 فشرف بي لشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دادا دلا وياله من شراف عظيمي الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثلاء الجميل وشدوى لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريكاله يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وشدوى النسيد ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعاله وعاله واصحابه واتابعين لهم بإحسانين إلى يوم الدينة ما بعد إن شاء الله وإتعالى the topic that I will be speaking about today is going to be what is the Islamic ruling pertaining to election and how does Islam, how does it observe these democratic elections and the way I plan to be evening in Lahil Kaleem with the permission of Allah to tackle this topic is as follows the first point that I'm going to be speaking about which is an introduction and the introduction is two points that I'm going to be speaking about the first one is giving a correct perception of what it means democracy and I will be speaking about the stages in which democracy has gone through the pillars in which democracy stands on and etc so that's the first point إن شاء الله وإتعالى and the reason I'm going to do that is because in order to place a ruling on something you have to have what you have to have perception if you don't have a perception of something the ruling that you give will not be in accordance to the reality and the second point that I'll be speaking about in the introduction is what's the ruling of the statement of the one who says and what is the ruling of the statement so I'm not going to be focusing on the person but the statement of democracy and elections are الشورة الإسلامية that it's a شورة election and democracy is شورة so what's the ruling on that statement and is that the reality the second point that I'll be speaking about after the introduction which is the first chapter basically is مفاصد the harms that are in الانتخابات the harms that are in election because a lot of people they say that I will go to see that more in details that there are more basically they say that there's two harms we're taking less of the two harms so if we put down the مفاصد الإانتخابات the harms that it has and how serious it is that will explain a lot for us the third chapter that I will be speaking about is how does الإسلام and how does the شريعة elect a point a leader وستطريقة الشرعية the way that the شريعة appoint a leader is it through elections is it through this democracy that we're seeing today or is it another way we'll speak about that the fourth I'm going to say the third chapter the third chapter is الشموهات doubts that are put forward to argue for elections the doubts that are put forward وردي عليها and refuting it and debunking it and last but not least نصائح advices advices بإذن الله الجليم so let's define what democracy is تعريفوا the definition of الدموقراطية I'm at the definition of democracy democracy is a system of government by the whole population typically through the elected representative in Arabic they say حكم الشعبي بالشعبي the authority and the power is in the hands of who the people democracy went through stages but what it started from was the French Revolution in 1960 19 sorry sorry sorry it started at 1789 1789 to 1799 when the French Revolution took place and the motto and the symbol of the French Revolution was liberty, equality and fraternity then of course the American Revolution took place and democracy evolved through time it evolved through time but there is something that never changed from democracy it consistently carried on which is the pillars of democracy democracy stands on three pillars you have to understand that when the monarchies was taking place in Europe and the churches and religion was unjustly oppressing the people the French Revolution what it did was it gave the people power and the reason for that was what liberty to free themselves and equality and fraternity and they fought against the churches that were oppressing them that weren't allowing them to advance so what did democracy do it gave the people power to legislate so now you have to understand that the power has been placed in whose hands the people who legislates the people legislate who do they legislate for the people they're the ones who legislate and they legislate for themselves but what democracy did was are you with me so the power doesn't go into one particular group's hands and they fall into the same problem again of the monarchy and the churches and what they were running away from they divided the power to three pillars with three branches and these are the branches in which governments the authority was distributed the first one is the legislational legislative system I mean the legislative branch which is basically that which basically is that the people legislate constitutions that befit them صح are you with me then pay attention those legislations which is the second one they need execution so the second branch comes into place which is known as the executive which basically is job is to enforce those laws as it was written by the legislator are you there but then the question the issue arises which is how are those legislations interpreted and how are they understood then comes the judiciary system the judiciary system the other ones who come and they interpret what do they interpret they interpret the laws that were legislated by the people so here what we learnt is that we understood