Saturday 20 November 2021

The Arguments of the Deviants on lesser of two evils


The Shirk of Voting to Man-Made Law

Despite the clarity of the message of Islam, all of the evidences listed above, and the numerous books and leaflets on the matter of democracy, we still find the Muslims canvassing others to vote, in particular to certain individuals who apparently seem to have some care for the issues which are affecting the Muslims. Unfortunately, even some scholars (like Saleh Al-Munajjid of Saudi Arabia, Haitham Haddad of Al-Muntada and Abu Eesa Niamatullah of Islamic Awakening) have fallen into this trap, willingly or unwilling, and are encouraging Muslims to vote for one Kafir or another to come into power, legislate (which is the Right of Allah (swt) alone) by Kufr and conduct treaties on the Muslim's behalf! Despite the fact that in all their articles they state that voting is the exclusive right of Allah (swt) and that it is haram to vote for a kafir normally, to defend their position they cite the need to be "wise", understand the deep and complex reality we are living in (Fiqh al Waaqiah) and to try and derive as much benefit (masalih) and prevent as much harm (diraar) as we can.  

Al-Hamdulilah that Allah (swt) has risen these type of people when Umar bin al-Khattab (ra) was not around! Do you not know the story of the Munaafiq who had a dispute with a Jew regarding the harvest of the fruits from a tree? When he came to Umar bin al-Khattab (ra) for judgment disregarding the judgement of Allah (swt) and his Messenger (saw), he was killed without remorse.
  
"And who ever seeks a way other than submission to God (i.e. Islam), it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the world to come." [EMQ 3:85]

The main argument that these ilk-of scholars cite is the ‘Lesser of two evils’ and the principal that the Shari'ah was revealed, ‘For Muslims to derive all benefits and prevent all harms.’ The fact that these principals are found quoted by some great Islamic authorities is not the point of contention. The truth of the matter is that these scholars misuse their application. For example, they say that in Shari'ah if one were found all alone in the desert and without food, the Shar'iah permit's the Muslim to eat from unslaughtered meat to save one's life. unslaughtered meat being obviously normally haram (prohibited).

Then they cite the lesser of two evils, the greater evil being to die, and the lesser one to live albeit by eating unslaughtered meat. Somehow, from this example they draw the parallel that we have to vote for a Kafir in the Kufr system we are residing in because of 'lesser of two evils'.

Firstly, the issue of being stranded in the desert at risk of losing one's life and eating the haram meat is one of life and death and necessity (duroorah). And even in this situation the Muslim can only eat enough meat such that he is able to recover from his ills. What is said of the one who then having sufficed his basic organic needs, he then were to go ahead and feast on the unslaughtered meat (such as Pork) such that he began to enjoy it and such that he begins to invite other Muslims to feast with him!!! Obviously it would be said that he is committing an evil! As regards to applying this principal to voting and committing Shirk there is no parallel or analogy (qiyas). Who is threatening to kill us if we do not vote? If we do or do not vote we still will live after the elections, Insha’Allah.

So where are the two evils such that one can chose the lesser? There is only the action to vote which is haram or evil, and the other choice not to vote, which is obligatory. At the same time, we can see that the "lesser evil" is based on an arrogant certainty about the consequences of the choice of the lesser evil winning or working out as one might have hoped. In fact, those Muslims who voted for the Labour party and Tony Blair in the 1997 and subsequent elections as the lesser evil found that they acted quite differently once in power. Gordon Brown, David Cameron and any other candidate will be no different.

As well, the "lesser evil" concept (applied wrongly) weakens the Muslims belief in Islam as a complete and comprehensive Deen with solutions to all of mankind's problems (wherever we are on this earth). If the Muslims consistently feel obliged to vote for candidates in whom they do not believe and this principle is continually used to justify further integration into Kufr society, many Muslims will end up feeling that Islam does not have all the solutions to man's problems- if every time Muslims adopt the Kufr solution! Some may even reject the Deen completely, having integrated into Kufr completely. 

