Q:
1. Is a Muslim sinful staying under a democracy in South Africa which promotes so much of wrong and atrocities against Deen and Allah?
2. What is the verdict of democracy in the light of Quraan and Sunnah?
3. Should Muslims speak out against the harms of democracy. If so then how?
4. Allah says in the Quraan that complete authority is only for Allah so is it permissible for us to keep quiet against democracy which promotes man's laws and man created legislation?
5. In countries like Pakistan who have permitted riba which is directly against the commands of Allah, is that equal to Kufr?
6. The people of democracy such as NATO want the restriction of Islam. They don't mind if Muslims are living but the moment someone speaks about establishing Islam then they are physically prepared to wage war with them as we have seen in Afghanistan. Hence, is democracy considered as a tool of Shaytaan considering the fact they don't want Islam to spread? Afghanistan has attempted to establish Islam and when America lost the war, they began placing restrictions and sanctions.
7. We are living in a democracy, should we be speaking about the harms of it? If yes, please advise how should we speak out against it?
8. Which books and resources can we refer to, to speak against democracy.
A: Every believer is duty bound to spread deen and protect deen according to his position and capacity. This is the purpose for which Allah Ta'ala created the world and sent us in the world. Hence, whenever any situation arises where one sees wrong taking place, then one should refer to the rightly guided Ulama and after seeking their guidance, one should stop the wrong and guide people towards the straight path of deen.
Obviously, living in a non Muslim country, one is restricted from enforcing Islamic law upon all the people. However, this does not mean that we should not speak out against injustice and wrong, and encourage people towards justice and righteousness.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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