is the legislation is done by the people are you there also what we learnt is democracy is a way of life for the people it's a manhaj w'haya this is the way they live صح and it's a religion to the people who did it and Allah says to us in the Quran وَمَا يَبْبِتَغِيْغَيْرَا الْإِسْلَامِ دِيْنَا فَلَا يُقْبَلَا مِنْهُ وَأُوَ فِي الْأَخِرَةِ مِنَا الْخَاسِرِينَ anyone who looks for a religion other than Islam Allah will not accept it from them and that person in the hereafter is from those who are destroyed also Allah the Almighty He tells us that there are two laws there are two what there are two laws a hukum which is a hukum which is رباني a godly law and the second one is a hukum which is جاهلي ناغوتي which is man made law and Allah said those two in one verse اف حكم الجاهليتي يبغون ومن أحسن من الله حكم اللي قوم يوقنون الله says in this verse اف حكم الجاهليتي يبغون are you in desire and in love of a law man made law a jahili ignorant law who is greater in legislation and law than Allah سبحانه وتعالى so now we ask ourselves this question which is this democracy is it the law of Allah or is it the law of the people it's the law of the people the people are the ones who legislate they are the ones who execute and they are the ones who are doing the judicial system الله تباركوه تعالى He says are you with me and this that I've just read right now which is are you with me are you with me and this that I've just read right now which is are you with me are you with me are you with me it came down on the people of the scripture they just rejected they did in car rejection of the law of nothing more nothing less and they legislated something else for themselves and they became pleased with that and Allah تباركوه تعالى placed on them and now we say what is the what is the reality of a person who places a whole entire system and puts it in place mocks the law of الله سبحانه وتعالى isn't his kufr greater isn't his his oppression is it not greater is his transgression not greater الله tells us those who disbelieve وضلموا and they transgress they exceed their limits لا يكون الله ليغفر لهم الله is not one who forgives them ولا ليهديهم طريقة أن الله is not one to guide them on a path except إلا طريقة جهنم except the path of the hell خاردين فيها أمدنا وستيننا فأبا وكان ذلك على الله يسيرا وصول الله سبحانه وتعالى he says أم لهم شوركاء شرعوا لهم من الدين ما لم يقدم به الله do they have legislators who legislate for them besides الله without permission from Allah سبحانه وتعالى وصول الله تعالى he says to us ألم ترى إلى لدينا يزعمونهم أنهم آمنوا بما أنزل إليك وما أنزل من قبلك يريدون أن يتحاكموا إلى الطاوتي وقد أمروا أن يكفروا به ويريدوا الشيطان أن يضلهم ضلالا بايدا الله then tells us do you not see those who claim that they are believers ألم ترى إلى لدينا يزعمون they claim بما أنزل إليك that which has been set down on them that which has been set down on you Muhammad they claim that they believe it and they also claim that they believe the previous religions that were set down and the previous legislations that were set down they claim that they believe it but guess what they are doing يريدون أن يتحاكموا إلى الطاوت but then they go off and they look for legislation and they close وقد أمروا and they were clearly commanded أن يكفروا به to disbelieve in it ويريدوا الشيطان what he wants from them is أن يضلهم ضلالا بايدا الشيطان wants to misguide them a clear cut misguidance we've now understood that democracy is what we've understood that democracy is a system where legislations are being done it is تشريع legislations are being done who's the one who's doing the legislation الله أم البشر is Allah the one that's legislated for democracy or is it the people legislating the people are legislating this is called حكومة تسطاوت and we were clearly commanded to disbelieve in that law we were told to disbelieve in it now a question a very important question and that is is it possible to bring together Islam and democracy can we bring together Islam and democracy the answer is no we can't bring Islam and democracy together the reason is because number one the one that legislates in Islam is Allah alone and he has no partners in his legislation as Allah says in the Quran no one associates partners with Allah in legislation الله also says in الحكم إلا لله legislation is only for Allah also Allah says Allah says creation is His He's the one who creates and He's the one who gives command the Amr here means He's the one who legislates Tabaraka exalted and great and noble is Allah رب العالم also Allah says إلا هل أمرو جميع all affairs is for Allah alone all command and legislature is for Him alone even our messenger doesn't legislate independently our messenger he doesn't legislate independently أن الله تبارك وتعالى if you legislate from yourself I will destroy you الله says لا أخذنا منه باليمين ثم لا قطعنا منه الواتين الله says to the Prophet if you said about us and you made legislations you said about us that which we didn't say in other words you made up your own legislations الله didn't say all legislations but بعض الأقاويل some statements you made against us محمد الله says لا أخذنا منه باليمين we will grab you with our right hand ثم لا قطعنا منه الواتين your jugular vein will strip it from you will kill you also الله تبارك وتعالى say to the Prophet اتبع محمد follow إلا ما يحايلية اتبع إلا ما يحايلية the Prophet said this I do not follow except that which Allah has sent