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Grand
Mufti denounces the killing of Egypt's envoy
to Iraq
Shaikh
Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-AsShaikh, the Grand Mufti
of Saudi Arabia, Chairman of the Committee of Senior
Ulema [religious scholars] and Chairman of the Department
of Scientific Research and Ifta [guidance], today issued
the following statement in response to the killing of
the Egyptian envoy to Iraq:
Praise
be to Allah, and prayer and peace upon his last Prophet.
We ask Allah to preserve our religion and bless us by adhering
with it to the apparent and hidden truth and keep us sane
and protect us from the evils of ourselves.
We
heard with great pain what happened to the Egyptian envoy
to Iraq, and since this incident was falsely put in a religious
context we would like to present the truth, and hope
that Allah will guide by it the hearts of those who deviated
from the righteous path.
Killing
of the souls that Allah prohibited is a greater crime and
one of the greatest sins, as Allah says:
{And
kill not anyone whom Allah has forbidden, except for a
just cause,}
...and
Allah also says:
{Because
of that we ordained for the Children of Israel
that if anyone killed a person not in retaliation
of murder or to spread mischief in the land, it would be
as if he killed all mankind.} What
happened to the Egyptian envoy, as he was kidnapped and
killed, is considered spread of mischief in the land which
Allah prohibited.
Allah
says:
{And of mankind there
is he whose speech may please you, in this worldly life,
and he calls Allah to witness as to that which is in
his heart, yet he is the most quarrelsome of
the opponents. And when he turns away from you, his
effort in the land is to make mischief therein
and to destroy the crops and the cattle, and
Allah likes not mischief. And when it is said to him “Fear
Allah,” he is led by arrogance to more
crime. So enough for him is Hell, and worst
indeed is that place to rest.} It
is, therefore, clear that this action is prohibited
and is among the great sins, and even worse
is to relate it to religion. That is a major
crime and deceit using the name of Allah,
as Allah says:
{Verily,
those who invent lies against Allah will
never prosper.}
This
statement is to present the truth and advise
the nation. We ask Allah to preserve our
religion and peace, to keep us sane and guide us to
understand our religion and adhere to the
deeds of our Prophet and to save us from the apparent
and hidden temptations of sedition. Aameen.
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