Legislating laws in opposition to the Sharī`ah of Allāh ﷻ is major kufr by ijmā` 👇🏽
“Allah denounces those who go beyond the wise and just rulings of Allah which encompass everything that is good and forbid everything that is evil, and turn to other things such as opinions
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“Allah denounces those who go beyond the wise and just rulings of Allah which encompass everything that is good and forbid everything that is evil, and turn to other things such as opinions
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or whims and desires and conventions which people have fabricated with no basis in the laws of Allah, as the people of the jaahiliyah used to do when they judged according to the misguided and ignorant notions which they had fabricated from their own opinions and desires, and
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as the Tartars do when they rule according to the royal decrees taken from their king Genghis Khan who instituted the Yaasiq for them. This Yaasiq is a book which is a compilation of laws which he took from the laws of the Jews, Christians and Muslims, and in which there are
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many rulings which are based solely on his opinion or his whims and desires. So it has become a law to be followed among his children, which they prefer to the rulings of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Whoever does that is a kaafir and
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must be fought until he comes back to the ruling of Allah and His Messenger, and does not rule (judge) according to anything else in either minor or major matters.”
📚 'Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr', Ibn Kathīr, 3/122-123
“So whoever neglects the shari'ah which was revealed to
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📚 'Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr', Ibn Kathīr, 3/122-123
“So whoever neglects the shari'ah which was revealed to
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Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), the Seal of the Prophets, and refers for judgement to any other laws which have been abrogated, is a kaafir, so how about the one who refers for judgement to the Yaasiq and prefers it to (the shari'ah of Islam)? Whoever does that
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is a kaafir according to the consensus of the Muslims...”
📚 'Al-Bidāyah wan-Nihāyah', Ibn Kathīr, 13/119
“The Qur'an and proven consensus state that the religion of Islam abrogated all religions that came before it, and that whoever adheres to that which the Tawraat and
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📚 'Al-Bidāyah wan-Nihāyah', Ibn Kathīr, 13/119
“The Qur'an and proven consensus state that the religion of Islam abrogated all religions that came before it, and that whoever adheres to that which the Tawraat and
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Injeel brought and does not follow the Qur'an is a kaafir. Allah has abrogated all the laws in the Tawraat, Injeel and other nations, and He has made it obligatory upon the two races of the jinn and mankind to adhere to the laws of Islam. So, there is nothing forbidden except
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that which Islam forbids, and there is nothing obligatory except that which Islam enjoins.”
📚 'Ahkām Ahl ud-Dhimmah', Ibn al-Qayyim, 1/259
“Whoever refers for judgement to anything other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), after
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📚 'Ahkām Ahl ud-Dhimmah', Ibn al-Qayyim, 1/259
“Whoever refers for judgement to anything other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), after
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being told about that, is a kaafir. Allah says: ﴾And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the kaafiroon [i.e. disbelievers]﴿ (al-Ma’idah 5: 44), and He says: ﴾Do they seek other than the religion of Allah…? ﴿(Ali’ Imran 3: 83).”
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📚 'Ad-Durar as-Saniyyah', Shaykh `Abdil-Latīf ibn `Abdur-Rahmān, 8/241
“The fourteenth issue is: referring for judgement to anything other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Ibn Katheer said: as the people of the jaahiliyah used to
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“The fourteenth issue is: referring for judgement to anything other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Ibn Katheer said: as the people of the jaahiliyah used to
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do when they judged according to the misguided and ignorant notions which they had fabricated from their own opinions and desires, and as the Tartars do when they rule according to the royal decrees taken from their king Genghis Khan who got compiled a book for them
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comprising laws derived from various sources called Yaasiq. It contained laws of the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims, and tribal customs etc… It has become a law to be followed among his children, which they prefer to the rulings of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of
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His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Whoever does that is a kaafir and must be fought until he comes back to the ruling of Allah and His Messenger, and does not rule (judge) according to anything else in either minor or major matters. Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says: ﴾Do they
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then seek the judgement of [the days of] Ignorance? And who is better in judgement than Allah for a people who have firm Faith﴿ (al-Ma’idah 5: 50).
And I say that this is like what the common folk among the Bedouin and their like do, when they refer for judgement to the
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And I say that this is like what the common folk among the Bedouin and their like do, when they refer for judgement to the
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customs of their forefathers and the accursed rules fabricated by their leaders, which they call shar’ ar-rifaaqah (the laws of kindness) and give them precedence over the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Whoever does that is a kaafir who
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should be fought until he returns to the ruling of Allah and His Messenger. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: 'Undoubtedly anyone who does not believe that it is obligatory to judge or rule according to that which Allah revealed to His Messenger is a kaafir. Whoever
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believes that it is permissible to judge between people according to what he thinks is just, without following that which Allah revealed, is a kaafir. For there is no nation which does not enjoin judging with justice, but according to them, justice may mean that which their
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leaders think is just. Indeed many of those who claim to be Muslims judge or rule according to their customs which were not revealed by Allah, such as the customs of the Bedouin and the commands of the leaders, and they think that this is what they should judge or rule by,
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not the Qur'an and Sunnah. This is the essence of kufr. Many people became Muslim but they still judge and rule according to their customs as dictated by their leaders. If they knew that it is not permissible for them to judge or rule by anything except that which Allah has
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revealed, but they do not adhere to that, and they allow themselves to judge or rule by that which goes against what Allah revealed, then they are kaafir.'' These words are from Minhaaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah, and are a commentary on the aayah, ﴾And whosoever does not
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judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the kaafiroon [i.e. disbelievers]﴿. May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him.”
