Musleh Khan – Should I Vote In Political Elections

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh brothers and sisters, let's talk about voting today. A lot
of Muslims are very confused of what voting is and if if they should take part in it or not. Is it
haram? Is it an act of Kufa? Is it neofolk? Or should we just simply get involved and ignore all of
those elements that scholars have talked about? So in this short video, we want to highlight some
key points for you to consider and be they lay tired. I hope by the end of this video, you'll have
some direction of what your decision should be with respect to voting. Number one, there are several
opinions that voting is held on in the US versus that are found in Solitary Man either in where
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala says woman lamea can be met and said Allah for Allah ik and then there are
three verses that start off the same way but in differently one of them says, For will echo one calf
your own fasciae cone and volley moon, whoever does not judge in accordance to what Allah has sent
down meaning the Quran and the Sunnah or the the Shetty, or in general, then this person has either
committed an act of CO photo, or this person is a volume they have transgressed and sinned, or this
person is a fast sick, this is a person who's just out there to bring corruption to the land. And no
doubt brothers and sisters, that if you don't judge a situation by what Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			expects from you, then certainly you get yourself into problem. Here's the issue with that or to
struggle with an opinion like that. No one can argue that this opinion is wrong or it's hard on, no
one can say to you that look, this is not applicable to our times in our situation. Rather, brothers
and sisters, you want to understand why that factor even exist in the first place, and how to apply
it whether it's in this situation, or in another. So let's put things into perspective. And this is
how you're going to understand the other opinions that say, well, this doesn't apply. You can vote
get involved, because it's the greater good of this oma. Today, there is absolutely no doubt that
		

			Muslims are under the microscope, we are being talked about in every news outlet, every newspaper,
every political stage, something about Muslims are being talked about. And most of the time, and I
really don't know why. But May Allah subhanho wa Taala give us strength most of the time, it's
always negative, a lot of it is untrue. But somehow at the end of the day, all the Muslims around
the world are being painted with the same brush that we fall under all of these extreme categories,
may Allah protect us from them. Now coming back to this whole voting issue, there are elections
happening here in Canada and in North America. And wherever you are in the world, if elections are
		

			happening, these are some points to consider. Voting is not nothing more than just choosing or
considering an option. And a lot of the students who say that this is all how long they argue the
fact that you're voting or you're choosing an option within a Cofer system. So I want to paint a
picture for you to consider what this court for democracy looks like. And where you stand within
that picture. Imagine you had two parties. One party says that we're going to run for election, but
we're going to legalize *, we're going to legalize crime and marijuana. And in addition to
that, we're also going to legalize the scrutiny and maybe the persecution of Muslims in general all
		

			over our country. The next party that's running against them says, well, we're going to legalize
crime, * and alcohol and other things. But you see this persecution business with the
Muslims, we're going to eliminate that completely. We don't want any of that not only for the
Muslim, but for no genders or no religions anywhere in our country. So both of them are running for
the selection. Now you as a Muslim, what do you do? Your obviously, if you're going to vote, you're
going to vote for the latter party. But then you argue that you're participating in a corporate
system, guess what's going to happen, if you sit back and do nothing, there is a 5050 chance that
		

			one or the other is going to come in power. And if you decide to do nothing, then in actuality your
abstinence from voting is actually a vote. You're basically saying, I don't want to have nothing to
do with this. That's my choice. So as a result, one of these parties ends up winning and most likely
could be the first party and here you are, you're affected by that vote. You're affected by that
election your children are, and this is now this is the problem. Now you start seeing stories and
you hear on the news.
		

			Hobie was attacked at a mall, this Muslim was attacked or being spied on or discriminated in the
workplace or at school, all of these things spread out, sprout out because of that kind of
propaganda. And what did you do to change that? You decided to do nothing. Now here, that's a huge
problem. If you had voted, you would have voted for the latter. And if more Muslims took on that
same mentality than in sha Allah, you know, the latter would have won the election. But it still
doesn't ignore the fact that both parties are going to legalize things that are hard on, here's one
point that I want you to remember, voting is not about you, and you alone, it's about the greater
		

			good of the Muslims and the oma in general, if you start paying attention to policies, then it
becomes an individual thing. It's all about you, you don't like marijuana, or you don't like a
* and things like that. So you don't want to vote to vote for that. That's great for you
as an individual, but what about the home as a whole, just think about what you see on TV, and how
the Muslims are being talked about all over the world, do something that can at least have an effect
for the rest of your brothers and sisters around the world, stop thinking about you and your cell
phone and think about all of them. So in actuality, at the end of the day, just because you
		

			participate in a conference system, doesn't necessarily mean you are actually falling into the state
of California. Think about it. So that's a serious statement to make. Because if you're going to
vote for the latter, then at least at the end of the day, the situation for the Muslims could become
that easier. Another point that others have argued with respect to why voting is is impermissible.
is they say that the Muslim identity is always at risk. Because there are certain policies that can
change the way you think, and the way you feel about your Muslim identity. I have a big problem with
this. Because if a simple check mark on a piece of paper really compromises your identity as a
		

			believer, then guess what voting is not your only problem in your life, you'll have other issues
that you need to focus on. So stop blaming everything on one thing and start looking at how often
you prefetcher on time, What's your relationship, like with your family, with your parents, with
your spouse? Are you giving them all their rights? What's your involvement in your own communities,
what have you been doing to better yourself as an individual, then you can look at where voting fits
in and all of that. And when you do that, when you're really critical with yourself, then you
realize, voting has nothing to do with my identity. I don't feel any different. It's just the check
		

			mark at the end of the day, and I can walk away. So really think about how much of an effect it's
going to happen to you. And if it really does affect you, you have other problems to deal with, not
just this, the last and the final point that I want to mention and leave you with brothers and
sisters is I do realize that the majority of the fatawa. And believe me, I've read as many of them
as I could possibly find. They say that voting is hard on but just think about it at the end of the
day. These are fatawa. These are opinions from respected scholars of Islam. But at the end of the
day, they're not actual legislation. It's not something engraved in stone, we need to really
		

			reassess our situation and look at what the greater good of the Muslim Ummah is going to be. If you
sit back and do nothing, you're actually creating greater harm for our brothers and sisters at the
end of the day. Because one day, when you turn on the TV, and you hear that a hijab, he was attacked
just because of her hijab, that could be your daughter. So what are you going to do, then it could
be your mother, what are you going to do, then you're going to regret that at least you didn't have
one say, at least you didn't take part and try to stop that kind of discrimination from happening.
So abstinence from voting is actually creating a bigger problem in this day and age. And this is why
		

			I think that at this point, we need to really rethink and review what our opinion is, with respect
to this topic. Now we have reached a stage in the political world where we need to get involved, at
least in the political process. Look around at how many Muslims are actually involved in their
communities. Like I'm talking about the broader community involved in the hospitals being part of
the political process, volunteering, giving back, just think about that situation, and how much that
lack of involvement is actually hurting us as an oma. So at the end of the day, brothers and
sisters, I leave you with these thoughts just for you to think about and if voting is happening for
		

			you right now, elections are around the corner right now. Honestly, brothers and sisters, look at
the situation of the Muslims in your locality in your country, and do what is best for yourself, for
your children and for the overall Muslim community. wherever you live, may Allah subhanho wa Taala
accept this from me and accept this from all of you.
		

			You And may Allah subhanho wa Taala Forgive me for whatever mistakes I say or have done, especially
at this time, a lot, I mean just a couple level hieron salaam alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh