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Q&A: Accounting the rulers in Public

The following is an answer by Ustadh Abu Khaled al-Hejazi. Question: Accounting the rulers does it have to be open, if so how does one reconcile it with the below hadith: "The Messenger of Allah Muhammad (salallaahu'alayheewasallam) said, "Whoever desires to advise the one with authority then he should not do so openly, rather he should take him by the hand and take him into seclusion (and then advise him). And if he accepts (the advice) from him then (he has achieved his objective) and if not, then he has fulfilled that which was a duty upon him." (Reported by Ahmad (3/403) and Ibn Abee 'Aasim (2/521) with a Saheeh isnaad.) Answer: The hadith you quoted concerning accounting the rulers, is incomplete and further the isnad (chain) is not intact, rather it is   broken (it is mursal). Ahmad ibn Hanbal has reported it from: Abu Mugaira, from Safwan, that Shuraih ibn Ubaid al Hadrami and others said: Iyad bin Ganam became angry with Hisham bin  

Obsessing without understanding: trace elements of alcohol in food and drinks

There has been a lot of discussion these days about some drinks which contain a very small percentage of alcohol and about some foods which may contain traces of animal products from pigs or other animals which have not been slaughtered in the ways set by Sharī’ah or traces of other impurities (najasah). Hardly a day passes by without a new publication being broadcast on the Internet warning about some specific product either because it contains alcohol or because it contains such and such substances which are either ‘forbidden’ or ‘impure’. The whole subject is surrounded by a lot of sensitivity and is combined with a lack of thorough reading and comprehension of Sharī’ah texts, a lack of accurate identification of the reality of these drinks, foods and substances under consideration and the lack of a diligent study of all the aforementioned matters. This has had many Islamic personalities and institutions to assume positions that are rather exaggerated and extreme which dictate th

The Islamic Conquest of Syria by Al-Imam Al-Waqidi

The Islamic Conquest of Syria by Al-Imam Al-Waqidi [Translated] Buy the book or download a free e-book from  MaktabaIslamia