A Statement from the Committee of Senior Scholars
From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Regarding the Riyadh Explosions
All praise is for Allaah Alone, may the Salaah and Salaam be upon the last
Prophet and his family and Companions. To proceed: The council of senior
scholars held a special sitting in Riyaadh, Wednesday the 13th of Rabee'
Al-Awwal, 1424, about the explosions that occured in the city of Riyaadh on
Monday, the 11th of Rabee' Al-Awwal, 1424, regarding what took place: the
killing, destruction, terrorizing, and damage inflicted upon people, Muslims
and other than them.
And it is well known that the Sharee'ah of Islaam came to protect the five
necessary things and prohibit transgression against them, and they are: (1)
the Religion, (2) lives, (3) money, (4) honor, and (5) intellect.
And the Muslims do not differ over the prohibition of transgression against
persons who have a right to be protected. The people who have a right to be
protected, according to the Religion of Islaam, are:
1) Muslims - It is never permissible to transgress against any Muslim person
or to kill one without right. Whoever does this has commited a major sin,
one of the huge kabaa'ir! And Allaah the Most High has said, "And whoever
kills a Muslim intentionally, then his recompense is Jahannam, he will
reside there for an extensive amount of time, and Allaah's Anger and Curses
are upon him, and He has prepared a great torment for him..."
And He subhaanahu has said, "And due to that we prescribed for the Children
of Israa'eel that whoever kills a person, not as a recompense for his
killing of another, or to spread corruption on earth, then it is as if he
has killed all of mankind..." the verse
Mujaahid said, may Allaah have Mercy on him, "by his sin (meaning: "His sin
is as heavy as the one who has actually killed all of mankind), this shows
the severity of killing a person with no right."
And the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, "The blood of a Muslim
that bears witness to laa ilaaha ill Allaah and that I am the Messenger of
Allaah is not permissible (to be spilled), except in three cases: (1)
recompense for killing someone else, (2) stoning the adulteror, (3) the one
who leaves his Deen, abandoning the jamaa'ah." [Agreed upon (Bukhaaree and
Muslim)] This is the version of Al-Bukhaaree.
And the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, "I have been ordered
to fight the people until they testify that there is no deity worthy of
worship other than Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah,
establish the prayer, and pay zakaat, and if they do this, then their blood
and money shall be protected from me, except by an Islaamic right, and their
account will be with Allaah." [Agreed upon, from the hadeeth of Ibn 'Umar,
may Allaah be pleased with him]
And in the Sunan of An-Nasaa'ee, on the authority of 'Abdullaah ibn 'Amr,
may Allaah be pleased with him, the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
said, "The demise of the dunyaa would be easier on Allaah than the killing
of a single Muslim man."
And one day, Ibn 'Umar looked to the House, or the Ka'bah, and said, "How
great you are, and how great is your sanctuary, and the believer is even
more of a santuary with Allaah than you." (Meaning that the haram is safe
and protected from fighting and bloodshed, and the believer has even more
right to be safe and protected from bloodshed)
All of these texts and others show the serious reality of the sanctuary of a
Muslim's blood, and the prohibition of killing a Muslim for any reason other
than what has been mentioned in the Sharee'ah's texts, so it is not
permissible to transgress against any Muslim without right
Usaamah bin Zaid reported that Allah's Messenger sent us towards Al-Huruqa,
and in the morning we attacked them and defeated them. I and an Ansari man
followed a man from among them and when we took him over, he said, "La ilaha
illal-Lah." On hearing that, the Ansari man stopped, but I killed him by
stabbing him with my spear. When we returned, the Prophet came to know about
that and he said, "O Usaamah! Did you kill him after he had said "La ilaha
ilal-Lah?" I said, "But he said so only to save himself." The Prophet kept
on repeating that so often that I wished I had not embraced Islam before
that day.
Agreed upon, and this is the wording of al-Bukhari.
This shows, with the greatest of indications, the sanctity (i.e.
prohibition) of blood (i.e. life). This is a Mushrik man, and they are
making Jihaad on the plains of battle (fighting), and when they overwhelmed
him, and gained power over him, he spoke with (the utterance of) Tawheed,
and Usaamah bin Zaid killed him holding that he only said it in order to
prevent his death, and the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) did not
accept his excuse, and his interpretation (of the situation). And this is
from the greatest of that which indicates the sanctity of the blood of the
Muslims and the mighty crime of the one who opposes violates it.
Just like the blood of the Muslims is prohibited, then their wealth is also
protected by the saying of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), "Your
blood and your properties are sacred to one another like the sanctity of
this day of yours, in this (sacred) town (Mecca) of yours, in this month of
yours.", reported by Muslim, and this speech was said by the Prophet
(sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) in the khutbah of the Day of Arafah, and both
Bukhari and Muslim reported its like regarding the Day of An-Nahr.
From what has preceded, the prohibition of killing the soul that has been
protected without any due right, becomes clear.
Also from the lives that are protected in Islaam, are the lives of those
(non-Muslims) who are given agreements, the dhimmees, and those who seek
protection (from the Muslims). From 'Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Aaas
(radiallahu anhumaa) from the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) who
said, "Wwhoever killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims, shall not
smell the smell of Paradise though its smell is perceived from a distance of
forty years." Related by al-Bukari.
And whomever the wali ul-amr allows entry (into the land) with the covenant
and promise of granting safety, security, then his life and wealth are
protected, it is not permissible to harm him, and whoever kills him, then he
is as the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, "...he will not smell
the smell of Paradise...". And this is a very severe warning for the one who
turns upon those who have been given agreements.
