Sheikh Muqbil rahimahullah commented:
26 September 2022 • 4.4K views
“These words are clear and manifest misguidance. If he wished to make a Jew superior to Allaah, free is He from imperfection, the Most High, then he is a disbeliever (i.e. apostate). And if he intended that the Jews and Christians and the worshippers of the cow and chickens and others are very many in number yet they do not vote for Allaah, then this is another matter, however it is still clear misguidance (on al-Qaradawi's behalf). For verily our Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, is not in need of voting, for He, free is He of all imperfection is the one who says "Be" to something and it is. He is the one who destroyed Fir'aun. and He destroyed Qaarun. and He destroyed many nations, from amongst those who exceeded beyond bounds and who stood in the faces of the Prophets of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. So he aided the Prophets and gave them victory, in this life and the Next. Voting is only needed by a weak man, O Pauper!....Have you disbelieved O Qaradawi or have you brought yourself nearer?
[Silencing the Hounding Dog, pp. 110-112].
After these words were played to him, Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen rahimahullah said:
“I seek refuge in Allaah. It is obligatory for this person to repent. And if he does not he should be killed as an apostate, since he made the creation more knowledgeable than the Creator. It is upon him to repent to Allaah, so if he repents, then Allaah forgives the sins of His servants. And if not then the authorities should strike his neck.”
[Cassette Recording, quoted in Silencing the Hounding Dog, p. 119].