Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Should Laws in a Foreign Country Be Followed Even If It Goes against Islam

Faraz Rabbani
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The speaker discusses the importance of following laws and following the Moore Act in the future. They mention that following the law means being punished in the future and that there are parameters for civil dis peace that need to be met. The speaker also discusses the potential for overbearing laws and advises against asking people for remorse if they do not know.

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			Is every law in the country needed to
		
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			be followed
		
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			if it goes against Islamic teachings?
		
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			That's a very general question. So there's 2
		
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			things.
		
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			Having to follow the law of the land
		
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			does not mean that you'll be punished in
		
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			the hereafter for not following it. There's 2
		
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			things. There's a worldly requirement. Right?
		
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			So if you have to wear seat belts
		
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			but you didn't,
		
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			you got in a taxi, didn't wear a
		
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			seat belt, now as a Muslim, you should
		
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			wear your seat belt if that's the law
		
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			that in the back seat you need to
		
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			wear a seat belt. You do so.
		
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			But will you be punished in the hereafter
		
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			for not doing so? That's a separate matter.
		
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			And there there's there's nuance as to which
		
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			like, when does not following the law,
		
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			entails sin? This is not a simple question.
		
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			I consulted one of the senior scholars he
		
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			who passed away,
		
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			late last year. May Allah have mercy on
		
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			him. I asked him this question.
		
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			He smiled and said, you know, we I've
		
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			been
		
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			reflecting on this, and
		
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			you mentioned a group of scholars. We've been
		
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			discussing and researching this for the last
		
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			30
		
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			plus years,
		
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			and we don't have definitive conclusions yet.
		
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			So there are some some parameters of the
		
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			issue that are clear
		
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			and there are others, he said, that we
		
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			are looking at
		
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			and reflecting deeply upon.
		
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			Right? That's the nature of religion.
		
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			That's the nature of religion. This is
		
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			the command of us. So, you know, broadly,
		
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			we we obey the law of the land,
		
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			a Muslim
		
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			upholds their conditions.
		
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			Right?
		
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			But
		
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			what are the parameters of that with respect
		
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			to all kinds of
		
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			laws? Let's say you're you know,
		
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			it's best, however, if you want to pursue
		
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			the way of caution,
		
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			is that before
		
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			any
		
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			sensitive step, one consults.
		
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			Right? One consults. And but the idea of
		
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			yeah. So one doesn't just say, okay. This
		
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			is civil disobedience, so I'm going to speed.
		
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			No. Because there's some laws that have obviously
		
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			that are obviously there to safeguard the public
		
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			harm.
		
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			There's no case for you not to uphold
		
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			those laws. Right?
		
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			Such as,
		
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			traffic laws, for example.
		
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			But there's other laws that
		
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			could be seen as being overbearing,
		
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			difficult.
		
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			So
		
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			what does one do in those kind of
		
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			situations?
		
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			You don't give yourself
		
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			a fatwad rather.
		
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			Ask the people remembrance if you do not
		
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			know, if you know not, as Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala tells in