The Saudi Attempt to Silence the Word of Truth

The ummah (Islamic nation) around the world is rising and seeking to reclaim the authority that was stolen from her by the tyrant rulers of the Middle East. In country after country we are seeing the people lose their fear of the regimes that have been suppressing, repressing, torturing and imprisoning them and standing in the way of their political aspirations. Now some of these rulers have fallen, and others are living precariously; the momentum is for change and the ummah will not now turn back.

The following is the transcript of a circle delivered by the Late Sheikh Abul Hassan (May Allah rest his soul), member of Hizb ut Tahrir and Imam of Masjid as-Sahabah in Khartoum, Sudan.

The following is a translation from the Usul Al-Fiqh masterpiece of the Arabic book “The Islamic Personality Volume 3” by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. Please refer to the original Arabic for accurate meanings.

The Prohibition [al-Harām]
The prohibition is that which textual evidence indicates upon as being the address of the legislator with a decisive request to abstain from an action. The one who performs it is legally blameworthy, and it is synonymous with al-mahdhūr.

The Permissible [al-Mubāh]

The permissible is that which textual evidence indicates upon as being the address of the legislator with a choice given in it between performance and abstention, without one being preferred over the other. The permissibility [ibāhah] is from the legal rulings, because it is ascertained from the legislator’s address, and cannot otherwise be established. The ibāhah is not the removal of harm from the commission of an action or its omission. If this were the case then its legislation would be established before the advent of the revelation, whilst there is no revelation prior to its coming. Rather the ibāhah is that which the address of the legislator came with of choice between performance and abstention. It is established from the revelation and after its advent; hence it is from the ahkām shari’ah.