It was for this reason Allah created the creatures, sent the
prophets, revealed the Books, and ordained the Jihad and martyrdom.
Because of this, there is enmity between Al-Rahman’s followers and those
of shaytaan, and because of this the Islamic nation and the right
caliphate will be established. Allah said:
“And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone).” [adh-Dhaariyaat, 51:56]
That means to worship Allah alone. He also said:
“And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community,
nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): ‘Worship Allah (Alone) and avoid (or
keep away from) the Taghoot (all false deities).” [an-Nahl, 16:36]
This belief that there is no god but Allah (lit, none worthy of worship except Allah), is basic to Islam. No call, no jihad,
no prayer, no fasting, no zakaat, no pilgrimage will be accepted without
it. One can not be saved from Hell fire without believing in it,
because it is the only handhold that Allah guaranteed His followers not
to break.
The other handholds of the religion will not be sufficient for safety from the hell fire without it. Allah said:
“Verily, the Right path has become distinct from the
wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Taghoot and believes in Allah, then
he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And
Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.” [al-Baqarah, 2:256]
“Those who avoid the Taghoot by not worshipping them,
and turn to Allah in repentance; for them are glad tidings. So announce
the good news to My slaves” [az-Zumar, 39:17]
Behold how Allah talks about disbelief in deities before He talks
about belief in Himself; such as when He began with the negation before
the affirmation. Allah ordained monotheism with the words Laa ilaaha
illaal-Laah (no god but Allah) which point to this great principle of
the firmest handhold. Therefore, there is no sincere belief in Allah,
without extreme denial of other deities.
The deities which one must disbelieve in and avoid worshipping, to
follow the handhold of the firmest safety, are not only stones, idols,
trees or graves that are worshipped through prostration or invocation or
vows – it encompasses more than this. It contains everything worshipped
who accepts to be worshipped except Allah, by any thing of the worship
acts.
The deity is derived from tyranny, which is the exceeding of the
limits by the created. Acts of worship include prostration, bowing down,
invocation, making vows, and slaughtering. Obedience in legislation is
also an act of worship. Allah said about the Christians:
“They took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah.“ [at-Tawbah, 9:31]
Although they did not prostrate, or bow down to their priests, they
followed them and agreed with them in the forbiddance of the licit and
with the permission of the illicit. Allah therefore considered that as
making them lords and gods, because the obedience in legislation is a
worship, and must not be for any one except for Allah, since Allah is
the only One who can enact legislation. Therefore any one who does that
would be a polytheist.
As an evidence for that is the emulation which took place at the time
of the Prophet between Al-Rahman’s followers and those of shaytaan over a
dead goat.
The polytheist people wanted to persuade the Muslims that there was
no difference between the goat, which Muslims slaughter, and the goat
which dies alone. They claimed that the dead goat was slaughtered by
Allah. Therefore Allah descended His judgement and said:
“And if you obey them [by making al-Maytah (a dead
animal) legal by eating it], then you would indeed have become Mushrikun
(polytheists).” [al-An’aam, 6:120]
So the word ‘Taghout’ includes any one who makes himself a legislator
with Allah, ruler or ruled, a representative in the parliament (the
legislative authority), or the persons who select him, because he
exceeded his limits. Man was created to be a servant of Allah and Allah
ordered him to accept His legislation, but man rejected and exceeded the
limits.
He wanted to equate himself with Allah, and to participate in the
legislation of Allah, which is not allowed to anyone except Allah. If
any one exceeds the limits and does that, he makes himself a legislator
god, and he will be one of the Leaders of Taghout. His Islam and his
monotheism will not be accepted, unless and until, he disbelieves in
what he did and avoids it, and fights to get rid of its slaves and
helpers.
Allah said:
“And they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to
the Taaghoot while they have been ordered to reject them. But Shaitan
wishes to lead them far astray.” [an-Nisaa, 4:60]
Mujahid said : “The Taghout is a shaytaan in the shape of a human whom people turn to for judgement and they follow him.“ [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]
Shaikh al-Islam lbn Taymiyyah said: “…for this reason the one who judges without referring to the Holy Book (Qur’an) is a Taghout.” [Majmoo’ al-Fataawaa, Part 28, page 201]
Ibn al-Qayyim said: “(A Taghout is) every one who
exceeded his limits (whether he is) worshipped, followed or obeyed. So,
the Taghout of any people is the one who they make as a judge besides
Allah and His Prophet, or worship him except Allah, or follow him
without taking any consideration of Allah, or obey him in a matter where
they do not know it is an obedience for Allah”. He also said: “Whosoever
does not judge or turn to what the messengers of Allah brought for
judgement is eventually following a (false) deity.“ [E’laam Al- Muwaaqi’een, part 1, page 50]
One of the worshipped deities nowadays, that every monotheist must
disbelieve in and its followers, in order to follow the firmest handhold
and to be saved from the Hell fire, are the transitory man made gods
and goddesses of the so called legislature. Allah said:
“Or have they partners with Allah (false gods) who have
instituted for them a religion which Allah has not allowed? And had it
not been for a decisive word (gone forth already), the matter would have
been judged between them. And verily, for the Zalimun (polytheists and
wrong-doers), there is a painful torment.” [as-Shoora, 42:21]
People have followed these legislators and agreed to make the
legislation as a right and characteristic for them, for their
parliaments, and for their local, regional, and international ruling
faculties. They showed that through their laws and constitutions, the
facts of which are known to them.
Article (51) of the Kuwait constitution says, “The legislative authority is led by the prince and the parliament council, according to the constitution.“
And the article (25) of the Jordanian constitution says, “The legislative authority is in charge of the king and the parliament council.“
And article (86) of the Egyptian constitution says, “The parliament is costed to be in charge of the legislative authority.“
Therefore, they became gods to every one who obeyed and followed
them, or agreed with them in this disbelief and polytheism, just as
Allah said about the Christians, when they followed the priests and the
anchorites (monks). The followers (and enforcers) of today’s democracy
are worse and more impure, because the priests did that (i.e. what the
above paragraph speaks of), but they did not claim to make it a law or a
legal system, and they did not make constitutions or books. They also
did not punish any one who did not accept or practice that. They also
did not use it to adjust Allah’s Book as these Tawagheet did.
If you come to understand this, you should know that the greatest
step of adherence to this firmest handhold and the highest step of
disbelief in this man-made deity is the apex of Islam.
By Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (hafidhUllah)
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