Haitham al-Haddad – Voting is Haram and It Does Not Make a Difference

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Quick question, Sheikh, before. I don't want to

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vote.

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It might be haram, and it doesn't make

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a difference, Sheikh. What should I do?

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Okay. See, I have spoken about this so

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many times.

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To say that it is it might be

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haram, this is wrong.

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Also, to say that it doesn't make any

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difference,

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that is not true. Who told you this?

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Now let us stop.

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Is it Haram? Do you know, brother,

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that if you don't vote, you are actually

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voting?

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There is nothing in the democratic process called

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abstention from voting

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because

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abstention from voting, it means someone else is

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voting on your behalf. Let me explain this.

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Imagine

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I always give this example. We have 10

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people.

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Yeah?

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Voting for party a and party b.

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We have 4 people voted for a.

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3 people

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voted for b, and 3 people abstained.

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Now

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those 3 people

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who abstained,

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actually,

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they are what? Supporting party a

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to win. Yes or no?

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Because if they voted for b, party a

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will lose.

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And in fact, party a will tell them,

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no. No. No. No. No. Don't vote. We

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don't want you to vote. Voting is haram

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because he knows that once they abstained,

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they actually

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voted for party a.

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Okay? So that's why we say in the

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democratic

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process,

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abstention of voting is

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actually voting,

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voting

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indirectly.

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And sometimes it is worse

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than

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voting.

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Okay?

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Because others are using your vote,

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and you are not using

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your vote in the right direction.

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And that's why in this,

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in this coming election, 2024,

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we say to people,

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see,

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a spoiled

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vote is actually

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voting for genocide.

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I hope that you pass this message to

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everyone.

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A wasted vote,

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a wasted vote,

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spoiled

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vote is actually

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voting for genocide

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because you are

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supporting

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the wrong people to be in the parliament,

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and the war and the aggression

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and the genocide in Gaza will continue

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because the wrong people are there in the

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parliament.

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So

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that's why I believe that you must vote.

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You

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are obliged

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to vote.

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Yes?

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Your abstention

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from voting

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is actually

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is the sin.

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It's not that you vote

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and you are sinful because you are voting

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and you or you say that you want

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to be on the safe side, that's why

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you don't vote. There is no safe side

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here. The safe side here is to vote.

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At least do what Allah commanded

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you to do, which is what? Enjoining the

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good and forbidding the evil. And the prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says,

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the the one of the strongest

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tools

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to change this.

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My dear brothers, my dear sisters, young people

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are confused

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about this point.

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Now does it mean that you believe in

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the democratic

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process?

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The democratic process is something and choosing

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who represents you is something else. Yeah? Your

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when you are voting,

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is it still safe? It doesn't mean that

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you believe

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that someone

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has the right to legislate

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against the legislation of Allah.

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Will remain.

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You upright as much as you

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can. There is no contradiction between voting

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and believing that Allah

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is the legislator.

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This is see, and we all also say

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that when in a democratic process,

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there

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are two sides,

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selecting who is sitting there in the parliament,

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and the second one is selecting the laws.

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These are 2

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different things. I hope that it is clear

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for our brothers and sisters.