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A moment of reflection took me back to: Friday: 01/11/13 - 27/12/34

The last day our brother Abū Mu’āwiyah Mustafa Al-Amrīkī rahimahullāh was seen alive.

This was the third of three days where the Houthi rebels intensified their attack on Dār Al-Hadīth, Dammāj.

I remember this day and the two before it very well.

What I remember about this Friday was getting ready for Jumu’ah (which was being prayed in the basement of the masjid).

As I and a few brothers were making our way to the basement of the masjid via the masjid, we came under attack. This was the first day I recall the masjid being hit. A few brothers were injured and we had to seek shelter.

After Jumu’ah, brothers were gathering in groups and being dispatched to different stations.

From the brothers who I saw in amongst the first group being dispatched, was our dear brother Mustafa rahimahullāh, a beautiful brother and caller to Allāh.

He was someone who sacrificed his life for the sake of Allāh, calling to His religion and eventually died defending it, after being guided to Islām.

He was killed under circumstances where his body could not be retrieved until we evacuated dammaj, some 3 months after the day he was killed.

I will always remember the last conversation I had with him.

May Allāh grant him Al-Firdaws, elevate his rank and make him from the martyrs.

It is upon us who knew such brothers to share the khayr they left behind and to mention their good qualities.

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01/06/46 - 01/11/24

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قال الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله:

"أرى أن من نعمة الله على الزوج أن تكون المرأة تحبه” اللقاء الشهري (٣١)

Ash-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn rahimahullāh said:

“I believe that from the blessings of Allāh upon the husband is that the wife loves him”.

(Al-Liqā Ash-Shahrī - monthly gatherings, 31)

الشيخ عبدالعزيز بن باز رحمه الله :

‏كثير من الأزواج " أسد على الزوجة نعامة عند غيرها ".

‏شرح رياض الصالحين (٥٤٣/١)

Shaykh ibn Bāz rahimahullah said:

"Many of the husbands are lions against the wife but ostriches when it comes to other than her."

‎[Sharh Riyādhus-Sālihīn (1/543)】

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Abu Mūsa ibn Al-hāfidh said at the time of his death "Don't waste this knowledge that we worked tirelessly for"

Siyār A'lām An-Nubalā (21/450)

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An excellent lecture by our brother Abū Sulaymān (may Allāh preserve him).

The topic of sisterhood is one of great importance.

We have seen and heard many stories over the years of sisters not being made to feel welcome in masājid, being shunned and looked down upon for not being dressed like other sisters.

We need to remind ourselves not to aid the shaytān in driving people away from the masājid. The fact that such a sister has come to the masjid is a great blessing which most likely required a battle.

Remember how you (the one driving people away) was once misguided and perhaps in a worse situation.

كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ كُنتُم مِّن قَبۡلُ فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ فَتَبَیَّنُوۤا۟ۚ

“As he is now, so were you yourselves before till Allah conferred on you His Favours (i.e. guided you to Islam), therefore, be cautious in discrimination”. (4:94)

Imām As-Sa’dī rahimahullāh said in his tafsīr of this verse: “So just as Allāh guided you after your misguidance likewise He guides others beside you”.

This also applies to brothers who drive others away from the masājid.

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إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

The Shaykh, ‘Alī bin Nāsir Faqīhī has passed away.

The shaykh was from the senior scholars who taught in the prophet’s masjid.

We ask Allāh that He forgives him, has mercy upon him, raises his rank in Jannah and allow for his works to be a continuous charity for him.

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Neither righteous deeds can suffice without beneficial knowledge, nor can beneficial knowledge suffice without righteous deeds. It is essential to combine both. For Muslims to achieve this taqwā of Allāh, which encompasses beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds, it requires tremendous and concerted efforts among the scholars who are responsible for teaching and conveying Islām, and the masses who are obliged to implement this knowledge. When the general Muslim populace interacts with their scholars—these scholars spreading knowledge and the masses acting upon it—then the believers will rejoice at the victory granted by Allāh, the Exalted.

With this, I conclude the answer to that question. The alternative, therefore, is a return to Islam. The alternative is a return to understanding and practicing Islam.

Questioner: "I position myself, dear Shaikh, as an advocate for those people and say, for example, their statement: 'What is necessary to fulfill an obligation becomes obligatory itself.'

From this standpoint, isn't it our right to consider participating in parliament as a duty to achieve the noble goal of safeguarding the rights of Muslims?"

Shaikh al-Albānī: This statement, may Allāh bless you, does not apply here. 'What is necessary to fulfill an obligation becomes obligatory itself' means that any originally permissible means leading to an obligation must be undertaken. However, when the means are forbidden, no scholar would say, 'What is necessary to fulfill an obligation becomes obligatory.' This, in reality, is either ignorance or willful disregard, and both are problematic.

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Abū 'Aṭīyah
27/12/1445H.

It's astonishing how some Muslims wish to belong to a parliament governed by the laws of those whom we are commanded to fight. Thus, there is a stark contrast between this parliamentary system and its participants, if I may use the term, and the Islamic consultative council (Shura). This is the first point.

Secondly, the Shura council is not open to every Muslim; rather, it specifically includes the elite of the nation— infact we may say, it is open to the especially elite of the nation; the scholars and dignitaries.

