and Eman – although their educational level maybe less than him.

One of his greatest fears was deviation from hidayah – such that his words will be placed as evidence against him on Yawmul Qiyamah.

Before his martyrdom he was translating the speech of shaykh Abu Mus’ab Az-zarqawi فالله أحق أن تخشوه to English, but it was not written upon him to complete it. Like others he was touched with the life and words of Shaykh Abu Mus’ab, and used to call the Shaykh as Salaahuddin of our time. He also translated the speech of Shaykh Usamah bin Laden: Tawjehatul Minhajiyya (2) as an audio recording. Also prior to his hijrah – and may Allah accept it – he tried to translate bits from Shaykh Yusuf al-Uyeri’s Haqeeqatul Harb al Saleeb al Jadeedah.

His later days as a Mujahid, he lived very happily; (he have sung personally two beautiful anashid regarding hoorul ‘een and another regarding istishhaadee operations – but its in his local language) – He constantly used to tell, that he did not find this happiness all his life. He used to do a lot of khidmah to the brothers, infact he served the brothers as the chief cook for the Eid he spent with them. At the same time was trying to get the most by competing in the prayer call and the rest.

He used to talk a lot about martyrdom, and encouraged it (i.e. to talk regarding this topic), and used to refer this to shaykh Usama, who encouraged the Mujahideen to talk their own selves and encourage it for Martyrdom. He used to ask from Umara for permission for a martyrdom operation, but the Umara continuously used to denounce him. Infact the Umara offered him to further his educations under shuyookh of Lajnah of Mujahideen. And I do not know of the events of his later days, other than that he continued his efforts (for a martyrdom operation) till Allah ta’ala blessed him with it.

Within his stay in the fields of Jihad he also excelled in preparations of explosives and science of detonation and also electronics. He was indeed a practical daa’ee.

I have some recording of him reciting the nasheed/ (the full poem) “uqtulooni” and “la tahzanu ya ikhwati” of Shaykh Marwaan Hadeed. And also his 7 page document in his personal hand writing (arabic) which he mentioned in the above quote of wasiyya. I hope that the brothers would upload these and distribute it. He has also given lot of lectures within the field of jihad and before, in his local language, and amongst it is his excellent Khutbah of Eid Adhhah of last year.

As for the last moments of the operation, the brothers narrated to me that, they saw many help and support from Allaah ta’aala including some karamah. Like the room where these brothers stayed had an ‘ajeeb smell of musk – all through it. Even the car which they travelled just before the operation, smelled this same musk – as narrated from brothers.

May Allah accept you O Sayyid, it is as it was told, Shahaadah is nothing but Sidq (truthfulness to achieve it). And Allah offered it and excelled you from others.

Abu La’aali has passed with no worldly titles before his name. Few to know him, and even fewer to understand his emotions. So farwell O Sayyid – for the days of sorrow and pain is over for you. And amongst the Prophets and the Anbiyaa you find your peace. Blessed are the eyes who shed tears for such. For the eye owes rights to shed it upon such. And blessed are the hearts that grieve…

The cup of death has separated you O my beloved friend, but Allaah Willing our meeting is upon triumph.

And this is all what we knew of this Mujaahid, the Student of Knowledge, the Martyr – and Allah knows best and we do not alleviate anyone before Him.

O brothers, hope in Allah, for the winds of Victory has started to blow, this Ummah has seen within the last 12 months the loosing of greater jewels of this Ummah in its highest rate, and verily Victory comes with only the shedding of blood, priced blood. So let us hurry ourselves to its aid before it’s too late and we end up within the ranks of munaafiqeen.

O Enemies of Islam, we do not fear you, we stand firm against you, we sacrifice the best of us in this cause, and this brings us nothing except being closer to victory and slitting of your throats. So burn in your rage and your end shall be it.

With this, I end my letter, I ask your forgiveness as I couldn’t write in more detail, due to lack of time and situation. Please make dua for Allah to accept our brother Sayyid.

And do not forget us in your prayers. O beloved sister of Islam Umm Qahir at-Tuqat – I have not forgotten you – O prisoners – O Abu Khubayb the beloved, O brothers from Canada till Bosnia and Australia and beloved Abu Dujanah, O Abu ‘abdullah Filisteenee and their families and others… O brothers we have not forgotten you.

O prisoners, O beloved… we beg for your forgiveness – for heart weakens and often tend for a smile and bent for a joy – while you remain in the darkness… blurred and lost… lost to the eyes of a world of unjust.


Wassalaam ‘Alykum warahmatullaah.

What is Irja?

وما أجمل ما أورده الحافظ ابن كثير في البداية والنهاية (10/276) عن ابن عساكر من طريق النضر بن شميل

قال: ( دخلت على المأمون …

فقال : كيف أصبحت يا نضر ؟

فقلت : بخير يا أمير المؤمنين .

فقال : ما الإرجاء ؟

فقلت : دين يوافق الملوك ، يصيبون به من دنياهم وينقصون به من دينهم ؟

قال : صدقت .) أهـ

Al ‘Hāfidh Ibn Kathīr said in Al Bidāyah Wan Nihāyah: (10/276) from Ibn ‘Asākir from the path of An Nadhar bin Shamīl he said: I entered upon Ma’mūn…

Thus he said: How are you O Nadhar?

So I said: Well, O Leader of the Believers.

He said: What is Irjā?

I said: A religion which coincide with the kings, they attain with it from their world and decrease with it from their religion?

He said: You have spoken the truth.

End of Quote.

Hanging of Sunnah Iranians in Zahedan/Iran in Oct. 2010 [VIDEO]

Following up on the article on the Rafidaah Shia I would like to show the following as an example of the Rafidaahs real intention towards Ahlus Sunnah.

On the 5th of October 2010 the Rafidite heretic pagan regime of Iran executed three Sunnah Iranians by hanging. Normally the Rafidite regimes terrorizes the Sunnah of Balochestan/Iran by threatening the scholars (who dare to speak out) and the Sunnah activists who dare to spread Sunnah literature and those who openly response to the lies and attacks of the Rafidah Shia cult. Unfortunately the Rafidite regime has been spreading a stereotype all over in Iran, namely that Iranian balochis (virtually all Sunnah), are “only” executed because they are drug smugglers. (As if Balochi stands for drug smuggler, even though mostly non-Iranian Balochis are heavy drug addict and smugglers, like Khamenei and its Rev. guards.)

It is true that the poor Iranian Baloch Sunnis are involved in smuggling at the border region of Iran, (many youth, even though Balochistan is a Sunnah area, are discriminated for being Sunni, thus having almost no chance to make a living by legal means) yet this became literally a stereotype (Baloch being smugglers) that every Balochi Iranian who raises his voice or is been executed is demonized as a “drug smuggler”. Even though many Sunnah Iranians in Balochestan have been executed under the pretext of “smuggling” and what not, in this case you can clearly hear the Basijis and other “Hezbollahi” (Hezbosh-shaitani) Rafidites who know better than all of us, that the crime of those being hanged is their belief, which they -the Rafidah- call “Wahhabism”.  

For those who want to know more on the Rafidaah and how they treat our brothers and sisters in Iran, Please visit Sons of Sunnah Iran. Also we should be aware that Sunni Muslims have now been banned from praying in universities in Iran.

Islamic Foundations confused view of the Shia

This morning I came across an article on the web site of the Islamic Foundation of the Maldives entitled "A warm welcome with open arms" which spoke about the visit ofIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon and gave some observations.

Some of what the IFM has wrote in the past has been quite good such as their article on the evils of democracy, however this particular article illustrates several misunderstandings on their part, which I will address briefly given that these are misunderstandings which are also held be many Muslim brothers and sisters.

The author of the article refers to Hizbullah as an "Islamic group" and it seems that that is also his opinion about Ahmadinejad. Yet the fact is that Hizbullah and Ahmadinejad are Raafidah Shias, a kaffir group which has been declared outside of the folds of Islam by the Ulaama . Some examples of the statements of the early scholars regarding this group:

Verdict of Imam Malik: Hafiz ibn Hajar Makki (may Allah have mercy on him) writes in Al-Sawaiq al-Muhriqah, p.294:

“And from this verse, Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), as reported from him, had deduced the verdict of kufr of Rawafid as they show hatred towards the Sahabah. He further states because the Sahabah causes them anger and every individual who is angered by the Sahabah is a kafir. This extraction is excellent as the verse in itself bears testimony to it. Therefore Imam Shafi (may Allah have mercy on him) has agreed with him (Imam Malik) on the verdict of declaring them [Rawafid]kafir and a large group of Imams agreed with him too.”

Verdict of Imam Ahmed:

“Imam al-Khilaal said: ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid informed me saying: I heard Abu ‘Abd Allah [Imam Ahmad] say: ‘Whosoever reviles the Companions, then I fear disbelief for him like the Rawafid’. Then he said, ‘Whosoever reviles the Companions of the Prophet, then we do not believe he is safe from having rejected the Religion’.” (Sunnah lil-Khilaal, 3:493)

“Abu Bakr mentions I asked Abu ‘Abd Allah concerning the individual that verbally abuses Abu Bakr, Umar and A’ishah. He replied ‘I do not regard them to be Muslim.’ He further says ‘I have heard Malik say, ‘Whoever verbally abuses the Sahabah of Rasul Allah he has no share in Islam’.” (Sunnah lil-Khilaal, 3:493)

So these people are not Muslims and Hizbullah (Hizbu Shaitain more correctly) is not an Islamic group but a kaffir group who should be fought.

As for the Taghut Ahmadinejad then his kufr is clear. He is at the forefront of oppressing Ahlus Sunnah in Iran and his statements of disbelief are many. For example:



We see in the above video that this kaffir claims that it is the Shia's "hidden Imam" who controls the world, not Allah. This person has also slandered the Sahaba and declared many of them to be kaffir such as the following statement made on Iranian state television: “Talhah and Zubayr were of the Prophets companions, yet after his demise they became corrupted (turned their backs) and followed Muawiyah”.

It seems that the Islamic Foundation like many Muslims are unaware of the kufr of these people and what their real agenda is and rather they are confused by the Rafidaahs pretend support for the Palestians. The Zionist state is of course an enemy of Islam which must be completely demolished, but we should not let our hatred of it confuse ourselves and the saying "the enemy of your enemy is your friend" is not always true.

