Zakir Naik – Under Compulsion, You may Remove the Label

Asked a question

that doing the riots which took place in

Mumbai 1992, 1993.

Many people were afraid of their lives, and

many people removed the label.

So

is it right to remove the label during

such things?

Every rule has an exception,

and the Quran clearly mentions

that if under compulsion

if under compulsion,

unwillingly,

you can even do shirk. For example,

if someone puts a gun

on your temple, on your head, and ask

you, are you Muslim or a mushrik?

Deep within your heart, you know that I'm

a Muslim, but to save your life under

compulsion as a last resort, the Quran gives

you an option that you can tell a

lie in this situation.

If life and death is the question, Only

at the situation.

Similarly, during rights, you are living in an

almost same area,

and suppose if you step out and

your life will be in danger. In such

situation,

if you remove a label, inshallah,

Allah will forgive you. For example, if in

the right round the corner, a non Muslim

puts a gun on your temper, Muslim or

non Muslim,

you have option of saying

you're a Muslim

and become shayid, or say I'm a non

Muslim and get saved. Both is allowed.

If round the corner no one is watching

me,

what is the use?

I have option of either say a Muslim

become shayid or say I'm a non Muslim

for permission.

So you're a person says I'm a non

Muslim and save his life so that he

can spend his time afterwards.

Similarly, if someone ask me on a stage

whether a 100 and 1000 of people watching

me, are you Muslim or non Muslim? You

also have the option both of either saying

I'm Muslim or non Muslim. But here, the

hikmam may say that if I give shahada,

there are 100 and thousands of people watching

me. It may boost up the morale. I

may prefer saying I'm a Muslim and become

shayid. So

Quran gives both the permission and the compulsion.

Like the Quran

says in chapter number 2, verse number 173.

Chapter number 5, verse number 3. Surah Anam

chapter 6 was 145. And Surah Nahl

chapter number 16 was 115.

That if unwillingly, if you do say Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah is Rehman al Rahim.

That after saying that pork is forbidden for

you,

if unwillingly, if you're dying of hunger,

if pork is the only thing you can

find, if you have gone in a boat

and you have no food and someone offers

you

pork,

for your survival,

you can eat that much which is sufficient

for you to survive.

Not eat your tummy full.

But the moment you come on the shore,

again it becomes

prohibited. So to save your life, Islam gives

permission

and the compulsion,

unwilling gift of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, Allah

is Rahman Ar Raheem. Here you have an

option that if you feel your life is

a ninja or you cannot bear the mental

torture,

no problem. But

I do know that there are few people

who remove the label,

and many of them, the moment that became

cordial,

they wore the label again. But I know

of 100 of Muslims

who did not wear the label before the

rights.

But after observing the rights,

the morale was boosted,

and they started wearing the label. I personally

know of 100 of Muslims, alhamdulillah,

who after the riots wore the label.

Seeing that, okay, this is for the situation.

We were in a problem.

We should identify ourselves as Muslims.

The moment

the mental shock of the riots was over,

many Muslims

more than labeled after the riots. Hope that

answers the question.