Yasir Qadhi – Are We Allowed to Vote as Muslims – Ask Shaykh YQ #120

			My question is what are the rulings? In regards to voting? I've heard that is permissible and that
it's not permissible. So I'm not sure sure.
		

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			So this is a notion that really needs to be put to rest. When I was growing up back in the 80s, it
started to get invoked that there were certain movements that were importing certain understandings
of Islam from their own cultural paradigms. And it is very convenient for certain regimes to preach
to their masses that they should be apolitical. And as these people came from these countries to
America, they genuinely believe that Islam wanted them to be apolitical. they genuinely believed
that it was against the teachings of Islam, to speak against the ruler to become involved. And these
notions became convoluted with theology. And some began to say that if you vote it is a type of
		

			endorsement for the entire system. And the reality is that this is a very, very miniscule
interpretation held by a handful of scholars who some of them are worthy of respect, but frankly,
they're simply disconnected from reality. It is simply not true that when you endorse a candidate,
you automatically endorse everything about the candidate. This is something that anybody who
participates in the democratic process understands you choose the candidate that best fits your
priorities. It is not a carte blanche endorsement of everything that the candidate stands for, as
well. The notion that if I vote, it automatically implies that I believe in a deity that is worthy
		

			of legislating other than Allah subhana wa Tada. This is such a tenuous argument. It requires such a
convoluted understanding the average human being Muslim, Christian, Jew, atheist, agnostic, does not
consider the voting process to be a type of manifestation of the Ruby or let's just say I'm
ascribing the powers of legislation to the people that is simply not true. Everybody understands
that ethics and laws are not the same. You can be a God fearing Christian in this country, and
realize that, let's say the laws of abortion are unethical. The fact that you're a Christian who
votes doesn't mean that you endorse the the laws of abortion, nobody thinks that way. So for this
		

			small group of scholars to come, and then start preaching, that voting automatically implies a
you're endorsing everything about the candidate which is wrong, and B, you are tacitly supporting
the entire infrastructure. Nobody actually believes this until they are told it and therefore, the
notion that it is how long to vote, it is simply until us it is on shaky ground. It is not based on
sound theological or even common sense reasoning. And frankly, that type of talk simply should be
should not be a part of intellectual discourse anymore. That having been said, I go back to my
previous question. I do not say voting is held on but there's no question in my mind that we can do
		

			things far more important than choose our political candidates to give back to the community that we
live in that Allah knows best.