Hizbullah have tens of thousands of men and advanced weaponry and yet they do not attack Israel. What is stopping them? The fact is that they speak tough in order to garner support and in order to confuse the Muslims but in reality they do nothing and they intend to do nothing. In fact they are a barrier and they prevent the Mujahideen from reaching Palestine in the same way that the Jordanians prevent them from the east and the Egyptians from the south. If Hizbullah where honest then if they wont fight themselves at least they should give a corridor for the Mujahideen to pass through to fight the Jews.

Iran is the same. Almost every day we hear rhetoric about attacking Israel yet this is something of which they have no intention and this is a country which has assisted the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and which wages war on Ahlus Sunnah throughout the world and especially in Iran itself.

The author of the article finished by saying this:

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a US surrogate in the region wants to undermine the influence of Hezbollah by creating a deep Sunni-Shia divide within Lebanon. Saudi Arabian backed armed men have recently tried to challenge the authority of Islamic group Hamas over the Gaza Strip.

Now we certainly agree with the brother in that Saudi Arabia is a US ally and what Islam says about this is that it is major kufr. The scholars of Islam agree that whoever allies with the kuffar against the Muslims is a kaffir like them. Of course this is also the same ruling which is on the Lebanese government and most importantly on the government here in the Maldives. They are a group of kuffar who have left Islam and must be removed. InshaAllah groups such as the IFM will come out and say this and educate the people on it.

As for the "sunni - shia" divide then there is no need to create this as it is something which has existed since the Shia sect broke away from Ahlus Sunnah over 1400 years ago. What this divide really is is not an inter Islamic divide but a divide between Islam and kufr. There should be no unity with the Shia and no desire for such. If a person wants unity with these people then he really does not understand them or else he does not understand Islam.

Hamas was once an Islamic resistance group, but in recent years they have morphed into a nationalist liberation group which dresses itself in Islamic clothing. They have ruled the Gaza strip for some time now and yet they have not imposed Sharia nor have they any intention of doing so. This can be seens by their own statements as pointed out by Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi in his article "Refutation of the statement of the Mufti of Hamas":

Ahmed al-Betawy; Hamas’s representative in the Palestinian council of legislations, said in an interview with “Al-Ghad” Jordanian newspaper on 20/02/2006 Ad, “With regards to the fears for some narrow-mindedness, imposing Hijab (perfect veil), or restricting including the freedoms of women, these fears are not true. We are not a young movement or rabble-rousers, but rather we have a historical extension across the Muslim Brothers group who are known for their moderate ideologies… We will not implement Shari’ah. However we will do as much as possible to adhere to the principles of Islam with wisdom and good advice….”.He said: “Hamas does not ever think of establishing an Islamic state or to implement Shari’ah at this time”.

• Dr. Nasser Ed-Deen Ash-Sha’er, the vice-chairman of Isma’eel Hannya, said: “law is to be imposed on everybody, and whoever does not want law, then he is to go to hellfire”.

I say, please contemplate the way they convert the truth into falsehood. The truth is that whoever does not want THE TRUTH is to go to Hellfire”.

• Reuters, on 23/02/2006, the new head of the council of legislations, Azeez ad-Dweek, said: “The new Palestinian government under the leadership of Hamas is not going to adopt the principles of the Islamic Shari’ah in their daily life, and is not going to close down cinemas or restaurants offering spirituous liquors!”. He said “No one in the Hamas movement intends to implement Shari’ah by force. This is out of the question on our program and we are not going to exercise this”.

I say, what about killing the Muahedeen (Believers in the oneness of Allah) and destroying their mosques, for you there is no harm in exercising it by force… this is always possible on your program… isn’t it…?!

• Ahmed Yaseen was asked: “If the socialist party won, what will your attitude be?

The answer: “Even if the socialist party won, I’d respect the inclination of the Palestinian people…!!

Question: “If it happened to appear from elections that the Palestinian people want a democratic multi-party country, what will your attitude be?”

Sheikh Ahmed Yaseen’s answer: “Oh God! We are a nation who has honor and rights. If the Palestinian nation expressed their refusal of the Islamic state, I respect and magnify their inclination!!”… Please see Ahmed Yaseen, the miraculous phenomenon and the myth of challenge…. (Dar al-Furqan: pp. 116 & 118)

So how can a group who is not imposing or seeking to impose Sharia be described as "Islamic", never mind the fact that they engage in democracy and have said they will recognise the State of Israel and its right to exist. All this opposes Islam clearly.

Finally the brother has claimed that those who "challanged the authority" of the Taghut Hamas where in fact backed by Saudi Arabia. Where is the proof and evidence for this? What these groups where doing where fighting to make the word of Allah supreme and when they declared an Islamic State in Gaza Hamas attacked them and slaughtered them inside their Mosque. And these "Salafi Jihadi" groups are the real Mujahideen who inshaAllah will replace Hamas as the dominant group in Palestine and will wipe the state of Israel from the face of this earth with the Permission of Allah.

Citadel of Riba in the Maldives

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ

O you who believe! Be afraid of Allah and give up what remains from Riba , if you are believers.

And if you do not do it, then take a notice of war from Allah and His Messenger but if you repent, you shall have your capital sums. Deal not unjustly, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly .

SURAH AL BAQARAH 2:278-279

The Evils of Democracy

The following article is taken from the website of The Islamic Foundation of the Maldives.

Democracy is a system of infidelity which opposes the decree of the Creator and an evil that was born and raised in the lands of the West. Islam and democracy can not coexist in the religion of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

There is no such thing called ‘Islamic Democracy’ as some people put it because those people who adopt, implement or approve and agree to espouse democracy with its basic principles and fundamentals are openly hostile to the faith of monotheism.

When democracy is implanted in a Muslim society, it becomes a trial which sets apart the faithful Muslims from hypocrites and apostates. Those Muslims who take it upon themselves to fight and defend democracy without a religiously compelling reason hate to see Islam triumph over all other way of life. Most often they love to be in the company of the infidels, hypocrites or apostates and be praised by them while calling themselves ‘moderate Muslims’. There is no such thing as ‘moderate Islam’ or ‘radical Islam’ in the revealed religion of the Almighty Allah. These are terms invented by the enemies of Islam to create divisions within the nation of Islam.

If someone deeply looks into democracy, he will realise its damaging aspects on any society. Democracy which emerged in the lands of the infidels demands the separation of powers: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary are to function as completely separate entities. Moreover, democracy aims to change the established Sharia and demands to keep separate the religion and the state, which is unacceptable in Islam. In a democracy, the secular majority wins and rules over the divine commandments. If an undesired group or party wins power through elections, then the election results are annulled and the constitution is amended to bar that party from competing in elections again. Such examples could be seen in Algeria, Turkey, Palestine and Kenya.

Democracy spurs sedition and discord by gathering people in parties and blocs, the consequences of which would be hatred, fighting and bloodshed. Huge sums of money are required for the working and functioning of political parties. In most democracies, the murky business of obtaining funds for political parties involve corruption, bribery and selling of state secrets. The electoral campaigns comprised of boasting, showing and presenting one’s deeds and withholding from others the deeds that they are due, as well as the use of falsehood and deceit in order to gain people’s votes.

Democracy makes the entire people equal, as there is no difference between a knowledgeable specialist and an ignorant person, an eminent scholar of Islamic theology and an illiterate drug addict, a monotheist and a polytheist, a believer and a hypocrite, an adulterer and a pious man, a child rapist and a holy person. The proper functioning of democracy demands that most criminals have to be ‘rehabilitated’ and not punished for heinous crimes. The prisons in these countries should include gyms and other sports or recreational facilities, swimming pools, libraries with internet services, the best food, medicals etc. To add more, there is a system of parole which allows the criminals to leave the ‘prison’ before the end of their sentences.

Democracy is a system that wastes money and resources of the countries in the elections. These elections are filled with problems of intimidation, fraud, ballot rigging and other irregularities. No interim government is allowed to take over before fresh elections begin; instead the old leadership remains in power during and immediate aftermath of new elections, paving way for more social unrest. Many a times the opposition refuses to accept the election results with accusations of fraud and call on people to come out on streets to protest causing pandemonium and bloodshed. You will realize the deficiency of this democracy and its reprehensible failure to manage people’s affairs when those in the opposition constantly call for premature elections, along with its ensuing chaos and disorder.

Democracy leaves the door wide open for spoilers and all the undesired elements in the society to carry on with their work of spreading mischief in the land. Also democracy coexists with the oppressive regimes and the spoilers of social life with all its constituents. Gay and lesbian rights movements, narcotics and other substance abuse groups would spring up into action. Therefore, homosexual marriages, selling of intoxicants and the right to renounce Islam have to be allowed under the guise of protecting human rights. Hence, a need for legislation to regulate all such cursed acts and behaviour which in tern produces deputies who pass on laws against the prescribed laws of Almighty God.

In a democracy candidates jockey for positions of power with promises which they do not keep after winning the election. The candidacy for elections is contrary to the guidance of Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) who said that Muslims do not confer the command of an emirate on he who asks for it. Less privileged or deprived people have no chance of being on the electoral lists because becoming a candidate requires spending huge amounts of money in order to get people’s votes, which apparently go to the one who pays out more for bribery or propaganda work on the media. So, in a democracy money can buy positions of power, as such, the seats of the legislature or parliament mainly consists of people from the upper class or people backed by them. It is absolutely impossible to enact any laws in urging their businesses to spend money in a way that might benefit the poor. The reality is, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

The most prominent people in a democracy are the politicians. The pious scholars of Islam, renowned scientists and men of knowledge have to follow the guidelines set by these politicians. Some of these so called politicians occupy seats in the cabinet, parliament and others work as party activists etc, but the truth is, they are ‘political prostitutes’. Most often they shift from one alliance to another or change parties and is devoid of any shame in behaving so for their worldly gains.

If you take a closer look at democracy, you will realise the deficiency and failure of that system to manage the people’s affairs and elect leaders capable of running the country in a way which benefits the masses. You will also undoubtedly ascertain the appropriateness of the Islamic way in generating the leaders and appointing rulers or emirs.

It is wrong to say that Muslim lands had been ruled by dictators or authoritarian rulers in the past centuries. The revealed Holy Scripture of the Muslims instructs the rulers to rule justly by obeying the commandments of Allah and with consultation (shura). Throughout history the Muslims always had Consultative Assemblies comprised of learned men to advice those in power. The idea of dictatorship, authoritarianism, monarchy or royal dynasty rule began to creep into the Muslim lands when Muslim masses influenced by the West began to forget the proper method of statehood in Islam.

The Maldives have been ruled for quite a long period of time by authoritarian rulers with the power to enact draconian laws through the rubber stamp parliament. The Maldivian people were sick and tired of their ruling elites, their extravagant behaviour, nepotism and corruption etc. The rampant moral degeneration, drunkenness and drug addiction made the Maldivian society plunge into chaos in the years between 2003-2008. The opportunity was ripe for the irreligious people who opposed the authoritarian regime to manipulate the situation by calling on the West to impose democracy on Maldives amid threats of economic sanctions. There were many who thought that after democracy had been installed the problems created by the old authoritarian regime would disappear once and for all. However, in addition to those social problems that already remain, democracy has begun to create more problems in people’s lives by dividing the masses into parties or groups. More often, rival factions compete for influence within the same party and today the so called political parties in Maldives are on the verge of bankruptcy or collapse and state funding is insufficient to keep them functioning. Soon the political parties in Maldives have to rely on foreign donations and grants of which the most likely consequence of this would be foreign control. Money can buy power, so if the West decides to bring a certain opposition party into power, they increase funding for that particular party. In addition to all these problems, the party in power and the opposition parties are always at each other’s throats, as a result the ordinary people have to bear the brunt of the entire disharmony or disruptions within the community.

The so called democrats in Maldives claim that they were the only ones who worked tirelessly to bring an end on nearly half a century of oppression. They say that these religious mullahs and bearded fundamentalists only acted like timid chickens and were unable put up a formidable resistance even to defend their ideals. They dare to say that these religion mongers kept hiding behind the backs of prodemocracy activists just to gain favours when everything happens to be over. If so, then why for the past three decades countless number of Muslim scholars, bearded men who offered five daily prayers and burqa clad women continuously ended up in jail or in house arrest? Where were the prodemocracy activists and human rights campaigners then when breast feeding mothers were taken into police custody on the suspicion of trying to endanger religious harmony? The so called prodemocracy activists only emerged during or after September 2003 when a violent drug addict was beaten to death by prison guards and the shooting incident there which killed some few other drug related criminals. It was so because the democrats got convinced that the authoritarian ruler faced pressure from the West to allow political parties to be formed in the Maldives. The democrats might try to argue that they were in opposition since the early 1990’s. It is a wrong notion to say that they were campaigning for democracy then. The voices raised in those days were not for democracy but for reform or perhaps for change of power. Those voices then got disappeared into the wilderness because they were not backed by the West.

Spread of democracy in Muslim lands is a victory for diabolical forces of Jews and Christians who spend vast amounts of money and sacrifice much to keep Muslims divided.

Written by Ibrahim Nazim

http://islamicfoundationofthemaldives.org/node/10

"Kuffar friendly Islam"

Several times in the past I have had blogs deleted by wordpress and other blog sites for speaking about Islam as it was revealed and this is not something surprising as Allah says:

They want to extinguish Allah's Light with their mouths, but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the Kafiroon hate it.
Surah At-Taubah 9:32

And He said:

“And the Jews and Christians will never be pleased with you until you follow their way…”
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:120

Recently I came across a blog hosting site called muslimblogs.com and I thought that this was an excellent chance to be able to blog about real Islam without having to worry about being censored. However it turned out that this is not the case.

After posting 2 posts on the issue of Jihad, I had them and all user comments deleted (and also another article about Al Wala Wal Bara) and I received the following email from muslimblogs:

Aslaam U Alikum,

We've recieved two warning mails, one from Google and other from Hosting site. Google is saying they will block MuslimBlogs.com site in their search engines. Our hosting site is also saying that they will not continue to host our site, if we remain continue publish Jihadi material.

They clearly state your blog name: maldives.muslimblogs.com

For that reason, we're deleting all your posts related to Jihad. There're hundred and thousands of things about Islam, you can write about. For security of our bloggers, we're deleting your posts.

In future, if we found any such posts, we'll permanently disable your blog.

I hope you understand.

Mohammad

Content Manager

MuslimBlogs.com

I agree that there are thousands of different issues related to Islam which we can write about. But it must also be noted that Jihad is one of those issues and as Muslims we do not hide any part of Islam.

The Prophet told us that Jihad is the peak of Islam and there are many other ayats and ahadith which talk about its benefits. Yet a so called Muslim hosting site refuses to let us promote this beautiful part of our dean. If we followed what the brother said in his email above then the blog would have been deleted for simply posting particular ayats or surahs from the Quran.

The religion of Islam is complete and we are proud of every part of it and we refuse to not speak about subjects such as Jihad, Al Wala Wal Bara, Enjoining good and forbidding evil or any other part of Islam just because the kuffar dont like it.

Sadly we have had to switch the blog to blogspot as despite it being kuffar owned, there is much more freedom here to talk about the religion as it was actually revealed.

To the brothers at MuslimBlogs I would say to fear Allah and accept the religion in its totality as He (SWT) said:

This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.
Surah Al Maidah 5:3

And do not to hide any part of Islam in order to make it more kuffar friendly as Allah said:

'What, believe you in part of the Book and deny part thereof? And what is the reward of those who do so except ignominy in the present life, and on the Day of Resurrection to be returned unto most grievous punishment' al-Baqarah 2: 85

Shaykh Az-Zarqāwī Regarding Al-Walā' and Al-Barā'

“Here, we are not fighting for a handful of dirt, nor for some imaginary borders drawn by Sykes-Picot; likewise, we are not fighting here to replace a Western Tāghūt, with an ‘Arab Tāghūt. Rather, our Jihād is loftier and higher. Verily, we fight to make the Word of Allāh, the Highest, and to make the Dīn entirely for Allāh.

وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لاَ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلّه

“And fight them until there is no more fitnah (shirk), and the religion (worship) will all be for Allāh (in the whole of the world).” [Al-Anfāl: 39]

So anyone who opposes this aim, or stands in the way of this goal – then he is an enemy of ours, and a target of our swords, regardless of what his name or lineage is.

Verily, we have a Dīn which Allāh has sent down as a Scale and Judge. Its statement is decisive, and its verdict is not a joke.

This is the relationship which we have with mankind. Thus, our standards - and praise is to Allāh - are Heavenly, and our verdicts are Qur’ānic, and our decisions are based upon the Prophetic Law. The American Muslim is our brother, beloved; and the Arab apostate is our enemy, despised – even if he and we came out of the same womb.”

- The Commander of Tanthīm Al-Qā’idah Fī Bilād Ar-Rāfidayn, Shaykh Abū Mus’ab Az-Zarqāwī, may Allāh have mercy upon him. Taken from the video,“And the Dīn Will Be Entirely for Allāh”; time span 27:58-29:13.

Abū Mus`ab Sayyid the night before his martyrdom

May Allah Accept him amongst the Shuhaada

Zakir Naiks misguided view of Jihad

Zakir Naik recently gave a lecture in the Maldives entitled “Jihad and Terrorism – an Islamic Perspective”. The reality however is that this lecture did not present the Islamic perspective, but rather Naik’s own misguided and distorted view of Jihad and terrorism. Sadly many people are taken in by Naik and believe what he said to be the truth, despite this not being supported by the Quran, Sunnah and the opinion of the Ulaama.

In this article I will briefly touch on some of the issues he spoke about and how they contradict what Islam actually says and also how he uses distorted logic to push his illogical positions.I would urge the Muslims to go to the scholars of Ahlus Sunnah to gain knowledge of the religion, rather than taking it from those who are not ulaama and who speak the opposite of what the scholars say, and most importantly refer every point made by anyone back to the Quran and Sunnah and only accept it if it is in agreement with the revelation.

While opposing much of what Zakir Naik promotes, I do recognise the massive achievements he has made in the field of dawah to non Muslims and I do not in any way seek to detract from that. Falsehood however must be opposed with the truth.

“9/11 was an inside job”

It was claimed by Zakir Naik that the Washington and Manhattan raids of September 11 where in fact done by the US Government and could not possibly have been done by the Mujahideen. This is a claim which many of us have heard before, but it usually comes from conspiracy theorists and not someone as well known and respected as Dr Naik.

When one examines his reasoning behind this belief then there is really no basis for it whatsoever, especially as Muslims. He claimed that something like 70 US scientists said that it was an inside job, a statement which may well be true and for some reason seemed to convince many. But this fact which was used as a “proof” is in fact a refutation of the argument he puts forward. In all there are about 480000 scientists in the United States, so saying that 70, 700 or even 7000 believe something is certainly not a proof of anything but rather a proof that they hold is a fringe belief. Also if we are to judge the truth of something based on what US scientists believe then we would have to conclude that Islam is wrong and that Darwins theory of Evolution is correct.

But more importantly than this, the Mujahideen claimed responsibility for this attack on numerous occasions and we have seen the martyrdom videos of many of the lions who carried out the blessed raids. So as Muslims we are obliged to believe our brothers in the Mujahideen rather than to believe the conspiracies of the kuffar. Allah says in the Quran:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا

فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ

O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done.
Surah Al Hujurat 49:6

So how can we as Muslims justify believing the kuffar over the righteous Muslims who have sacrificed their lives and their wealth to make the religion of Allah supreme?

Finally in relation to these raids, it was claimed that the Mujahideen would be unable to carry out such attacks. Do those who make such claims not understand that Allah is on the side of the Mujahideen and that He is القادر The All Powerful.

وَرَدَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِغَيْظِهِمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا خَيْرًا ۚ وَكَفَى اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْقِتَالَ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزًا

And Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted in Might.

Surah Al Ahzab 33:25

“The best jihad today is dawah”

We do not doubt the important role that dawah has in Islam and indeed we respect the dawah that Zakir Naik has given to non Muslims, May Allah Reward him for it. However his claim that dawah is the best jihad today is not only something which contradicts what the Ulaama say, but a claim which goes against the Quran itself.

Allah says in the Quran:

لَّا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ دَرَجَةً ۚ وَكُلًّا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَفَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward

Surah An Nisa 4:95

So we can see clearly that Allah tells us that those who stay at home (which includes those who do dawah) are not equal to those who go out and fight in the path of Allah, yet Zakir Naik tells us the opposite saying that in fact dawah is the greatest jihad, despite Allah making it clear that fighting is.