over me also الله تبارك وتعالى says to him محمد انما انذركم say to them محمد I warn you انما انذركم I warn you based on what is the revelation هذا النبي الله محمد also الله تبارك وتعالى says محمد does not speak from his own himself إن هو إلا وحين يوحى everything which he is saying is revelation from Allah سبحانه وتعالى also الله says to the Prophet وأنزلنا إليك الذكرة محمد we have sent the Quran onto you and your job is what ناسي منزل إليهم your job is to clarify for the people that which I have sent onto you not to create legislate ونذلك دعو لما what do they say that when we call the Prophet it is Majaz and we expand it and we mention that in our كتاب الوراقات بمعال الجويني when the scholars use the word legislator for the Prophet they mean لا الاستقلالا he is not independent in doing so the second reason the second reason why democracy and Islam cannot be brought together is because even in matters which are sub branches they can't be brought together is because Islam is a religion which is complete the second reason why democracy and Islam cannot be brought together even in sub branches is because Islam is complete and for you to have to bring them together means that Islam needs some sort of support and that isn't the case Islam is already complete and it's already a way of life it does not require and it doesn't need it doesn't need for anybody to add anything onto it it doesn't and everything in our day to day life we will find a ruling in the Quran to implement in our lives and Allah سبحانه وتعالى He says to us فلا وربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكمك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجد في أنفسهم حرج من ما قضيت ويسلم وتسليمة that you are not true believers until you make the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم your judge any dispute and argument between yourselves you are not true believers unless you bring it to him صلى الله عليه وسلم once you do that and then you don't find it in your heart any form of enmity towards the law that the Prophet passed and you surrender to it and then our iman is not complete and we are not going to come with what the iman which is wajib the obligatory iman we are not going to be able to come with it unless what unless we follow the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم's legislations we don't find enmity or hate in our hearts towards it pay attention الله says in another ayah فإن تنازعتم في شيء if you dispute one another in a matter فردوه إلى الله فردوه إلى الله والرسول if you dispute yourselves in a matter bring it back to who Allah in his messenger if you are believers of Allah and the day of the day of judgment now in this ayah الله says فإن تنازعتم في شيء إن this tenwin is called tenwin or tenkir it makes the word indefinite and we know that if an indefinite is in the context of a conditional which is فتعمه اما فتفيد العموم that if an indefinite is in the context of a condition it shows generalization that's what Allah said في شيء إن what does that show you that every single thing in your life you find a law for it in the Quran why would Allah tell you to bring every single thing back to the religion if it doesn't have every answer for you صح and then at the end what did he say تؤمنون بالله وليوم الأخير if you believe in Allah and the day of judgment if you believe in Allah and the day of judgment the third reason why it can't be brought together is because you're not going to be saved from the punishment of Allah الله is going to destroy you if you try to bring democracy and Islam together الله said to the prophet محمد we have made you upon a legislation we've given you rules we gave you laws we've given you a حكم فالتبيعها follow it then Allah says وَلَا تَتَّبِي أَهْوَا الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ and do not follow the desires of those who don't know pay attention here Allah is saying there's a law and there's desires any law other than the law of Allah is desires any law other than the law of Allah is desires and the people who set it are what لا يعلمون they don't know nothing they're ignorant when you look at democracy today every time it changes and it's so sad because guess what they do right now they say Islam needs reform Islam is not made by somebody who's incompetent and ignorant that it needs to be changed it's done by the the one who knows what has happened what is going to happen and that which hasn't happened if it was to happen how it would have happened why would he need to change it but why does it need to be tampered with but your one does because you can only see as far as your your eyes can see does that make sense Allah then says to the Prophet وَلَا تَتَّبِي أَهْوَا الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ don't follow the desires of those who don't know why they will not prefer they will not suffice you they will not help you besides when Allah wants to destroy you those people you have followed in their desires and in their legislation they won't help you Allah then says وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَا الَّذِينَ عَظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَقُمُوا الْنَارِ Allah said to the Prophet وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا do you guys know what Rukoon means Rukoon is just a lean it's not even to fully give in to something it's just to lean towards them Allah said if you lean to these