Thursday, November 6, 2008

Barack Hussein Obama

It seems that eveybody is excited about the Obama phenomenon. Not only the americans, but also the people all over the world. Watching him delivering yesterday's speech,i can understand why he won the presidential race and made it to the White House.

Surely it's not about his good looks, but he is a man with charisma, cool, down to earth,grateful and a good speaker. He did not attack his rival violently. Now the world is hoping for fresher air. Does it matter who is the president? Yes. Because we hope for the less evil from the 2 evils. We hope that he will deliver his promises to close the Guantanamo Bay and to pull the US troops out of Iraq. We hope that the muslims' condition will be better and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan will end.

So is it permissible for muslims to vote for kaafirs who seem to be less evil? Here is the answer from Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid taken from www.islam-qa.com

Praise be to Allaah.

This is a matter concerning which rulings may differ according to different circumstances in different times and places. There is no absolute ruling that covers all situations, both real and hypothetical.

In some cases it is wrong to vote, such as when the matter will have no effect on the Muslims, or when the Muslims have no effect on the outcome of the vote. In this case voting or not voting is all the same. The same applies in cases where all the candidates are equally evil or where they all have the same attitude towards Muslims…

It may be the case that the interests of Islam require Muslims to vote so as to ward off the greater evil and to reduce harmful effects, such as where two candidates may be non-Muslims but one of them is less hostile towards Muslims than the other, and Muslims’ votes will have an impact on the outcome of the election. In such cases there is nothing wrong with Muslims casting their votes in favour of the less evil candidate.

In any case, this is the matter of ijtihaad based on the principle of weighing up the
pros and cons, what is in the interests of Islam and what is detrimental. With
regard to this matter, we have to refer to the people of knowledge who understand this principle. We should put the question to them, explaining in detail the circumstances and laws in the country where the Muslim community is living, the state of the candidates, the importance of the vote, the likely benefits, and so on.

No one should imagine that anyone who says that it is OK to vote is thereby expressing approval or support for kufr. It is done in the interests of the Muslims, not out of love for kufr and its people. The Muslims rejoiced when the Romans defeated the Persians, as did the Muslims in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) when the Negus defeated those who had challenged his authority. This is well known from history. Whoever wants to be on the safe side and abstain from voting is allowed to do so. This response applies only to elections for influential positions. And Allaah knows best.

P/s: Going through the news, in Dewan Rakyat yesterday, somebody is calling somebody bloody bastard.Oh Malaysian politicians, when will u behave?



1 comment:

fadezek said...

it's obamaphoria!

“Kita tidak bisa terlalu berharap pada perubahan kepemimpinan di AS. Tidak akan pernah ada seorang calon presiden di negeri tersebut yang bisa tampil tanpa membawa restu dari lobi Yahudi yang sangat dominan di AS. Siapa pun presidennya, bahkan jika seekor monyet yang jadi Presiden AS, maka Amerika Serikat akan tetap seperti itu, tidak akan pernah berubah.”
(quote from;Ustadz Rahmat Abdullah,awal tahun 2000-an.eramuslim.com berita indonesia)