Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin Ali-Ubaykan

Praying for the Absolute Destruction of Non-Muslims – Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin Ali-‘Ubaykan

by AbdurRahman.orgNovember 28, 2014October 20, 2026

Title Praying for the Absolute Destruction of Non-Muslims^[1]

Original Title الفتاوى الشرعية في القضايا العصرية

Author ‘Abdul-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān

Translated by Abu az-Zubayr Harrison (rahimahullaah)

Question: Is it permissible to go to such extremes while supplicating during prayer in that someone prays for complete destruction for every single non-Muslim to be gone?

Answer: This is one of the widespread mistakes that people make in that they supplicate for the absolute destruction of every disbeliever. This is wrong. On the contrary, it is obligatory to pray for the guidance of non-Muslims except for those who specifically show enmity to Islam and the Muslims, waging war against the religion of Islam and the Muslims. Against such a person it’s permissible to supplicate. As for a non-believer that doesn’t really know anything about Islam, you then pray for his destruction?! This is completely wrong. You find many non-believers who enter this country then Allaah guides a great number of them to Islam. So, is a Muslim then permitted to pray for the utter destruction of people like these so that they are annihilated before learning about and accepting Islam?! Isn’t a Muslim supposed to love that such people enter Islam?

لأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللَّهُ بِكَ رَجُلاً وَاحِدًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ

“If Allaah should guide even one person by you, it is better for you than if you were to possess the best, most expensive type of red camels.” ^[2]

Based on this, it is incumbent upon Muslims to ask Allāh (ﷻ) to guide non-Muslims, again except for those who openly wage war against Islam and show hostility to Islam and its people. Only these types of people can one supplicate against.^[3]

Footnotes

[1] This fatwá was taken from a book called “Al-Fatāwā Ash-Shar’iyyah fī Al-Qadhāyā Al-‘Asriyyah,” a collection of various rulings by Muhammad Ibn Fahd Al-Husayn.

[2] Recorded by al-Bukhārī (no. 4210) and Muslim (no. 6173).

[3] Taken from a recorded meeting with Shaykh ‘Abd al-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān prepared by Muhammad al-Ḥuṣayn.

Suicidal Acts of “Martyrdom” – Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin Ali-‘Ubaykan

by AbdurRahman.orgNovember 28, 2014October 20, 2026

Title ‘Abdul-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān on Suicidal Acts of “Martyrdom”^[1]

Original Title الفتاوى الشرعية في القضايا العصرية

Author ‘Abdul-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān

Translated by Abu az-Zubayr Harrison (rahimahullaah)

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Question: What is the ruling of these (suicidal) acts that are referred to today by some as “acts of martyrdom?”

Answer: Referring to these types of acts as “martyrdom” is a lie and totally incorrect. What is correct is that they’re nothing but acts of suicide and of killing others without right…

So, whoever condones these kinds of actions having no proof, such a person talks about Allāh with no knowledge. Any act of worship requires a supporting proof and there is no proof to be found supporting any of these actions. On the contrary, the texts are explicit in the forbiddance of a person just committing suicide – Allāh (تعالى) says:

﴿وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ﴾

And do not kill yourselves.

[Sūrah al-Nisā’, 4:29]

And he says:

﴿وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ﴾

And do not throw yourselves into destruction by your own hands.

[Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:195]

The prophet himself (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) used to even do battle wearing two coats of armor and used to avoid and forbid people from exposing themselves to destruction and killing. This is what the Companions understood from him (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم). As for someone who tries to justify actions like these by referring to unrelated issues (martyrdom) and then considering them as supportive proofs for their permissibility, then that person only follows his own desires, and we seek refuge with Allāh. And Allāh knows best.^[2]

Footnotes

[1] This fatwá was taken from a book called “Al-Fatāwā Ash-Shar’iyyah fī Al-Qadhāyā Al-‘Asriyyah,” a collection of various rulings by Muhammad Ibn Fahd Al-Husayn.

[2] From a reorded meeting with Shaykh ‘Abd al-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān prepared by Muhammad al- Ḥuṣayn.

Harming Muslim Security and Police Officers – Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin Ali-‘Ubaykan

by AbdurRahman.orgNovember 28, 2014October 20, 2026

Title Harming Muslim Security & Police Officers^[1]

Original Title الفتاوى الشرعية في القضايا العصرية

Author ‘Abdul-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān

Translated by Abu az-Zubayr Harrison (rahimahullaah)

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Question: A verdict is spreading among the youth that permits killing security and police officers and that they’re considered apostates from Islam. We hope from your eminence the clarification and legitimate ruling of this and the dangerous effects such a criminal act upon this land and its security.

Answer: All praise is for Allaah, the Lord of all creations and may prayers and peace be upon Allāh’s Messenger.

Such a religious verdict has no basis to it and couldn’t have come from any real student of knowledge, let alone a scholar who understands the fundamentals of Islam. Security officers and police officers are Muslims. They assist the government in establishing safety in the land and in arresting criminals. So, it is incumbent for all Muslims to cooperate with them, assist and support them, not kill them. As for someone who says it is permissible to kill them, such a person understands nothing of Islam except its name. Allāh knows best, and we seek refuge with him.^[2]

Footnotes

[1] This fatwá was taken from a book called “Al-Fatāwā Ash-Shar’iyyah fī Al-Qadhāyā Al-‘Asriyyah,” a collection of various rulings by Muhammad Ibn Fahd Al-Husayn.

[2] Taken from a private sitting in the house of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān. It was recorded by Muhammad al-Ḥuṣayn.

Causes for the Revival of Modern-Day Khawarij Ideology – Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin Ali-Ubaykan

by AbdurRahman.orgOctober 11, 2014October 22, 2026

Title Causes of the Revival of Modern-Day Khawārij Ideology

Original Title الخوارج والفكر المتجدّد

Author ‘Abd al-Muḥsin Āli-‘Ubaykān

Translated by Abu az-Zubayr Harrison (rahimahullaah)

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Indeed, this country (Saudi Arabia) has never been the place for such methodology, the methodology of Takfīr, nor did this corruptive, filthy methodology begin in this country. So how did it now infiltrate this land?

This country, thanks to Allah, is upon the methodology of the Imams who propagate the correct Islam which is none other than the methodology of the righteous predecessors of the Islamic nation. People began returning back to this methodology during recent times when the scholar, Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, started re-establishing the Salafi propagation. He took mainly from the teachings of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim and other Imams of the Salaf. So he began spreading the correct understanding of Islam with the assistance of the ruler at that time, Muhammad Ibn Su`ūd, as well as his sons and grandsons who exhausted great efforts and spent generously for its propagation. It is from the blessings of such efforts that we live in today, the people remaining upon one united methodology. They do not oppose their scholars as their scholars are also upon this same united way, never differing regarding it.