بسم الله والحمد لله
والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
• Four narrations on the importance of advising the rulers
privately even if they are tyrants.
• The scholars’ advice the rulers privately as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed us.
• Only because we do not witness it doesn't mean that the scholars
do not do it.
• Shouting from the minbar (pulpit) against the rulers is
not from the Sunnah.
• Your hatred towards the rulers should not make you go
against the Sunnah.
• Shouting behind their back is Gheebah (backbiting) and
does not achieve the purpose (as the message does not reach them), except that
it cause chaos and disruption.
•۩۞۩•
Narrated Abu Waail: Somebody said to Usaamah رضي الله عنه: Will you go to
so-and-so (i.e. `Uthmaan رضي الله عنه)
and talk to him (i.e. advise him regarding ruling the country)? He said: ❝Do you think that I have not spoken to him simply because
you did not hear it? Really, I speak to (advise) him privately without opening
a gate (of affliction), for neither do I want to be the first to open it (i.e.
rebellion).❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (3267, 7098) and Saheeh Muslim (7483)]
•۩۞۩•
Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree رضي الله عنه said that the Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم
said:
أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ،
أَوْ أَمِيرٍ جَائِرٍ
❝The best type of
Jihad (striving in the way of Allaah) is speaking a true word in the PRESENCE
of a tyrant ruler.❞
[Sunan Abu Dawood (4344), Sunan Ibn Maajah (4011), Sunan
al-Tirmidhee (2174) and graded as “Saheeh”
by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
•۩۞۩•
Sa`eed Ibn Jumhaan said: I went to `Abdullaah Ibn Abee Aufaa
رضي الله عنه,
and he had become blind and I greeted him with Salaam. He asked me: ❝Who are you?❞ I said: I am
Sa`eed Ibn Jumhaan. He asked: ❝What have they done to your father?❞ I said: He was killed. The Azaariqah have killed
him. He said: ❝Allaah’s curse be upon al-Azaariqah, Allaah’s curse be upon
al-Azaariqah.❞ The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم informed us:
أَنَّهُمْ كِلَابُ النَّارِ
❝They are the
dogs of Hellfire.❞ I said: (Are) al-Azaariqah alone (the
dogs of the Hellfire) or the whole of the Khawaarij? He said: ❝The whole of the Khawaarij.❞ I (further) said: The ruler oppresses the people
and does such-and-such to them. He said: ❝Give me your hand.❞ Then he grabbed my hand firmly and said: ❝Woe unto you O son of Jumhaan! Upon you is to stick to
the Sawaad al-A`dham (the main group). If the ruler listens to you, then
approach him in his house (i.e. in seclusion) and inform him (in private) of
what you know. So if he listens to you (then it is good) otherwise leave him,
for you are not more knowledgeable than him.❞
[Musnad Ahmad (19415) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in his checking of Kitaab
al-Sunnah (2/523) and Shaikh Muqbil also graded it “Hasan” in Saheeh al-Musnad
(542)]
•۩۞۩•
Imaam Ahmad reported: `Iyaadh Ibn Ghanm was whipping a
person of a land which was conquered. So Hishaam Ibn Hakeem spoke harshly with
him, until `Iyaadh became angry. So he stayed the night (like this) through the
night, then he came to Hishaam Ibn Hakeem and sought an excuse from him. Then
Hishaam said to `Iyaadh: Have you not heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saying:
إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا، أَشَدَّهُمْ عَذَابًا
فِي الدُّنْيَا لِلنَّاسِ
❝Verily the
person who shall suffer the severest punishment is the one who is most severe
in punishing the people in this world.❞ So `Iyaadh Ibn Ghanm said: O Hishaam Ibn Hakeem! ❝Indeed
we have heard what you have heard, but you have not heard the statement of the
Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم:
مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْصَحَ لِسُلْطَانٍ بِأَمْرٍ، فَلَا يُبْدِ
لَهُ عَلَانِيَةً، وَلَكِنْ لِيَأْخُذْ بِيَدِهِ، فَيَخْلُوَ بِهِ، فَإِنْ قَبِلَ مِنْهُ
فَذَاكَ، وَإِلَّا كَانَ قَدْ أَدَّى الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ لَهُ
❝Whosoever wishes
to advise the ruler concerning a matter, then let him not do it openly. Rather,
he should take him by the hand and take him into seclusion. So if he accepts
his advice, then he has achieved his objective, and if he does not accept from
him, then he has still conveyed that which was a duty upon him.❞ And verily you – O Hishaam – are a reckless–
therefore, you dare to come out against the ruler of Allaah.❞
[Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad (15333) and Ibn Abee `Aasim in
Kitaab al-Sunnah (1096, 1097, 1098) under the heading: “Chapter: How are the
leaders of the common-folk to be advised?” (but without the conversation
between Hishaam and `Iyaadh and both of them are from the Companions of the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم)
and graded as “Saheeh li ghairihee” by
Shaikh al-Albaanee in his checking of Kitaab al-Sunnah]
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