Reference: Refer to scan of Shaykh’s recommendation
In the name of Allah, the all-compassionate, the all-merciful.
All praise is for Allah [alone], and may the prayer and salutation be upon the Messenger of Allah, our Prophet Muhammed, and those who follow him.
To proceed: I have read the refutation [1] of Shaykh ‘Ali ibn Fahd ibn ‘Abdullah Abaa Butayn regarding the doubts [raised by the] book “Asilat ath-Thawrah” (Questions of the Revolution) of Dr. Salman al-‘Awdah. I found it to be a thorough refutation and disclosure of the dangerous doubts [such as incorrectly] justifying the staging of revolutions in Islam, [thereby leading to] revolting [against the established Muslim ruler] – that which the Prophet ﷺ has warned against.
However, when Dr. Salman found the ahaadeeth referring to the obligation of listening to and obeying [the established Muslim leader], and the prohibition of [staging] revolutions against the [established] ruler in Islam; When he found them contradicting his way, which he favours, he began to interpret and change them from their correct meaning, just as is the way of the misguided sects.
And I hope that Allah rewards Shaykh ‘Ali for what he has written, and he causes it to be of benefit, and that He [causes the] return of Shaykh Salman to the truth and that which is correct.
And may the prayer and salutation of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and his family and [all] his [noble] companions.
Written by: Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan
Member of the Council of Senior Scholars
on 22/06/1433 [22 Jumaada al-Aakhirah, corresponding to Sunday 13 May, 2012]
Footnote:
[1] Scan
تقريظ الشيخ / صالح بن فوزان الفوزان
المرجع: راجع صورة تقريظ الشيخ
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله. والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله نبينا محمد و من والاه.
وبعد : فقد اطلعت على رد الشيخ علي بن فهد بن عبدالله أبا بطين على شبه كتاب “أسئلة الثورة” للدكتور سلمان العودة. فرأيته كشفا مفندا لشبهات خطرة تبرر قيام الثورات في الإسلام وشق عصا الطاعة مما حذر منه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم. ولكن الدكتور سلمان لما رأى أن الأحاديث الواردة بوجوب السمع والطاعة وتحريم الثورة على الولاة في الإسلام، لما رآها تعترض طريقه فيما ذهب إليه صار يؤولها ويصرفها عن مدلولها كما هو منهج الفرق الضالة.
وأرجو أن يثيب الله الشيخ علياً على ما كتب وينفع به، وأن يرد الشيخ سلمان إلى الحق والصواب وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وآله وصحبه.
كتبه: صالح بن فوزان الفوزان
عضو هيئة كبار العلماء
في 22 /6/ 1433هـ
