دعوة عاجلة بخصوص أزمة الشيخ سلمان العودة، والشيخ عوض القرني، والدكتور علي العمري
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله محمد وآله
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لقد تلقينا بقلق بالغ ما يتوارد من أخبار غير مؤكدة حول الإعدام الوشيك للشيخ سلمان العودة، و الشيخ عوض القرني، و الدكتور علي العمري
لقد علمنا الإسلام أن الحياة نعمة من الله و إن أولئك الذين يعملون على حرمان أى أحد من هذه النعمة دون أساس شرعي واضح قد ارتكبوا إثمًا فظيعًا عدّه الله من الكبائر: وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا (سورة النساء، 93)
حرمة المؤمن
إن رسول الله ﷺ وصحابته قد اعتبروا حياة كل من نطق الشهادة، وكذا ماله وعرضه حرامًا لا يُقبل انتهاكها ولقد حرصوا كل الحرص على ألا ينتهكوا تلك الحقوق الأصلية حتى في تطبيق الحدود
قال رسول الله ﷺ: ادفَعوا الحدود ما وجدْتم لها مدفعًا (سنن ابن ماجة)، وقال ابن مسعود: ادرءوا الجلد والقتل عن المسلمين ما استطعتم (السنن الكبرى)
إن حرمة دم المسلم عند رسول الله ﷺ عظيمة جدًا، فلزوال الدنيا أهون عنده من قتل امرئٍ مسلم (سنن الترمذي)
ولقد كان السلف يقولون عند طوافهم بالكعبة: ما أعظمك وأعظم حرمتك، والمؤمن أعظم حرمةً عند الله منك (رواه الترمذي)
التماس رأفة
في ضوء الهدي النبوي، وعِظم أمر انتهاك الحقوق الأصلية التي منحها الإسلام للمسلم، فإننا نطالب السلطات المعنية بأن يوقفوا أي خطة مبيتة لإعدام الشيخ سلمان العودة، والشيخ عوض القرني، والدكتور علي العمري، سواءً في المستقبل القريب أو البعيد
نطالب أولئك الذين في السلطة أن يصدروا عفوًا في حقهم في هذا الشهر المبارك
إننا نؤمن بيقين أن هؤلاء العلماء لم يقترفوا أى شيءٍ يبرر التعامل المروع الذي يتعرضون له لمدة عام وأكثر وإننا نطلق هذا النداء كنصيحة صادقة، محققين دورنا كعلماء عليهم واجب بيان الحق، ومستحضرين أن كل واحد فينا سيسأل عن عمله في الآخرة حيث الظلم ظلمات لا تفضي إلا إلى عذاب النار
والله في عون المظلومين واللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد
17 رمضان 1440 /22 مايو 2019
كتب بواسطة (الشيخ) سلمان يونس
An Urgent Call Regarding the Plight of Shaykh Salman al-Ouda, Shaykh Awad al-Qarni, and Dr. Ali al-Omari
All praise belongs to Allah, and blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad and His family.
Peace and mercy be upon you:
It is with great concern and perturbation that we have received unconfirmed reports regarding the imminent execution of Shaykh Salman al-Ouda, Shaykh Awad al-Qarni, and Dr. Ali al-Omari.
Islam teaches us that life is a blessing from Allah. Those who seek to deprive someone of this blessing without a clearly sanctioned religious basis have committed an act that God deems atrocious and a mighty sin: “If anyone kills a believer deliberately, the punishment for him is Hell, and there he will remain: Allah is angry with him, and rejects him, and has prepared a tremendous torment for him.”(Qur’an, 4:93)
The Inviolability of the Believer
The Prophet ﷺ and his Companions viewed the life, wealth, and honor of all who uttered the testimony of faith (shahada) as inviolable. They took immense care not to impede on these basic rights even in the context of enacting punishments.
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Avoid applying punishments as long as you are able to find an excuse to avert them,”(Sunan Ibn Majah) and Ibn Masʿud stated, “Avoid flogging and applying the death penalty upon people as much as you can.”(Sunan al-Kubra)
Indeed, the sanctity of the believer was so great in the eyes of the Prophet ﷺ that he deemed the destruction of the world as a lighter affair than the killing of even a single Muslim. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi)
Similarly, the early Muslims (salaf) would remark when gazing upon the Kaʿba, “The inviolability of a believer is greater with Allah than your inviolability.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi) There are few statements one can imagine as emphatic as these in affirmation of the rank of the believer.
A Call for Clemency
In light of the guidance of the Prophet ﷺ and the gravity of depriving a Muslim of the fundamental rights granted to him or her by Islam, we urge the authorities in question to immediately cease any plans to execute Shaykh Salman al-Ouda, Shaykh Awad al-Qarni, and Dr. Ali al-Omari in the immediate or distant future.
We urge those in the leadership to grant them clemency in this blessed month of Ramadan.
It is our firm belief that the actions of these scholars do not in any way justify the appalling treatment they have been subjected to over the past year and more. We make this call in the spirit of providing sincere counsel, realizing our role as scholars duty-bound to the expression of truth, and recognizing that each of us will be held accountable for our actions in the next life where oppression will be nothing but darkness leading to perdition.
And Allah is in the aid of His oppressed servants. May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon His Prophet.
