Political Coups, Revolutions, Demonstrations and Protests

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 Political Coups, Revolutions, Demonstrations and Protests

He, May Allâh keep him safe said:

As for the statement, the end justify the means this is wrong and not from our Islâmic legislation. On the contrary, in the legislation, the means have specific rulings and with the condition that they be initially permissible. If the means are forbidden, such as a person drinking alcohol for medicinal purposes, then even if there may be some sort of remedy in it, it is still forbidden. Therefore, not all means may have the same ruling as the end result. Rather, the must be permissible in themselves.

It is not always the case that a servant may suppose certain means are successful so therefore he is allowed to take them. An example of this is political demonstrations. So for example, if a large group comes and says, “If we stage a demonstration, this will pressure the leader and then consequently he will rectify the situations as such rectification is necessary. Therefore, the end justifies the means.”

We say that this is completely false because the means in themselves are forbidden. So these actions even though the goal may be sincere and necessary, still in origin are impermissible. This is just like a person using a forbidden substance for some cure. Thus, there are many ways that intellect may innovate yet they are not justified by the result. This is surely a false principle.

The means must be permissible in origin and then the ruling of the result is applied to them; if the end result is allowable, the means are allowed. If is  obligatory, then the means are likewise.

By: Shaikh Saalih Aali-Shaikh

Take from the cassette “ Fataawaa al-Ulamaa fee Hukm at-Tafjeeraat wal-Muthaaharaat wal—Ightiyaalaat.” Also on page 153-154 “The Khawaarij and their Recurring Ideologies”