Sheikh Al Albani: All those political parties (who take part in demonstrations) have made a mistake, for they did not follow the path of the Prophet, may Allah exalt his mention, in changing the wrongs of society. For the change would not come about by screaming, chanting, and through demonstrations, rather the change would occur by silence, i.e. spreading the knowledge amongst the Muslims and to raise and educate them on Islam, even though the change may come after a long period of time. You should know that the methods of Islamic Tarbiyyah (nurturing) are different than the Kaafir’s methods. In short the demonstrations which occur in some Islamic countries, is not in accordance to the Islamic Shariah; rather a blind imitation of the Kuffaar. Allah says: ‘And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believer’s way, We shall keep him on the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell – What an evil abode it is!’ Sheik, the people who claim that demonstrations are lawful use what has been narrated in the Seerah to support their stance; i.e. When Umar b. al- Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, accepted Islam-the Muslims marched in Makkah in two rows; one row lead by Umar and the other by Hamzah, may Allah be pleased with them both. They say this is a demonstration in which the Muslims openly disapproved of what the Chiefs of Quraish were doing. What is your answer to this proof? The Sheik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: ‘My answer to this is how many times did this occur in the Islamic society? Once? If it occurs only once would it be considered a Sunnah act which should be followed? The Jurists stated that if a legal act of worship has been authentically affirmed, its doer would be rewarded (yet) it is not appropriate to do it regularly for the fear of it being thought of as a mandatory thing by people, or becoming a part of their customs (such that they would not leave it aside)… The Muslims never repeated this action afterwards even though they could have.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:41:07 +0000
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