📚 'Sabīl an-Najāt wal-Fakāk', Hamad ibn 'Atīq, pp. 33-34
“The fifth is the most serious, and is an obviously stubborn resistance against the
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📚 'Sabīl an-Najāt wal-Fakāk', Hamad ibn 'Atīq, pp. 33-34
“The fifth is the most serious, and is an obviously stubborn resistance against the
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shari'ah and its rules, opposing Allah and His Messenger, setting up courts to compete with the shari'ah courts by preparing them, supporting them, establishing principles for them, making them of different types, making their rulings binding, and preparing theoretical
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bases for them. Just as the shari'ah courts have references which are all based on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, so too these courts have references which are the laws fabricated from many various laws and legal systems, such as French law, American law,
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British law and other kinds of laws, and from the madhhabs of some of the innovators who claim to belong to Islam, etc.
These courts are now well-established in many Islamic regions. Their doors are open and people are flocking to them so that their judges may judge between
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These courts are now well-established in many Islamic regions. Their doors are open and people are flocking to them so that their judges may judge between
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them according to these laws that go against the rulings of the Sunnah and the Qur'an. These court rulings are made binding upon them. What kufr can be greater than this kufr, what contradiction of the testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah can there be after this
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contradiction? The evidence for all that we have stated here is available in detail and is well-known, and there is no need to mention it here...”
📚 'Tahkīm al-Qawānīn', Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrāhīm, pp. 6-7
“Now that you have a full picture of what is happening in the
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📚 'Tahkīm al-Qawānīn', Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrāhīm, pp. 6-7
“Now that you have a full picture of what is happening in the
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first of the three parts, let us turn to the second part, concerning the people of the area that is beyond Ottoman control, like the land of the qiblah (the north) and the east, etc.
You should know, may Allah bless you, that everything we have mentioned about the first
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You should know, may Allah bless you, that everything we have mentioned about the first
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part (of Yemen), where the citizens do not pray or do any of the obligatory duties, apart from a few rare individuals, is also the case in the lands which are beyond Ottoman control; indeed, things are even worse there... but in addition to that there are serious problems
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and appalling deviations among them, things which are not found in the first part. For example, they refer for judgement to those among them who know the rulings of taaghoot (falsehood) concerning all matters that they come across, without anyone denouncing them and without
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their feeling any shame before Allah or His slaves. They are not afraid of anyone. They may judge in such a manner between any people who come to them. This is well known to all the people, but no one is able to denounce it or ward it off. It is more obvious than a beacon on
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a hill.
Undoubtedly this is kufr, disbelief in Allah and His shari'ah which He enjoined through his Messenger and chose for His slaves in His Book and on the lips of His Messenger. Indeed, they have disbelieved in all the laws from Adam (عليه السلام) to the present. It is
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Undoubtedly this is kufr, disbelief in Allah and His shari'ah which He enjoined through his Messenger and chose for His slaves in His Book and on the lips of His Messenger. Indeed, they have disbelieved in all the laws from Adam (عليه السلام) to the present. It is
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obligatory to wage jihad against these people and to fight them until they accept the rulings of Islam and submit to them, and judge amongst them according to the pure shari'ah, and give up all the devilish taaghoot which they are currently following. In addition to this
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they are persisting in other matters apart from judging according to the taaghoot and referring to it for judgement. Each one of these things on its own is sufficient to condemn them as kaafir and put them beyond the pale of Islam. That includes their abolishing women's
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rights of inheritance, and persisting in that and supporting one another in it. It is stated in the basic principles of Islam that whoever denies something that is definitive and well known in Islam, and rejects it and does that which goes against it, rebelling against it,
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stubbornly rejecting it, and regarding his action as permissible or taking the matter lightly, is a kaafir who disbelieves in Allah and the pure shari'ah which Allah has chosen for His slaves.”
📚 'Risālah ad-Dawā' al-'Aajil fi Daf al-'Adw was-Sā'il', Ash-Shawkānī
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📚 'Risālah ad-Dawā' al-'Aajil fi Daf al-'Adw was-Sā'il', Ash-Shawkānī
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“Whenever a person makes halāl what is harām by consensus or makes harām what is halāl by consensus or replaces the Sharī`ah that is agreed upon by consensus, then he is a kāffir by the agreement of the scholars of fiqh.”
📚 'Majmū al-Fatāwā', Ibn Taymiyyah, 3/267
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📚 'Majmū al-Fatāwā', Ibn Taymiyyah, 3/267
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“The one who forsakes the law that was revealed to Muhammad ibn ‘Abd-Allah, the Seal of the Prophets (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and refers for judgement to any other law that has been abrogated, has committed an act of kufr, so how about the one who refers
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for judgement to al-Yaasa and gives it precedence? The one who does that is a kaafir according to the consensus of the Muslims.”
📚 'Al-Bidāyah wan-Nihāyah', Ibn Kathīr, 13/139
“Whoever does not rule in accordance with that which Allah has revealed because he thinks little
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📚 'Al-Bidāyah wan-Nihāyah', Ibn Kathīr, 13/139
“Whoever does not rule in accordance with that which Allah has revealed because he thinks little
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of it or looks down on it or believes that something else is better than it and more beneficial to people or is equal to it, is a kaafir whose kufr puts him beyond the pale of Islam. That includes those who promulgate laws for people that are contrary to Islamic laws, to be
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a system that the people follow. They only promulgate those laws that are contrary to Islamic laws because they believe that they are better and more beneficial for people, because it is known on the basis of reason and sound human nature that no one turns away from one path
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to a different path unless he believes that what he has turned to is better and what he has turned away from is lacking.”
📚 'Majmā‘ al-Fatāwā wa Rasā’il al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn', 6/161
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📚 'Majmā‘ al-Fatāwā wa Rasā’il al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn', 6/161
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