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Cursing the Muslim rulers for our perceived 'lack of intervention' in the current crisis is NOT from the way of the Salaf!

14 May 2021 • 3.6K views
This ⤵️ is the way of the Salaf & a good way to aid Palestine: Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyyāḍh (D. 187H) raḥimahullāh said: ((لو أن لي دعوةً مستجابةً ما صيرتها إلا في الإمامِ)) “If I had one supplication that was going to be answered, I would dedicate it solely for the ruler.” It was said to him, “O Abū ʿAlī, explain that to us.” He replied, ((متى ما صيرتها في نفسي لم تحزني ، ومتى صيرتها في الإمامِ فصلاحُ الإمامِ صلاحٌ العبادِ والبلادِ)) “If I supplicate for myself, it would not go beyond me. Whereas, supplicating for the ruler will not only rectify him, but the people and the land will all be rectified.” [Reported by Abū Nu‘aim in Al-Ḥilyah (8/91)] And wishing good for the Muslim rulers and supplicating for them is from the distinguishing traits of the Sunni creed; Imām Al-Barbahāri states: “If you see a man supplicating AGAINST the ruler, know that he is a person of desire (صاحب هوى), and if you see a man supplicating FOR the ruler, know that he is a Sunni – inshā Allāh.” [Sharḥus Sunnah (2/193)] And he also said (same reference as above): “We have been commanded to supplicate for their (the rulers) rectification, and we have not been commanded to supplicate against them - EVEN IF THEY COMMIT TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION; since their tyranny and oppression will only harm them, but their rectification benefits them as well as the Muslims.”