Ramadan 17th, 1440
May 22nd, 2019
Drafted by Shaykh Salman Younas
Signatories (v. 2)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
SeekersGuidance
Dr. Yasir Qadhi
Islamic Seminary of America
Shaykh Omer Suleiman
USA
Dr. Ingrid Mattson
Canada
Dr. Omar Qureshi
USA
Dr. Abdullah Hamid Ali
USA
Shaykh Mustapha Elturk
Amir, Islamic Organization of North America
Shaykh Rami Nsour
Tayba Foundation
Dr. Shadee Elmasry
Safina Society
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Director of Darul Iftaa Leicester
Shaykh Azhar Nasser
Tasneem Institute
Professor John Esposito
Georgetown University
Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf
London
Dr. Jonathan Brown
Georgetown University
Professor Mohammad Fadel
University of Toronto
Imam Suhaib Webb
Scholar in Residence, ICNYU
Shaykh Shams ad-Duha
Ebrahim College
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari
Tayseer Seminary
Dalia Mogahed
ISPU
Imam Dawud Walid
Member of Michigan Imams Council
Dr. Asim Yusuf
UK
Dr. Ovamir Anjum
University of Toledo
Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick
USA
Shaykh Hani Saleem
Islamic Center of Detroit
Dr. Shabbir Ally
Toronto
Shaykh Furhan Zubairi
Dean of IOK Seminary
Dr. Ihsan Bagby
University of Kentucky
Shaykh Mohammed Faqih
Islamic Institute of Orange County
Shaykh Bilal Ali Ansari
Khalil Center
Mohammad Elshinawy
Yaqeen Institute
Shaykh Abdur Rahman Khan
Co-Chair of National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue
Shaykh Sulaiman Gani
London
Dr. Hamid Slimi
USA
Mufti Taha Karaan
South Africa
Shaykh Sadullah Khan
South Africa
Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi
Chairman of Fiqh Council of America
Shaykh Taha Abdul-Basser
USA
Imam Ibrahim Hindy
Dar al-Tawheed Islamic Center
Dr. Basma Abdelgafar
Vice President of Maqasid Institute Global
Prof. Jasser Auda
President of Maqasid Institute Global
Laila Mehar
Former President of UConn SJP
Hartford
Dr. Osman Latiff
Jamia Masjid and Islamic Center
Imam Abdul-Malik Ryan
DePaul University
Imam John Ederer
Muslim Community Center of Charlotte
Shaykh Amer Jamil
Scotland
Shaykh Bilal Ismail
Imam Development Project
Shaykh Muhammad Mustaqeem Shah
Walsall
Dr. Bekim Hasani
Imam and Activist
Australia
Imam Imran Salha
ICA
Dr. Tajul Islam University of Leeds
Dr. Mustapha Sheikh
University of Leeds
Dr. Ahmed Soboh
Religious Director of Chino Valley Islamic Center
Dr. Rafaqat Rashid
Al Balagh Academy
Imam Shafi Chowdhury
Leicester
Buthaina Hawas-Neveln
Iraqi Journalist
Shaykh Salmaan Parkar Australian Islamic College
Muslema Purmul
The Majlis
Dr. Mohammad Ilyas,
University of Florida
Dr. Asif Hirani
Imam and Resident Scholar of Worcester Islamic Center
Shaykh Ahmad Kutty
Resident Scholar of Islamic Institute of Toronto
Shaykh Mohammad Aman Haque
Norway
Imam Mazhar Mahmood
Director of Islamic Foundation of Peoria
Ishraq Ali
Organizing Director of MPower Change
Usman Qamar
Muslim Chaplaincy of Waterloo
Mawlana Zakariyah Harneker
Shaykh Shahinur Rahman
al-Rahma, UK
Shaykh Abdul Wahab Saleem
Salik Academy
Dr. Usaama Al-Azami
Markfield Institute
Ustadh Samir Hussain
ISNA High School
Shaykh Tariq Ata
Dr. Zaid alBarzinji
Maqasid Institute
Shaykh Abdur Rahim Reasat
SeekersGuidance
Mufti Liaquat Zaman
Birmingham, UK
Imam Salim Astewani
Cheshire, UK
Shaykh Tabraze Azam
SeekersGuidance
Dr. Sharif El-Tobgui
Brandeis University
Ismail Royer
USA
Imam Qasim Rashid
Al-Khayr Foundation
Dr. Yvonne Haddad
Georgetown University
Omar Usman
Executive Director, MuslimMatters
Shaykh Muhammad Abuelezz
Muslim Association of Canada
Mufti Ismail Syed
London
Mawlana Safwaan Navlakhi
Al-Ma’aly Institute
South Africa
Dr. Ildus Rafikov
ISTAC
Aamir Ansari
ICNA
Shaykh Hassan Rabbani
Zia-Ul-Quran Mosque
Scotland
Ustadha Umm Jamaal ud-Din
Islamic College of Australia
Dr. Munir Elkassem
President, Islamic Institute of Interfaith Dialogue
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Born and raised in New York, Sheikh Salman Younas graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. After studying the Islamic sciences online and with local scholars in New York, Ustadh Salman moved to Amman. There he studied Islamic law, legal methodology, belief, hadith methodology, logic, Arabic, and tafsir. He is now in his final year of his PhD at Oxford University, looking at the early evolution of the Hanafi madhab.
His teachers include: Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Shaykh Salah Abu’l Hajj, Shaykh Ashraf Muneeb, Shaykh Ahmad Hasanat, Shaykh Hamza Karamali, Shaykh Ahmad Snobar, Shaykh Ali Hani, Shaykh Hamza Bakri, Ustadh Rajab Harun and others.
Sheikh Salman’s personal interests include research into the fields of law/legal methodology, hadith, theology, as well as political theory, government, media, and ethics. He is also an avid traveler and book collector. He currently resides in the UK with his wife.