Obeying Governments & Authorities, by Shaikh Ibn Baaz

Obeying Governments & Authorities, by Shaikh Ibn Baaz

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We advise everyone to listen to and obey them as we’ve previously and always said. We warn against rebelling and revolting against any of the leaders in authority; these are some of the greatest sins. Rather, they are from the religion of the Khawaarij. This is the religion of the Khawaarij and Mu’tazilah; they reject the command to listen to and obey the leaders if they see them commit a sin, eventually opposing and rising up against them. This is wrong and contradictory to what the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) commanded. He ordered that one must listen to and obey the leaders in the good they command. He said:

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Whoever sees from his leader something of disobedience to Allaah, then he should dislike what he does of sinning against Allaah, but he must not remove even a hand-span away from obedience (to him).

Descriptions of the Khawaarij, by Shaikh al–Albani

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Imam Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and al–Hakim recorded a Ḥadith from Ibn Abi Awfa, and Ahmad and al–Hakim also recorded it from Abu Umamah that the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said:

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The Khawaarij are the dogs of Hell.

The Khawaarij are a sect of people who innovate and follow beliefs and practices foreign to Islam. They are called that (derived from the Arabic root verb: kharaja – meaning to exit or rebel against) for their leaving the religion and for their rebellion against the best Muslims (Prophet Muhammad’s companions).

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Ibn ‘Umar (radiallaahu ‘anhumma) said, “I heard Allah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) say: Every time a new generation of them rises, they will then disappear, more than twenty times and then said: Until the Anti-Christ finally appears among them.

Are the Terrorists of Today the Khawaarij?

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…This act [bombings] of theirs is the act of the Khawaarij. Rather, they are even more violent and extreme than the (original) Khawaarij. The (past) Khawaarij did not use to destroy buildings and residents. The Khawaarij used to show up face-to-face on the battlefield. They used to fight on the battlefield despite what they were upon of ignorance. But they did not used to collapse buildings on everyone inside them – women, children, the innocent, those at peace with Muslims, people with whom Muslims have a treaty, and other people guaranteed safety. The Khawaarij used not to do this. This is worse and more violent than the actions of the (original) Khawaarij. This is more like the actions of the Qaraamitah (a severely violent, misguided sect)…

Obeying the Governments & Authorities, by Shaikh al-‘Uthaimeen

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The Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: Listen and obey even if an Abyssinian slave is put in authority over you.

A Comparison between Those Obsessed with Takfir & Bombings and Those Who Call for Peace & Well-Being

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The misguided youth subject themselves to the punishment reported in the statement of the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam): Whoever kills a Muaa`hid (a non-Muslim promised safety) will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise even though its scent can be smelled from forty years away.

As for the sincere callers, by their invitation (to Islam), they hope for rewards promised in the statement of the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam): Whoever calls to guidance, there is for him a reward for anyone who follows him without diminishing their own rewards at all.

The Great Debate of Ibn ‘Abbaas with the Khawaarij

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I [Ibn ‘Abbaas] told them: I have come to you from amongst the companions of the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) – the Muhajirun and the Ansaar and from the son of the uncle of the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) (‘Ali), who is his son-in-law. And upon them descended the Qur`an; they are more knowledgeable about it than you and there is not one of them (the companions) amongst you. I have come to convey to you what they say, and to convey to them what you say.