Islamic Rulings -
Living Shariah Verdicts Praise be to Allaah.
It must be understood
that one of the basic principles of faith is referring
to Allaah, may He be exalted, and His Messenger
(blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) for
judgement, submitting to their ruling and being
content with it. Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
“(And) if you differ in
anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and
His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), if you believe in
Allaah and in the Last Day. That is better and more
suitable for final determination”
[al-Nisa’ 4:59].
“But no, by your Lord,
they can have no Faith, until they make you (O
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) judge in all disputes
between them, and find in themselves no resistance
against your decisions, and accept (them) with full
submission”
[al-Nisa’ 4:65]
“Do they then seek the
judgement of (the days of) Ignorance? And who is
better in judgement than Allaah for a people who have
firm Faith”
[al-Maa’idah 5:50]
Every ruling that goes
against the ruling of Allaah is a ruling of ignorance
(Jaahiliyyah). Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
“Is not Allaah the Best
of judges?”
[al-Teen 95:8]
“The command (or the
judgement) is for none but Allaah. He has commanded
that you worship none but Him (i.e. His Monotheism);
that is the (true) straight religion, but most men
know not”
[Yoosuf 12:40]
Thus it is clear that
refusing to refer for judgement to Allaah, may He be
glorified and exalted, and His Messenger (blessings
and peace of Allaah be upon him), or rejecting their
ruling, or believing that the ruling of someone else
is better than their ruling, constitutes kufr
(disbelief) and puts one beyond the pale of Islam.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may
Allaah have mercy on him) said:
With regard to the
rulings which Allaah has prescribed for His slaves and
explained them in His Holy Book or on the lips of His
trustworthy Messenger (blessings and peace of Allaah
be upon him), such as the rulings on inheritance, five
prayers, zakaah, fasting and other things which Allaah
has explained to His slaves and on which the ummah is
unanimously agreed, no one has the right to object to
them or to change them, because this is clear
legislation that was decreed for the ummah at the time
of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon
him) and after him until the Hour begins. That
includes giving the male more than the female [in
inheritance] among children, sons’ children, siblings
through both parents and siblings through the father,
because Allaah has explained it in His Book and the
Muslim scholars are unanimously agreed on that, so it
is obligatory to act upon that out of conviction and
faith. Anyone who says that what is better is
something other than that is a kaafir, and similarly
the one who says that it is permissible to go against
that is to be regarded as a kaafir because he is
objecting to the rulings of Allaah, may He be exalted,
and His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allaah be
upon him) and to the consensus of the ummah. The
authorities should ask him to repent if he is a
Muslim; if he repents, all well and good, otherwise he
is to be executed as a kaafir and an apostate from
Islam, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever changes his
religion, execute him.” We ask Allaah to keep us and
all the Muslims safe and sound from misguiding turmoil
and going against pure sharee’ah. End quote.
Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz
(4/415).
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