صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الإمارةThe Book on Government
باب وُجُوبِ الإِنْكَارِ عَلَى الأُمَرَاءِ فِيمَا يُخَالِفُ الشَّرْعَ وَتَرْكِ قِتَالِهِمْ مَا صَلَّوْا وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ:Chapter: The obligation to denounce rulers for that in which they go against Shari'ah, but they should not be fought so long as they pray regularly, etc
وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ جميعا ، عَنْ مُعَاذٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي غَسَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ ، عَنْ ضَبَّةَ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " إِنَّهُ يُسْتَعْمَلُ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَرَاءُ فَتَعْرِفُونَ وَتُنْكِرُونَ ، فَمَنْ كَرِهَ فَقَدْ بَرِئَ ، وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ فَقَدْ سَلِمَ ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ رَضِيَ وَتَابَعَ ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَلَا نُقَاتِلُهُمْ ، قَالَ : لَا مَا صَلَّوْا ، أَيْ مَنْ كَرِهَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَأَنْكَرَ بِقَلْبِهِ " ،
It has been narrated (through a different chain of tmnamitters) on the authority of Umm Salamah (wife of the Holy Prophet) that he said: Amirs will be appointed over you, and you will find them doing good as well as bad deeds. One who hates their bad deeds is absolved from blame. One who disapproves of their bad deeds is (also) safe (so far as Divine wrath is concerned). But one who approves of their bad deeds and imitates them (is doomed). People asked: Messenger of Allah, shouldn't we fight against them? He replied: No, as long as they say their prayer. (" Hating and disapproving" refers to liking and disliking from the heart.)
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
If the rejection of the evil (munkar) is done verbally, then such a person is free from hypocrisy.
And the one who dislikes it in his heart will remain safe from the evil and consequences of that munkar.
But whoever approves of it and is pleased with it, then he is with those who commit the evil,
meaning, he will also be deserving of the same punishment that they are deserving of.
If the perpetrators of evil are rulers but they are regular in performing prayer (salah),
then fighting against them has been prohibited so that people may remain safe from tribulation (fitnah),
and so that the Ummah does not fall into discord and division.
However, the one who abandons the regular performance of prayer is a disbeliever (kafir),
therefore, fighting against him is permissible.
1:
If the rejection of the evil (munkar) is done verbally, then such a person is free from hypocrisy.
And the one who dislikes it in his heart will remain safe from the evil and consequences of that munkar.
But whoever approves of it and is pleased with it, then he is with those who commit the evil,
meaning, he will also be deserving of the same punishment that they are deserving of.
If the perpetrators of evil are rulers but they are regular in performing prayer (salah),
then fighting against them has been prohibited so that people may remain safe from tribulation (fitnah),
and so that the Ummah does not fall into discord and division.
However, the one who abandons the regular performance of prayer is a disbeliever (kafir),
therefore, fighting against him is permissible.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2265
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Prayer (salah) is such an act that its observance becomes a barrier for a person against even the gravest of sins, including killing and fighting, except in the case where one commits the well-known prescribed limits (hudud).
➋ And it is not permissible to revolt (khuruj) against such rulers (umara) who perform the prayer. If they abandon the prayer, then the issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement.
➌ If a person is not able to change the legally prohibited acts (shar‘i munkarat) and oppression upon the subjects with force, then it is obligatory to denounce and recognize them as evil at least with the tongue, or at the very least in the heart; otherwise, there is no faith (iman).
➍ Being pleased with the oppression of the oppressors and becoming their helper is a cause of destruction in this world and the Hereafter.
➊ Prayer (salah) is such an act that its observance becomes a barrier for a person against even the gravest of sins, including killing and fighting, except in the case where one commits the well-known prescribed limits (hudud).
➋ And it is not permissible to revolt (khuruj) against such rulers (umara) who perform the prayer. If they abandon the prayer, then the issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement.
➌ If a person is not able to change the legally prohibited acts (shar‘i munkarat) and oppression upon the subjects with force, then it is obligatory to denounce and recognize them as evil at least with the tongue, or at the very least in the heart; otherwise, there is no faith (iman).
➍ Being pleased with the oppression of the oppressors and becoming their helper is a cause of destruction in this world and the Hereafter.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4760