Another common feature of those so-called Muslims who do opt for the 'lesser evil' and vote in Kufr elections is that often this 'lesser evil' is not regarded as an evil but as a correct alternative. By these practices being present in the Kufr societies in the West, it has to some Muslims gained a sense of legitimacy - perhaps there may even be Muslims who think of their choice as meritorious. If a person is facing any criminal charge, for example theft or fraud, he would not flaunt it in public. However we find these evils mentioned so openly and discussed without any hesitancy amongst those so-called Muslims in charge of the Kufr political parties and Masjid commitees. 
 
We find these 'lesser evils' mentioned so openly, one wonders if it is even regarded as wrong. The lesser evils of today were the major evils of yesterday and so on and so forth until we eventually lose all of our Islamic thoughts concepts and ideas and become a true "British" citizen. One shudders when one thinks what the lesser evils of tomorrow would be. As Muslims, we are so fortunate that our Sharî'ah has been perfected and protected. Let us not legitimise our evils as the West has done. If we are unable to uphold the standard that Islam set, we should regretfully acknowledge our shortcomings as such and not regard our wrongs as acceptable or even waajib (obligatory) as some deviated scholars have claimed.

Secondly, with regards to the issue of Shari'ah being for the benefit of Muslims, do they forget that the Shar'iah is what has been revealed to the Prophet (saw) via the Qur'an or his acitons, sayings and consent i.e. the Sunnah and not by what their own mind, 'Aqel or Hawaa. Allah (swt) says. 

“Have they not heard the ayah in the Qur'an when Allah (swt) says,"Maybe you dislike something and this is actually of benefit for you? And maybe you would like something and it is actually an evil for you. Allah (swt) alone knows and you do not know (however much 'Aql or wisdom you may profess to have)" [EMQ 2:216]

And Allah (swt) says about those who take their own opinions, judgement and desires above the commandment of Allah (swt),

"Do you not see those who take their own Hawaa (desires) as gods?" [EMQ 45:23]

There is no place in the Shar'iah of Islam for one to decide a matter once Allah (swt) has decreed it.
  
"It is not for any believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter, to have any choice in the affair. Whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has gone astray into manifest error." [EMQ 33:36].

In fact the argument of benefits and interest has been refuted by Allah (swt) Himself when He said, 
"Say: if your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your tribes, your wealth that you have gained, your business that you fear decline, your homes where you live - are dearer to you than Allah (swt) and the Messenger and Jihad in the way of Allah, wait till the torment of Allah reaches you" [EMQ 9:24].

In the above ayah, Allah (swt) is enumerating all things that are of benefit to a Muslim, from their own lives, wealth to their business and their families. Allah (swt) has said that if these are dearer to us that Allah, His Messenger and Jihad in His way, then wait till Allah's decree in the way of punishment is upon us. It is well known that the Prophet (saw) has said in an explicit hadith,
"What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can." [Bukhari, Muslim]

Allah (swt) did not allow the excuse of all these much greater "tangible benefits" and interests to be used to neglect the obligatory deeds like jihad and we know that we have been ordered in these duties to do as much as we can. However, with regards to the Haram deeds, we have been ordered to leave it completely. How then can one use the arguments of benefits? With regards to the benefits they believe they will bring and the harms they may prevent they list them as follows; to prevent the BNP from coming into power, to prevent the aggressive war policies which kill innocent Muslims around the world, to promote those Kuffar who believe in truth who will give a good image for Islam e.g. the Respect Party of George Galloway etc. These are the classic arguments of those who have already decided to participate in a non Islamic system. In order to justify their actions, they will cite benefit for Islam and Muslims as a legitimate evidence to partake in a non-Islamic system.

