JEDDAH: Sheikh Osama Khayyat, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, described calls for protests in the Kingdom as “devilish temptations” and urged people of faith to be aware of such calls.
“With false promises the devil strives to trap believers and drive them to acts of sedition, disagreement and dispute,” said the sheikh in his Friday sermon to pilgrims and locals.
“Countless media channels, information networks and websites are there to tempt people to participate in protest marches and sit-ins,” he said, adding that all of these channels are gateways to evil. “They are employed by the forces of darkness to awaken the sleeping sedition and lead people to chaos that will tamper with the security and ruin the welfare of people,” he said.
During his sermon at the Holy Mosque in Madinah, Sheikh Salah Al-Budair lamented the turmoil in the Muslim world. “Our hearts pain on seeing clashes in many parts of the Muslim world,” he said.
He said it was against Islam to rise against rulers who rule according to Shariah. Referring to calls on websites for protests on Friday, Al-Budair said it is the duty of Muslims to defend and protect the Kingdom, which is home to the two holy mosques. He reminded people of faith that those who call for rebellions against the ruler of Saudi Arabia, the land of monotheism, are serving the interests of the enemies of Islam. He appealed to Muslims to preserve the Kingdom’s security, stability and integrity, and asked them to look at and learn from the suffering of neighboring countries.
“In the Qur’an and Sunnah it is totally haram to rise against the ruler. You should advise him and if he refuses to listen, just be patient and supplicate against him,” said the imam of JamJoum Mosque.
The Imam, in his late 20s, read out the statement issued by the Supreme Council of Saudi Scholars in which the council also warned against demonstrations and described uprisings as haram.
The Imam, however, did not offer his usual supplication against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi this Friday.
‘Sheikh’ Salah Al-Budair lamented…
“In the Qur’an and Sunnah it is totally haram to rise against the ruler. You should advise him and if he refuses to listen, just be patient and supplicate against him,” said the imam of JamJoum Mosque.”
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Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil and changing the evil is an OBLIGATION in Islam, and those who fall short in fulfilling this obligation have exposed themselves and their societies to punishment and destruction. Because Allah (swt) has destroyed the previous nations due to their abandoning (the obligation of) forbidding the evil, Allah (swt) says,
“So when they forgot the reminders that had been given to them, We rescued those who forbade evil, but We seized those who did wrong with a severe torment because they used to rebel (disobey Allah).” [TMQ Surah Al-A’raf, 7:165].
How am i not surprised to here such nonsense from so called scholars (government mouth piece more like). subhan’Allah how do we allow ourself to be guided by these agent scholars of dictators and ruled by these dictators the agents of west! side point if people who are demonstrating are tempted by the devils, then whats in their(scholars) case( on pay role by the devils)? who is worse? and who is more accountable? And a sad note to end with, likes of Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi, are nowhere to be seen and those who are unfortunately suppressed. May Allah swt bring the true men and women from us who will stand for His swt deen and bring the world out of darkness to Light ameen
I’m totally disagree with the supreme counsil of arab saudi goverment. They publish statement that make our ummah suffer more. if they are trully the guard of those 2 holy mosque why they kept silent on what happen in palestine,in iraq,in libya,yaman and all of arab country in the region. I’m so dissappointed..