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I don't see what constructive purpose ascertaining the faith of the Syrian President gains us. We know from Hadith, that rule upon Haqq, as in the times of the Prophet (saw) would end 30 years after him, followed by a period of Hereditary rule (Kingdom?) and then the rule of Tyrants. This does not alter the situation that we are still muslims who need to follow the Qur'an and Sunnah, however difficult the circumstances maybe. That is, following the senior Scholars and fatawa committees for guidance in areas that we merely have a slight understanding, in our jurisdictions/localities. Let me explain that. For instance, Iraq was ruled by Hajjaj Ibn Al Yusuf in the times of Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan Ibn Al Hakam. So Hajjaj was the Hakim, who had final say in all matters under his seat of power - all official rulings and Qadaa would be issued by Scholars/authorities charged under him.

Now, as much as we may not like some of the aspects of Hajajj Ibn Yusuf's history, we have to obey the rule of Ameer/Qadi etc charged under him - even though he did some absolutely treacherous acts in his time. The circumstances of how he got to power and how he rules is out of our control - we have to focus on dealing with it and trying to live our lives according to the Qur'an and Sunnah (as much as is possible). that does not mean to say we accept un-islamic practices, we avoid them and do what we can (lobby, protest, petition etc) for them to change. But avoid violence at all costs - this does not serve muslims at all. It only weakens them. In a similar fashion, we follow the rule of law in the countries we live in, which for muslims in the west is generally a secular society that allows muslims to practice their Deen in many respects. It will be scholars in the west who deal with problems of muslims living in the west. Muslims live in different parts fo the world and are ruled by different jurisdictions - differing from place to place. I do not believe fataawa committee of Saudi Arabia, who are not independent from the ruling Al Saud family, should even bother issuing Fataawa on Syria - because it is blatantly driven by regional politics and not Islam. Syria is a very different society than Saudi, with different denominations and various religious groups there - it would be best to see what the Sunni scholars like Shk Bouti have decided.



Allahu A'lam