people فَتَمَسَقُمُوا الْنَارِ they will destroy you so Allah said وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَا الَّذِينَ عَظَلَمُوا do not lean to those who don't know those who transgressed those who transgressed in what way they transgressed brothers they transgressed to give themselves the authority to legislate you are a valid you are a very oppressive transgressive individual who gave you the rights to legislate who gave you the rights Allah says وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَا الَّذِينَ عَظَلَمُوا don't lean towards the people who oppressed who transgressed فَتَمَسَقُمُوا الْنَارِ and then Allah says وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَا ثم لا تُنصَرُون and besides Allah you're not going to get Allah's support then Allah goes on to saying ask your question in this ayah you're not going to get what you're not going to get victory not to surrender to them to lean to them so how can you tell me through elections how can you tell me through elections and democracy you're going to bring victory when Allah تعالى he clearly says this and the ayah is محكمة the ayah is محكم also the fourth reason when democracy and Islam can't be brought together is because even if we did choose to do it the kufar was told all of us unless we give up our whole religion Allah says وَلَنْ تَرْضَ عَنْكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلَنْ نَصَارَةَ حَتَّا تَتَّبِعَ مِنْ لَتَهُمْ Allah says that the Jews and the Christians are not going to be pleased with you حَتَّا تَتَّبِعَ مِنْ لَتَهُمْ brothers until you follow their religion until you what until you follow their religion the Jews and the Christians would they be pleased with you they won't be pleased with you brothers listen today are you with me brothers today we have people who are du'at that we would say they are liberals right liberal du'at in the west what are they still considering us extremists they've done everything to water the religion in the west but at that time they are listed as extremists the reason is because the reason is because they are going to consider you as an extremist until you fully walk away from this religion until you walk away from this religion so watering it down is not sufficient for these people what's enough for them is you fully walk away from Islam and you leave it then Allah says to the prophet say this is the guidance of Allah وَلَأِنِتَّ بَعْتَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ are you with me brothers Allah says if you follow their desires بعد الذي جاءك من العلم after knowledge came to you what knowledge the revelation the sunnah has come to you and that you're upon if after knowledge has come to you you follow these people's desires what's going to happen to you مَالَكَ من الله من وليّن allegiance from Allah and you're not also going to get from Allah any victory are you with me brothers so this second ayah also proves وَلَا تَرْقَلُوا إِلَا الَّذِينَ ضَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُوا الْنَارِ وَمَالَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيَا ثم لا تُنصروا they both mentioned the same which is that when you follow these people's desires Allah doesn't give you any victory and Allah doesn't give you any victory whatsoever الله says in another ayah Surah Muhammad إِنَّ اللَّذِينَ رْتَدُّوا عَلَاءَ دِبَارِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ الْهُدَ الشَّيْطَانُوا سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ وَأَمْلَأَ لَهُمْ الله says those who are prostated إِنَّ اللَّذِينَ رْتَدُّوا those who are prostated عَلَاءَ دِبَارِهِمْ on their hills مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ الْهُدَة after guidance came to them are you with me brothers pay attention there is no point us taking the verses and not understanding it Allah is telling us in this verse these people what did they do they are prostated and they turned on their they turned on their hills after when they became clear to them why how did they are prostated Allah is not going to tell us as shaytan who said وَأَمْلَاءَ لَهُمْ إِنْ دِكْتَيْتِ تِنْ سَمْتِنْ فُرْهِمْ what is it that he dictated for them and what is it that he beautified for them ذالك بأنّهم قالوا لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُ is because they said to the disbelievers ما ننزل الله that which Allah has sent to us سنطيعكم في بعض الأمر we are going to obey you in some matters والله يعلموا إصلاعهم and Allah knows what they are hiding look what they didn't brothers pay attention to this they didn't say are you with me brothers they didn't say they were going to obey you in everything سنطيعكم في بعض الأمر some matters we are going to obey you in what did Allah say in the beginning إِنَّ اللَّذِينَ تَدُّ أَلَأَدِ بَأَرِمْ they could have happened to them apostasy are you with me good it's point number four sorry point number five point number five the reason why we can't bring democracy are you with me brothers the reason why we can't bring democracy and Islam together is because we don't need it we already have the Quran and we have the sunnah and we have علماء ناصحون we have sincere advisors scholars who are within our midst we have du'aat who are calling us to we have du'aat who are calling us to Allah so there is no need for us to jump on the bandwagon after democracy there is no need for us to 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