When asked what is the greatest Jihad, Sheikh Bin Baz (RA) gave the following answer:

There are different kinds of Jihad – with one’s self, wealth, supplication, teaching, giving guidance, or helping others in good in any form. The highest form of Jihad, however, is with one’s life; then comes Jihad with one’s wealth and Jihad with teaching and guidance, and in this way Da’wah is a form of Jihad, but Jihad with one’s life is the highest form.

Fatawa Islamiyah Vol.8, p.24, DARUSSALAM

So what should be clear to anyone is that what Zakir Naik and those of similar beliefs are promoting is in direct contradiction to what the ulaama say and what the Quran says.

“No Jihad without a Khaleefah”

During the question and answers session following the lecture,a brave sister made clear the real meaning of Jihad (see video above) and that it is wajib upon the ummah. She also pointed out the terrors being faced by our brothers and sisters in lands such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Zakir Naiks reply to this sister was not only incorrect, but arrogant and rude and he even said that he would buy her a ticket to Abu Gharib herself if she wanted to go. Is this the methodology that a Muslim should take in addressing a noble sister (May Allah reward her for speaking the truth)?

In his answer he again claimed that the best Jihad today was the media, despite this being the opposite of what the Quran says, as I have shown and he went on to slander the mujahideen by saying the majority of them bomb markets and this is nothing but a lie and slander upon our brothers on the front lines.

In his justification for his saying that we should not try to physically fight the Crusader invaders, Dr Naik claimed that there is no Jihad today as there is no Khaleefah, thus exposing his complete lack of understanding of the fiqh of Jihad.

The reality is that when a Muslim land is invaded then jihad becomes fard ayn and a Khaleefah is not one of the requirements for this. The requirement for a khaleefah is for offensive Jihad only and not the defensive Jihad which is occurring throughout the world today. This is an issue on which there is ijma (consensus) amongst the Ulaama and something which should be known to even the most uneducated of Muslims.

Muhammad bin Ja’far al-Kattani said:

“Fuqaha and ulama said: If enemy attacks a muslim country or gathers it’s army to the border in order to enter into a muslim country, then Jihad becomes fardul-ayn upon its inhabitants and leader. It’s obligatory upon every old and young, every free man and slave and even upon women it they have strenght to combat. And fighting against the enemy should not be stop for consultation with imam or for a permission from Imam, especially if imam is far away from them.”
an-Nasiha, p: 77

And this is the position of all the Ulaama and something on which we could give books of rulings upon.

So in conclusion I would again appeal to the Muslims to not rely upon people such as Zakir Naik to gain their religion from, but rather go to the Scholars and read what they have to say, especially the classical scholars. Most importantly refer everything back to the Quran and Sunnah.

And when the Sultan farts openly

إذا لحن الطاغوت يوماً بقــولةٍ قالوا على رِسلكم إنّه يُعربُ

وإذا ضرطَ السلطان جهراً بضرطةِ قالوا له ما هذا النفس الطيّـبُ!!

When one day the Tāghūt makes a la’hn [1] in his saying,

They will say ‘wait! It shall be [thus] given the I’irāb[2]

And when the Sultan farts openly

They[3] would say what is this nice breath!!!

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And verily we say it with a raised voice and so each who has ears can hear: <<>

-Abū Mu’hammad Al Maqdesī فك الله أسره-

(Tabsīr ul ‘Uqalā)

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[1] (Mistake in placing an I’irāb; dhamma, Fat’ha, Kasrah )

[2] Meaning: wait it will be given the I’irāb that way or it is a Mu’rab.

[3] Scholars of the Sultan

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Some of the rulings on apostasy and apostates

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

The Muslim should not incline more towards one scholarly opinion rather than another just because it is in accordance with his whims and desires or his reasoning. Rather he has to accept the ruling based on evidence from the Qur’aan and Sunnah. It is essential to put the texts and rulings of sharee’ah before all else.

Secondly:

Apostasy (riddah) and going out of Islam are things that may be done in the heart, on the tongue or in one’s actions.

Apostasy may take place in the heart, such as disbelieving in Allaah, or believing that there is another creator alongside Allaah, or hating Allaah or His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

Apostasy may take the form of words spoken on the tongue, such as defaming Allaah or the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

Or apostasy may take the form of outward physical actions, such as prostrating to an idol, mistreating the Mus-haf, or not praying.

The apostate (murtadd) is worse than one who is a kaafir in the first place.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said, refuting the pantheistic belief of the Baatinis:

It is well known that the kaafir Tatars are better than these (Baatinis), because the latter are apostates from Islam, of the worst type of apostates. The apostate is worse than one who is a kaafir in the first place in many aspects.

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 1/193

Secondly:

Not every Muslim who falls into kufr is a kaafir and apostate. There are reasons why a Muslim may be excused and not judged to be a kaafir, for example: ignorance, misunderstanding, being forced, and making mistakes.

With regard to the first, a man may be ignorant of the ruling of Allaah, because he lives far from the Muslim lands, such as one who grows up in the desert or in a kaafir land, or has only recently come to Islam. This may include many of those Muslims who live in societies where ignorance prevails and knowledge is scarce. These are the ones concerning whom the questioner is confused as to whether they are to be judged as kaafirs and executed.