 If we were to examine the general (aam) and detailed (khaas) evidences we find that benefit is defined as that thing or action the Shari’ah permits us to benefit from. Hence benefit (maslaha) is defined by Islam, not by our own weak and limited mind. Firstly, when was the Kufr of George Galloway and his "Respect Party" (respect the homosexual, respect the lesbian, respect the pornographer, respect the sale of alcohol, respect the gambling, respect the free mixing etc.) worse or even better than the Kufr of the BNP? Did Allah (swt) not teach us about the types of people this Kuffar (including Jews and Christians), the Munafiq and the Muslim / Mu'min to which one of these belongs George Galloway? The answer, as George affirmed that he is a kafir and that he is not going to become Muslim. Allah (swt) warns the Muslims from taking these people as awliyaa (friends, protectors, supporters, people in charge over you),

"O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from among others than your own people; they do not fall short of inflicting loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has already appeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if you will understand. Lo! you are they who will love them while they do not love you, and you believe in the Book (in) the whole of it; and when they meet you they say: We believe, and when they are alone, they bite the ends of their fingers in rage against you. Say: Die in your rage; surely Allah knows what is in the breasts." [EMQ 3:118-119]

Allah (swt) also says,
 "O you who believe! do not take for guardians those who take your religion for a mockery and a joke, from among those who were given the Book before you and the unbelievers; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah if you are believers." [EMQ 5:57]

And in another place in the Qur'an,
 "You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide. And had they believed in Allah and the prophet and what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them for friends but! Most of them are transgressors." [EMQ 5:80-81]

Allah (swt) has clearly and explicitly forbidden the Muslim from ever allying with the Kuffar, seeking their help or allowing them in authority over us. So how then can we go out and canvass for them? Will George Galloway rule by the Shari'ah or he will rule by his own desires and by Kufr? The answer is that he will rule by kufr. How then can one justify choosing him to come into power.

Regarding the BNP, apparently these scholars using their ration come to the conclusion that if the Muslims do not vote in these elections, then the BNP will come into power! Unfortunately for them, the history of the Muslims testifies otherwise - the Muslims have been in the UK for the past forty to fifty years; How is it that the BNP have stayed out? Why suddenly this year the BNP may gain support and have a landslide victory and become the ruling party?! Who are the famous political commentators that profess this view anyway?

The fact of the matter is, the more the British public see the Muslims occupying positions such as in parliament, on television and this concept of multi-culturalism takes hold, the more the support for the BNP will rise. The more visible so-called Muslims become, the more the resentment will grow from the indigenous population. So where now is the argument of those claiming to propagate the concept of preventing harm? Besides, the BNP up until now have had no political might nor power and have not really caused any harm upon the Muslims; whereas the Conservatives and the Labour party have been in power during the bombing of Muslims in Iraq - the first and second Gulf Wars and during the time of the biting sanctions when millions of Muslims in Iraq were killed, and currently when the launch of the war against Islam announced its first victims with relation to the thousands killed in Afghanistan. Is this not harming to the Muslims? Is it really worth selling your deen and your brothers abroad so that you can safeguard your measly salaries, and plots of land where you build your places of worship?

With regards to preventing the aggressive foreign policy; well this is a simple fantasy in those people's minds and shows how bereft their understanding is in relation to the British and European parliamentary systems. What can Mr Galloway do? What benefit can Mr Galloway bring the Muslims? In fact he is only going to bring benefit to himself by furthering his fame and fortune on the back of Muslims apostasies. As Allah (swt) has warned,
  
"They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends..." [EMQ 4:89]

We find that these shallow and false political arguments and deceptive analyses are more often than not put forward as a primary source of evidence by the likes of MPAC and the MCB's of this world, who with the open support of the British government (morally and financially) are trying their level best to deceive the Muslim Ummah into voting by provoking their survival instinct and their need for security. This shameless call for a perceived interest or some hidden political agenda by committing the Muslim vote is prohibited in Islam categorically for Allah (swt) says:
 "Say: Allah never commands what is shameful: do you say of Allah what you know not"  [EMQ 7:28]


to be continued . . . .
 


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