And it is known that the custody, protection of the people of Islaam is a
single entity (i.e. a collective whole, equal), the Prophet (sallallaahu
alaihi wasallam) said, "The blood of the Believers is equal (one to
another), and the least of them strives for their protection..."
And when Umm Haani (radiallaahu anhaa) granted sanctuary to a man from the
Mushriks in the year of the conquest, and when Alee bin Abee Taalib
(radiallaahu anhu) desired to kill him, she went to the Prophet (sallallaahu
alaihi wasallam), and informed him (of that) so he (sallallaahu alaihi
wasallam) said, "We have granted sanctuary to the one you have granted
sanctuary O Umm Haani" reported by al-Bukhaari and Muslim.
The intent here is that the one who entered (the land) with an agreement of
personal security, or who had a pledge, agreement from the one in authority,
due to a maslahah (benefit) that he saw (in giving this person that pledge),
then it is not permissible to turn upon him and nor to transgress upon him
or his wealth.
When all of this has become clear, then what occurred of the bombing
incidents in the city of Riyaadh is a prohibited matter that the religion of
Islaam does not affirm, and its unlawfulness has come from numerous angles:
1) That this action is a transgression upon the sanctity of the land of the
Muslims, and frightening of those who are secure and safe therein
2) That it contains the killing of lives that the Islaamic Sharee'ah
protects
3) That it is causing corruption upon the earth
4) That it contains damage to wealth and belonging that is protected
And the gathering of the Committee of the Major Scholars explains this
matter in order to warn the Muslims from falling into the destroying
prohibited matters, and in order to warn them from the plots of Shaytaan,
for he never ceases to work upon the servant until he enters him into the
things that destroy, either with extremism, exaggeration in the religion or
with dissafection towards it, and fighting against it, and refuge is with
Allaah. And Shaytaan does not care with which of the two he can triumph over
the servant, because both of these paths, that of extremism and that of
disaffection are from the paths of Shaytaan that make a person fall under
the wrath and punishment of ar-Rahmaan.
And what was done by those who performed these actions, of killing
themselves by blowing themselves up, then that enters into the generality of
the saying of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), "Whoever killed
himself in the world with anything, then Allaah will punish him by that same
thing on the Day of Judgement", reported by Abu Awaanah in his Mustakhraj
from the hadeeth of Thaabit bin ad-Dahak, (radiallaahu anhu).
The Prophet said, "He who commits suicide by stabbing himself with an iron
(blade) shall that have that iron (blade) in his hand, and he will thrust it
into his body in the fire of Hell, remaining therein forever (in that
state), and whoever took poison and killed himself, then he will drink it in
the Fire of Hell, remaining therein forever (in that state), and whoever
threw himself off a mountain and killed himself, then he will be falling in
the Fire of Hell, remaning therein for ever (in that state) ." And this is
also in al-Bukhari with something similar.
Then let everyone know that the Islamic Ummah, today, has been designated
for the empowerment of the enemies over it, from every angle, and they (the
enemies) rejoice with all the means that justify this empowerment for them,
over the people of Islaam, and (which justify) humiliating them, and taking
advantage of their resources, riches. Hence, whoever aided them in their
designs, and opened up holes (avenues) for them amongst the Muslims and in
the Muslim lands, then he has aided in harm upon the Muslims and the
empowerment over their lands, and this is from the greatest of oppression.
Just as it is obligatory (upon all) to be concerned with the Sharee'ah
knowledge that is founded upon the Book and the Sunnah in accordance with
the understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah, and this occurs in the schools,
universities and the mosques, and the media of information, like it is also
obligatory to be concerned with ordering the good and prohibiting the evil,
and giving mutual advice upon the truth. This is because the need, rather
the necessity, calls to this now more than any time that has passed before.
And it is upon the Muslim youth to have a good opinion of their Scholars and
to take from them so that they come to know that what the enemies of the
religion are striving towards of revilement between the Ummah's youth and
upon the Scholars and between them and the Rulers, so that their strength
weakens, and taking control over them (as a result) becomes easier. Hence,
it is obligatory to be aware of this.
May Allaah protect everyone from the plot of the enemies, and it is upon all
the Muslims to have fear of Allaah in the secret and in the open, and to
make a sincere, truthful repentance from all sins. For no calamity has
descended except due to a sin, and no (calamity) has been raised except due
to repentance. We ask Allaah that He rectifies the condition of the Muslims,
and distances the lands of the Muslims from every evil and dislikeable
thing, and prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and
his companions.
The Committee of Major Scholars.
The Head of the gathering, 'Abdul-Azeez bin Abdullaah bin Muhammad Aal
ash-Shaykh
Saalih bin Muhammad al-Lahaydaan
Abdullaah bin Sulaymaan al-Munee'
Abdullaah bin Abdur-Rahmaan al-Ghudayaan
Dr. Saalih bin Saalih al-Fawzaan
Hasan bin Ja'far al-'Atamee
Muhammad bin Abdullaah as-Subayyil
Dr. Abdullaah bin Muhammad bin Ibraaheem Aal ash-Shaykh
Muhammad bin Sulaymaan al-Badr
Dr. Abdullaah bin Muhsin al-Turkee
Muhammad bin Zaid as-Sulaymaan
Dr. Bakr bin Abdullaah Abu Zaid (was not present due to illness)
Dr. Abdul-Wahhaab bin Ibraaheem as-Sulaymaan (was not present)
Dr. Saalih bin Abdullaah al-Humayd
Dr. Ahmad bin Sayr al-Mubaarakee
Dr. Abdullaah bin 'Alee ar-Rukbaan
Dr. Abdullaah bin Muhammad al-Mutlaq
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Terbitan : 27 Oktober 2003
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