The second reason is if a person interprets the ruling of Allaah in a manner not intended by the Lawgiver, such as those who blindly follow the people of bid’ah (innovation) in their misinterpretations, such as the Murji’ah, Mu’tazilah, Khawaarij and the like.

The third reason is if an oppressor overwhelms a Muslim and will not let him go until he makes a blatant statement of kufr out loud in order to ward off the torture, when his heart is at ease with faith.

The fourth is when words of kufr come to one’s lips without meaning it.

Not everyone who is ignorant about wudoo’ and prayer can be excused, when he seed the Muslims establishing prayer and praying regularly, and he can read and hear the verses on prayer. What is preventing him from praying or from asking about how it is done and what its essential conditions are?

Fourthly:

The apostate is not to be put to death immediately after he falls into apostasy, especially if his apostasy happens because of some doubt that arose. Rather he should be asked to repent and he should be offered the opportunity to return to Islam and resolve his doubts, if he has any doubts. Then if he persists in his apostasy after that, he is to be put to death.

Ibn Qudaamah said in al-Mughni, 9/18:

The apostate should not be put to death until he has been asked to repent three times. This is the view of the majority of scholars, including ‘Umar, ‘Ali, ‘Ata’, al-Nakhaii, Maalik, al-Thawri, al-Awzaa’i, Ishaaq and others. Because apostasy comes about because of doubt, and cannot be dispelled in an instant. Time should be allowed for the person to rethink the matter, and the best length of time is three days.

End quote.

The saheeh Sunnah indicates that it is essential to put the apostate to death.

Al-Bukhaari (6922) narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever changes his religion, put him to death.”

Al-Bukhaari (6484) and Muslim (1676) narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim who bears witness that there is no god except Allaah and that I am the Messenger of Allaah, except in one of three cases: a soul for a soul (i.e., in the case of murder); a previously-married person who commits zina; and one who leaves his religion and separates from the main body of the Muslims.”

The general meaning of these ahaadeeth indicates that it is essential to put the apostate to death whether he is waging war on Islam (muhaarib) or not.

The view that the apostate who is to be put to death is the one who is waging war on Islam (muhaarib) only is contrary to these ahaadeeth. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that the reason why he should be put to death is his apostasy, not his waging war against Islam.

Undoubtedly some kinds of apostasy are more abhorrent than others, and the apostasy of one who wages war against Islam is more abhorrent than that of anyone else. Hence some of the scholars differentiated between them, and said that it is not essential to ask the muhaarib to repent or to accept his repentance; rather he should be put to death even if he repents, whereas the repentance of one who is not a muhaarib should be accepted and he should not be put to death. This is the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him).

He said:

Apostasy is of two types: ordinary apostasy and extreme apostasy, for which execution is prescribed. In both cases there is evidence that it is essential to execute the apostate, but the evidence indicating that the sentence of death may be waived if the person repents does not apply to both types of apostasy. Rather the evidence indicates that that is allowed only in the first case – i.e., ordinary apostasy – as will be clear to anyone who studies the evidence that speaks about accepting the repentance of the apostate. In the second type – i.e., extreme apostasy – the obligation to put the apostate to death still stands, and there is no text or scholarly consensus to indicate that the death sentence may be waived. The two cases are quite different and there is no comparison between them. It does not say in the Qur’aan or Sunnah, or according to scholarly consensus, that everyone who apostatizes in word or deed may be spared the death sentence if he repents after he is a captured and tried. Rather the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and scholarly consensus, differentiate between the different kinds of apostates.

Al-Saarim al-Maslool, 3/696

Al-Hallaaj was one of the most well known heretics who were put to death without being asked to repent. Al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad said:

The Maaliki fuqaha’ of Baghdad at the time of al-Muqtadir were unanimously agreed that al-Hallaaj should be killed and crucified because of his claim to divinity and his belief in incarnation, and his saying “I am al-Haqq [God],” even though he outwardly appeared to adhere to sharee’ah, and they did not accept his repentance.

Al-Shifa bi Ta’reef Huqooq al-Mustafa, 2/1091.

Based on this, it is clear that what the questioner says about the apostate not being killed unless he is waging war on Islam is mistaken, and the differentiation that we have quoted from Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah may dispel any confusion and make the matter clearer.

Waging war against Islam is not limited only to fighting with weapons, rather it may be done verbally such as defaming Islam or the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), or attacking the Qur’aan, and so on. Waging verbal war against Islam may be worse than waging war against it with weapons in some cases.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:

Muhaarabah (waging war against Islam) is of two types: physical and verbal. Waging war verbally against Islam may be worse than waging war physically – as stated above – hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to kill those who waged war against Islam verbally, whilst letting off some of those who waged war against Islam physically. This ruling is to be applied more strictly after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Mischief may be caused by physical action or by words, but the damage caused by words is many times greater than that caused by physical action; and the goodness achieved by words in reforming may be many times greater than that achieved by physical action. It is proven that waging war against Allaah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) verbally is worse and the efforts on earth to undermine religion by verbal means is more effective.

Al-Saarim al-Maslool, 3/735

Fifthly:

With regard to not praying, the correct view is that the one who does not pray is a kaafir and an apostate. See question no. 5208.

And Allaah knows best.

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