Sign of our times...the Evil Rulers

Al-Harth narrated on the authority of Ibn Masood that the Messenger (saw) said: "For every matter, there is a thing that spoils it, and what spoils this deen is the evil rulers." [Imam Suyooti: Saheeh]

On the authority of Abu Musa (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "In the hellfire there is a valley, and in this valley there is a well called "Habahab", it is duty upon Allah to reside in this well every stubborn oppressor (ruler)." [Narated by Tabarani and its Isnad is Hasan]

'Auf b. Malik reported: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: "The best of your Imams are those whom you love and they love you and you pray for them and they pray for you; and the worst of your Imams are those whom you hate and they hate you and you curse them and they curse you."

Abu Hurayra said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Verily the Imam is but a shield from behind which the people fight and with which they protect themselves. So if he ordered us to observe the taqwa of Allah and he was just he would have equal to these (actions) in reward, and if he ordered other than that it would be against him equal to that." [Muslim]

Today all the rulers in the Muslim world are Traitors of the highest order, they have declared war on Allah (swt) and His (swt)'s Messenger. They openly declare their wholesale Kufr and do not hesitate to ally with the enemies of Islam to kill and torture Muslims all over the world.

However we have Muslims and Scholars who promote the concept of tolerating these hypocritical rulers and say we cannot work to remove them via the Method of the Prophet (saw) by carrying the Dawah to the Muslims and seeking the Nusrah (material support from the Army). Instead we must advise them and obey them even if they lash us. These proofs that they use to justify their stance are correct proofs but are being misapplied. The Naseeha (advice) is given to a ruler who follows the laws of Allah (swt) and not one who submits to the whims of the United Nations. You obey the ruler who punishes you so long as he does not disobey the commands of Allah (swt) and not the ruler who asks you to ally with America to bomb Muslims in Iraq. You submit to the ruler who protects the Muslims all over the world and not the ruler who prisons you and sends you to camp x-ray. You follow the commands of the ruler who sends the Muslim armies to liberate one Muslimah and not the ruler who wines and dines whilst our sisters are being raped and abused. These Pharoahs, Nimrods and Hammans were never accepted by the Prophets of Allah (as) and were told clearly not to follow Shaytan and rule only by what Allah (swt) has revealed.

Unfortunately the so-called Scholars of today have remained silent about the injustices that are happening in front of their very eyes. Indeed the Salaf and the Khalaf used to remind the people that there are two types of people in the Ummah; if they are good then the state of the Ummah will be good and if they are bad then the state of the Ummah will be bad. These two types of people are the Scholars and the Rulers. At this moment in time both types of people mentioned in the Hadith are bad.

Today every ruler in the Muslim world has committed not one treason but many treasons. From legalising Khamr (alcohol), permitting Riba (usury), promoting Assabiyyah (nationalism) all the way to accepting the international laws and stopping the Jihad Feesabilillah.

OD