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I put Books to the Test of Life
Most da'wah groups nowadays are all about blaming the rulers for everything. They act like the rulers are the cause of all our problems and disasters. Their big plan for fixing things? Coups, revolutions, and overthrowing governments. It's basically a recipe for chaos, and it all comes from a mix of not knowing the Shariah, being clueless about Allah's wisdom, and having some seriously messed up Aqeedah.
Ibn Abil-Izz al-Hanafi stated in explanation of the saying of Imaam at-Tahaawi, "We do not consider (the permissibility) of revolting against our leaders and rulers of our affair, even if they are tyrannical...", as occurs in Sharh aqidah at-Tahawiyyah (1/430):
And as for adhering to obedience to them (the Rulers), even if they commit oppression, then this is because the evils and harms that arise on account of rebelling against them is numerous times more than that which occurs as a result of the oppression of the rulers themselves. Rather, in having patience over their oppression there is expiation of sins, and a multiplication of the reward.
For Allaah did not empower them over us, except due to the corruption in our actions, and the recompense for an action is its like (al-jazaa'u min jins il-'amal). Hence, it is upon us to strive (ijtihaad) in seeking forgiveness, making repentance and rectification of our actions.
Allaah the Most High said, "And whatever affliction befalls you, then it is from what your hands have earned, yet He pardons many." (42:30), and He, the Most High said, "If a calamity befell you (the believers),[your enemies] were inflicted with twice as much, but you said, "Where did this(calamity) come from?" Say: It has come from your own selves." (3:165), and He the Most High said, "And whatever evil befalls you, then it is from your own soul." (4:79), and He the Most High said, "And thus do we turn some of the oppressors against others on account of what they used to earn." (6:129).
Hence, if the subjects (of a state) wish to save themselves from the oppression of the tyrannical ruler, then let them abandon oppression themselves. And from Malik bin Deenaar (who said) that it has come in some of the (previous revealed) Books of Allaah:
All the groups that popped up in the 20th century, claiming to fix the Ummah, have ended up going off the rails in their approaches. They don't stick to what Allah revealed in their understanding, methods, and calls. They think they can establish Allah's law by just getting rid of a ruler or a government, or by playing politics with parties that engineer coups and revolutions. Meanwhile, they conveniently overlook or downplay the fact that Muslims are way off from that Islam which made the Companions honorable and victorious. Instead, they're following an Islam that's tainted with innovations, deviations, and foreign ideas in beliefs, worship, methodology, and politics.
These groups are not on the same level as that pure Islam of the Companions, with its clean beliefs and Tawhid, which Allah used as a yardstick of truth in all religious matters. Their activities are based on methods that go against the Book, the Sunnah, and the path of the Righteous Salaf.
Ibn Abil-Izz al-Hanafi stated in explanation of the saying of Imaam at-Tahaawi, "We do not consider (the permissibility) of revolting against our leaders and rulers of our affair, even if they are tyrannical...", as occurs in Sharh aqidah at-Tahawiyyah (1/430):
And as for adhering to obedience to them (the Rulers), even if they commit oppression, then this is because the evils and harms that arise on account of rebelling against them is numerous times more than that which occurs as a result of the oppression of the rulers themselves. Rather, in having patience over their oppression there is expiation of sins, and a multiplication of the reward.
For Allaah did not empower them over us, except due to the corruption in our actions, and the recompense for an action is its like (al-jazaa'u min jins il-'amal). Hence, it is upon us to strive (ijtihaad) in seeking forgiveness, making repentance and rectification of our actions.
Allaah the Most High said, "And whatever affliction befalls you, then it is from what your hands have earned, yet He pardons many." (42:30), and He, the Most High said, "If a calamity befell you (the believers),[your enemies] were inflicted with twice as much, but you said, "Where did this(calamity) come from?" Say: It has come from your own selves." (3:165), and He the Most High said, "And whatever evil befalls you, then it is from your own soul." (4:79), and He the Most High said, "And thus do we turn some of the oppressors against others on account of what they used to earn." (6:129).
Hence, if the subjects (of a state) wish to save themselves from the oppression of the tyrannical ruler, then let them abandon oppression themselves. And from Malik bin Deenaar (who said) that it has come in some of the (previous revealed) Books of Allaah:
All the groups that popped up in the 20th century, claiming to fix the Ummah, have ended up going off the rails in their approaches. They don't stick to what Allah revealed in their understanding, methods, and calls. They think they can establish Allah's law by just getting rid of a ruler or a government, or by playing politics with parties that engineer coups and revolutions. Meanwhile, they conveniently overlook or downplay the fact that Muslims are way off from that Islam which made the Companions honorable and victorious. Instead, they're following an Islam that's tainted with innovations, deviations, and foreign ideas in beliefs, worship, methodology, and politics.
These groups are not on the same level as that pure Islam of the Companions, with its clean beliefs and Tawhid, which Allah used as a yardstick of truth in all religious matters. Their activities are based on methods that go against the Book, the Sunnah, and the path of the Righteous Salaf.