On the other hand, parliament is inclusive of all and sundry, together with Muslims, polytheists, and atheists. This is because parliament operates through elections where individuals, including men and of late women as well, from both Muslim and non-Muslim backgrounds, can nominate themselves. There is a significant difference between the Islamic Shura council and what is referred to today as parliament.

Even if elections were conducted entirely freely, as they claim, allowing people to freely choose their representatives to address their issues and problems, the matter would be much simpler than it currently is.

So how is it, when in every country, without exception, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, votes are bought and consciences are sold? How can Muslims govern under such elections, which are described in such negative terms?!

That's what can be said based on what I understood from one part of the question. As for the second part, that is, I may say it is a tendency in these times referred to as 'What is the alternative'?

A very simple word, and because of its simplicity, the weak resort to it—the weak among people and those who have strayed from the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him ﷺ-.

They want to achieve an alternative overnight. Recently, we had a discussion about banks, more specifically, Islamic banks, and we clarified that there is no difference between these banks that raise the Islamic banner and British or American banks at all because the system is the same. Unfortunately, the bank that declares itself as an Islamic bank may be more dangerous than other banks, whether British or American, because these banks hide behind the guise of Islam. They act like the Jews, those whom the Book and the Sunnah have warned us against following their ways, especially the well-known clear hadīth in al-Bukhārī where the Prophet, peace be upon him ﷺ, said:

لَتَتْبَعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا شِبْرًا وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ تَبِعْتُمُوهُمْ ‏"‌‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ ‏"‏ فَمَنْ؟

The Prophet ﷺ said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a lizard, you would follow them." We said, "O Allāh's Messenger ﷺ! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?"

I said on this occasion, either last night or the night before, I stated that we are often asked in such circumstances about the alternative to these banks, which we condemn for engaging in interest-based transactions forbidden by the Quran and Sunnah. They ask, "What is the alternative?" I said, and I say here, aiming as they say, to hit two birds with one stone. The alternative is in the words of Allāh, the Exalted:

{ وَمَن یَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ یَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مَخۡرَجࣰا ¤ وَیَرۡزُقۡهُ مِنۡ حَیۡثُ لَا یَحۡتَسِبُۚ}

And whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make for him a way out. And will provide for him from where he percieves not. [65:2-3]

The alternative is the fear of Allāh, the Mightyand Majestic. Undoubtedly, fearing Allāh requires, first and foremost, beneficial knowledge and, secondly, righteous deeds coupled with this beneficial knowledge.

What is the ruling on elections and voting in them

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The eminent scholar Muḥammad Nāṣir ud-Dīn al-Albānī was asked the following question:

What is the ruling on elections and voting in them, and what is the evidence for that? And what is the alternative if they are not permissible?

Questioner: "The first question, our Shaikh, is a bit long but has an explanation, in shā Allāh. It says, we are now approaching parliamentary elections -may Allāh grant us and you well-being-. Most people in this era are living through a period where tribulations have swept over them. We can almost say that these tribulations are shaping society and leading it with its severe currents, causing people to adapt in a non-Islamic way. As a result, even the scholar, before the layman, points to the legitimacy of these elections, claiming that if we leave the matter like this, the Muslim who should not be in power will have complete dominance."

Shaikh al-Albānī: It is not suitable that ...?

Questioner: A Muslim who is either a socialist or like him, -that is to say- a disbeliever, and they want to change things. The disbeliever will have complete dominance—and I emphasize the word complete—while participation for Muslims grants us a share of authority that gives the Muslim some of his demands and preserves some of his rights.

Therefore, based on the principle that "What is necessary to fulfill an obligation is itself an obligation," participating in elections almost becomes obligatory. So, I would like you -may Allāh reward you-, to clarify for us the Sharia evidence on the issue of elections, participation in them, and voting. And what is the alternative in this case? May Allāh reward you.

Shaikh al-Albānī: We have discussed this matter repeatedly and said: Participation in elections is a form of inclination towards those who oppress. This is because the system of parliaments and elections, is believed, as far as I know, by every Muslim who has a sound understanding of Islamic education, every Muslim knowns that it is not an Islamic system.

However, at the same time, I believe that many who have some degree of engagement with Islamic education mistakenly think that the parliament is like the consultative council (Shura) of Muslims. This is not the case at all.

Some mistakenly think that the parliament, translated as the "Council of the Nation," resembles the Shura council, the consultative body that we are commanded to uphold in the Book of Allāh and the hadīth of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and it's not like that at all.

This becomes evident to every insightful Muslim in many ways, the most important of which is that these parliaments are not based on the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ. Rather, we can say that they are not based on any of the recognized Islamic schools of thought, as was the case in the Ottoman era. During the Ottoman era, they governed according to the school of al-Imām Abū Hanīfah -may Allāh have mercy on him-. While we neither prefer nor favor this over what we call people to — which is to judge according to the Book and the Sunnah — there is a significant difference between that system, which was based on the opinion of one of the trusted independent jurists (mujtahidīn), and these parliaments based on non-Islamic systems that do not believe in Allāh and His Messenger, from one perspective.

Rather, they are the foremost who fall under the category described in the saying of the Most High:

{ قَـٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِینَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلۡیَوۡمِ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرِ وَلَا یُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَلَا یَدِینُونَ دِینَ ٱلۡحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ حَتَّىٰ یُعۡطُوا۟ ٱلۡجِزۡیَةَ عَن یَدࣲ وَهُمۡ صَـٰغِرُونَ }

Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled. [9:29]

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