Haitham al-Haddad – Voting is Mandatory – UK General Elections 2024
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A speaker is expressing concern to Imams and other British citizens about the mandatory voting in upcoming elections. They argue that voting is a means to show opposition to theents and that it is a mentality to achieve goals. The speaker encourages brothers and sisters to contribute to stop the current racism and promote voter education.
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See, my dear Imams, my dear Khatibs, wallahi,
I am afraid. I don't want to say
that
you are sinful directly. I am afraid that
you will be sinful.
Sheikh, you said that voting is mandatory before
its wajib,
with a general election around the corner. Do
you still feel that way? Yeah. Bismillah Rahim
Rahim. In fact, I believe that it is
more mandatory.
It is more wajib to vote in this
coming election,
2024.
Why is that? Because
this is one of the
best ways, the strongest ways to show our
opposition
to the genocide that is taking place in
Gaza to have an influence
to how our government is running, how our
country is run. There are so many issues.
I always ask brothers and sisters,
how
can we make a change? How can we
influence
the situation, the policy, without
getting involved,
without
voting, we will not have any influence. We
will be just marginalized. The prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam
said, Whoever sees a munkar, he should
try
to change it by his hand. If he
cannot, then by his tongue. Voting is one
of those ways to
enjoying the good and forbid the evil and
to change the munkar. It is a mentality.
We are an active
There are so many ways of enjoying the
good and forbidding the evil, and this is
one of them. And this color said,
If you want to achieve something that is
obligatory, then
all means to that obligation
take also the ruling of obligation. We want
to stop the genocide.
How can we stop the genocide? My dear
brothers and sisters here, here, I'm talking about
as British citizen here, we can contribute towards
that by having the right people
in power
who represent us. And then when we want
them to vote for ceasefire,
they will vote for this. When we wanted
them to vote to stop selling weapons to
the Zionist state,
then they can do that. Not only that,
they can support us
because they represent us. They represent
not only the Muslim community, but they represent
the masses.
Yes? So that's why my dear brothers and
sisters, stop this question. So many people,
keep asking this question.