
دعوة عاجلة بخصوص أزمة الشيخ سلمان العودة، والشيخ عوض القرني، والدكتور علي العمري
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
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 |
Dr. Yusuf Salah
Khalil Foundation |