Revolting Against The Rulers in the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

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A rising concern within the Ummah these days is that we are very into seeing what people do wrong and not realising our own mistakes, seeing how others have week Iman when we ourselves have much to improve within ourselves. this short blog is to clarify those with misconceptions on the scholars of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (may Allaah preserve them) and their fatwa's concerning revolting against the rulers.
Saudi Arabia and obedience to the Rulers

Firstly, if a ruler takes a land by force and he rules that land then he is to be obeyed in that which is obedience to the Allaah and His Messenger sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam. The ahadeeth are many proving this in Saheeh Muslim kitaab al Imaara. In Imam Nawawee's sharh see v.12 p.426 dar al Ma'rifah print.

You will find a chapter heading, "The obligation of obeying the rulers/in that which is not sin and its prohibition if it leads to sin."

Allaah said "O you who believe, Obey Allaah and His Messenger and those in authority over you"[Nisaa:59]

The commentators of this verse have clearly said, "Those in authority over you" are the scholars and leaders. But their obedience is conditional that it does not lead to disobedience.{See Ibn Katheer}

Further in Saheeh Muslim Muslim you will come to the hadeeth of Hudayfah ibn al Yaman (no.4761) where the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam clearly said to Hudayfah "Upon you is to stick to the jamaa'ah of the Muslims and their Imam" One of the scholars of Madinah, Sheikh Faalih ibn Nafi' al Harbi hafidhahu llaah says in a lecture entitled 'Tamayu' (leniency which is not in its place), he said that there is no Jama'aah except that there is hearing and obeying and there is no hearing and obeying except to the leaders.

So, if you live under a Muslim ruler like in Saudi Arabia, then there must be obedience to him in the ma'roof (good) not in the disobedience to Allaah. Going out against the Muslim ruler whether you are from that country or outside it then this is from the way of the Khawaarij.

That is why as Sheikh Muhammad Abdulwahhab al Banna says "When the Khawarij went astray the Muslim called themselves Ahlu Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah while initially they were Ahlu Sunnah and the word 'Jamaa'ah' was added since the Sahaba stuck to the Jamaa'ah while the khawaarij did not."

Rather they went out against Ali Radiallaahu 'anhu until they killed him. And they, the Khawaarij, killed Uthmaan radiallaahu 'anhu while he was reciting the Quran in his own home. What good have they brought to this Ummah, they kill the people of Islaam and leave the idol worshippers. they spill the blood of Muslims and ask about the blood of a mosquito. The companions considered their own worship deficient compared to the Khawaarij for they were extreme in their worship but they were called the dogs of the hellfire by the Messenger sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam. For they made the blood of the Muslims lawful and went out against the Muslim rulers.

The ruler in Saudi Arabia is as Sheikh Muhammad Abdul wahhab al Banna states "the best Muslim ruler in the world because he aids Islaam in its spreading across the world, in Muslim schools in allowing the callers to call to Tawheed and in establishing Islaam. And you will find that the rulers here are even better than the people. Do they want the ruler here to fall and then have the Shee'ah ruling the country!!! Walaahi, walaahi, thoma walaaahi, you either be grateful and thank Allaah what he has given you or Allaah will change your situation and the Ikhwaanil muslimeen will cause corruption in this country just as they did in Syria, Egypt and now in Algeria."

This sheikh is 90 years old and has lived in Saudi here longer than any political activist who doesn't know the affairs of the country. And he has lived through the head of the century both the hijri and the gregorian calenders while the head of Ikhwaanil muslimeen Hasan al Banna (and they are not related) did not live at the head of any of these centuries and we all know the hadeeth about the scholars reviving the deen at the head of the century.

Sheikh Obayd al Jaabree and sheikh Fawzaan and other mashaykh's all do not say that the Kingdom Of Saudi is complete, rather they say that they are ruling by Islam.

In Sharhus Sunnah of Barbaharee, you will see that the sign of ahl sunnah is that they supplicate for the rulers' betterment while the sign of ahl bida'ah is that they curse the rulers.

In Usoolus Sunnah of Imam Ahmed you will see how Imam Ahmed spent special care and attention to call the people to hear and obey their rulers and not to go out against them and this is even after he was tortured for saying the Quran is the Speech of Allaah.

In Musnad of Imam Ahmed there is an authentic hadeeth, "whoever wants to advise the ruler then not to do it openly but secretly taking him by the hand"

Is going out against the rulers or even speaking in public against them following the Messenger sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam?

Sheikh 'Obayd al Jabree hafidhahullaah states that if one says they are not able to go to the ruler and advise him face to face then we say to them as Allaah says "on no soul does Allaah place a burden more than they can bear." soorah al Baqara:286

Rather, as Sheikh Muhammad Abdulwahhab al Banna said "The ikhwaanil Muslimeen want to fool the people like a scorpian fooled the frog. The scorpian says let me climb on your back to get across the water and i won't harm you as i will also drown. So as soon as they get close to the other side it strikes its poison and kills the frog."

The "Hizbutahreer" and other political activist claim that the last khilafah fell in 1927, but what kind of khilaafah was it? was there Tawheed implemented as in Saudi? was the Sunnah pushed away or much innovations and shirk persist? but these political activist don't value Tawheed, in Saudi, there are no graves even above the ground so they are not worshipped. Even in the masjid Nabawee, the grave of the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam that is on the side of the masjid has no extension to the left of it so that the grave is not taken as part of the Masjid.
If you go to Uhud much da'wah is against grave worshipping by supplication to the dead for intercession.

In the government school curriculum in Saudi Arabia, all students must go through Usool Thalatha, Kashfu Shubuhaat, Kitaabu Tahheed, books which uphold Tawheed and negate Shirk.

As sheikh Muqbil al-Yamani rahimahullaah said in a tape recording that he would go out at night to the Haram from his hotel due to not being able to sleep and would not fear anything, complete 'aman' security and then he recited soorah al Quraysh. And he said that one of the reasons for this security and peace in Saudi Arabia was because they uphold the laws of Allaah, the hadd punishments etc.

Look at the alternative, those political activist reside in kuffar countries for protection under a KAAFIR government. Are not those rulers there clearly kuffar? so are they going out against those kuffar governments??

There is no Might and Power except that Might and Power belonging to Allaah.