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Shaykh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: Who Is Defined as a 'Haakim' (Ruler)?
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Who is Defined as a haakim (Ruler, Judge)?

Allaah the Most High said:

وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ

And whosoever does not judge by whatsoever Allaah has revealed, such are the Kafirun (disbelievers). (Al-Ma'idah 5:44)

There is what indicates in this verse - as has been pointed out by the Scholars of Islam and the Sunnah - that this verse applies to every individual Muslim, since the two particles used (مَن) "whosoever" and (مَا) "whatsoever" covers every Muslim firstly, and secondly, everything that Allaah has revealed secondly. In modern times, groups have emerged trying to scapegoat the rulers for the problems of the Muslim Ummah. Whilst we have been informed in the Sunnah of the nature of the rulers that are to appear (having hearts of devils, do not follow the Guidance or the Sunnah of Muhammad, confiscate wealth, beat the people and so on) to blame them alone for the problems of the Ummah and for not "judging by what Allaah has revealed" displays the extremely shallow understanding of the combined subjects of Tawhid, the Divine Qadar, the creational and legislative asbaab (ways and means), the Divine Wisdom, as well as deviation in the understanding of the verse cited above in particular.

In defining who is considered to be a haakim, with the wider context of a discussion pertaining to justice (adl) and oppression (dhulm), Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said in "Majmoo al-Fataaawaa" (18/170):

ولما كان العدل لا بد أن يتقدمه علم - إذ من لا يعلم لا يدري ما العدل ؟ والإنسان ظالم جاهل إلا من تاب الله عليه فصار عالما عادلا - صار الناس من القضاة وغيرهم ثلاثة أصناف : العالم الجائر والجاهل الظالم ; فهذان من أهل النار كما قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : " { القضاة ثلاثة : قاضيان في النار وقاض في الجنة : رجل علم الحق وقضى به فهو في الجنة ; ورجل قضى للناس على جهل فهو في النار ; ورجل علم الحق وقضى بخلافه فهو في النار } " فهذان القسمان كما قال : " { من قال في القرآن برأيه فأصاب فقد أخطأ ومن قال في القرآن برأيه فأخطأ فليتبوأ مقعده من النار } " . وكل من حكم بين اثنين فهو قاض سواء كان صاحب حرب أو متولي ديوان أو منتصبا للاحتساب بالأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر حتى الذي يحكم بين الصبيان في الخطوط فإن الصحابة كانوا يعدونه من الحكام .

And since [it is the case] that it is necessary for knowledge to precede justice - since the one who does not have knowledge, does not know what justice is, and [since] a human [as a species] is [characterized as] an oppresser and ignorant, except the one to whom Allaah has turned [and thus] become knowing and just - then the people amongst the judges and other than them become divided into three groupings: The knowing oppressor and the ignorant oppressor and these two are from the people of the fire, as the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said, "The judges are [of] three [types]: Two judges in the fire and one in Paradise [which is] the man who knew the truth and judged by it, so he is in Paradise. And a man who made judgement for the people upon ignorance, then he is in the fire. And a man who knew the truth and judged in opposition to it, then he is in the Fire". And these [latter] two types are just as he said, "Whoever spoke about the Qur'an with his opinion and was correct, then he has erred, and whoever spoke about the Qur'an with his opinion and erred, then let him take his seat in the Hellfire".

And everyone who judged between [any] two people, then he is [considered] a qaadi (judge) irrespective of whether he is a person of war, or one commissioned into [any position of] office, or appointed in the consideration [of the affairs] of enjoining good and forbidding evil, until even the one who judges between two children regarding [their] handwriting, then the Companions considered [all] such people to be hukkaam (rulers).

From this statement of Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) anyone who judges between two people on any particular matter, is considered a "haakim", who has been ordered to judge by what Allaah has revealed which is justice and truth.



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