The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fatāwā

Question:
Is it permissible to stand up out of respect for any national anthem, or any national flag?

Answer
It is not permissible for the Muslim to stand up for any national anthem, nor any national flag out of respect. Rather, this is from the evil innovations which did not exist at the time of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), nor at the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (raḍī Allāhu ʿʿʿanhum). And this action negates the obligation of the completeness of Tawḥīd, and the purity of respect for Allāh alone, and it invites towards Shirk. And in this action is resemblance of the disbelievers, and blind following of them in their despicable customs, and deviating along with them in their extreme attitude towards their leaders and their ceremonies. Indeed the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) prohibited resembling them and emulating them. And the success is with Allāh. And may the Prayers and Peace be upon Muḥammad and his Family and his Companions.

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Fatāwá al-Lajnah al-Dāʿimah (1/2123).

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Surah al-Isra' 17: 58-63

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? The Methodology of Tamyee and Its Principles ?

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What is this knowledge, due to which Allaah has praised those who possess it and act on it, and those who follow the way of these people? The answer is as the Imaam, Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah, rahimahullaah, the student of Shaikh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taimiyyah, rahimahullaah, said:

"Knowledge is: (what) Allaah said, (what) His Messenger said, (and what) the Companions said. This is not something false. Knowledge is not that we rush into disagreements foolishly between the Messenger and between the opinion of a Faqeeh (scholar). Nay, and we do not deny and negate the Attributes (of Allaah) just out of fear of falling into tashbeeh and tamtheel."

So we take the definition of knowledge from this statement and this poem, which we rarely hear among the verses of the poets, since the poetry of the scholars is not like the poetry of the poets. So this man (Ibn Al-Qayyim) was a scholar, and he also wrote good poetry. So he said: Knowledge is what Allaah said, at the first level, then what the Messenger of Allaah said, at the second level, then what the Companions said, at the third level. The words of Ibn Al-Qayyim remind us of a reality that is extremely important, and which is often neglected by a large majority of Callers who are spread throughout the lands today in the name of calling to Islaam. What is this reality? What is well known to all of these callers is that Islaam consists of: The Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of Allaah's Messenger. This is the truth and there is no doubt about it, however it is deficient. Ibn Al-Qayyim noted this deficiency in his lines of poetry, which we just mentioned. That is why after mentioning the Qur'aan and the Sunnah, he mentions the Companions. "Knowledge is: (what) Allaah said, (what) His Messenger said, (and what) the Companions said..."

Nowadays, it is very rare that we hear someone mention the Companions when mentioning the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. And as we all know, they are at the head of the Salaf As-Saalih (pious predecessors), of whom the Prophet spoke of in his saying, which has been reported by many Companions:

"The best of mankind is my generation..."

And do not say what many of the callers nowadays say: "The best of generations." This phrase "the best of generations" has no source in the Sunnah. The authentic Sunnah, which is stated in the two Saheeh collections (of Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim) and other hadeeth references all report the hadeeth with the wording: "The best of mankind is my generation, then those that come after them, then those that come after them."

هذه دعوتنا
This is Our Call (The Way of the Salaf)
A TRANSCribed LECTURE of Imaam Muhammad Naasir- ud-DeenAl-Albaanee

قال الشيخ مقبل بن هادي الوادعي رحمه الله
Shaykh Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

وإنني أقول لإخواني الدعاة إلى الله في جميع البلاد الإسلامية: عليهم أن يشمروا عن ساعد الجد، وعليهم أن يقصدوا بدعوتهم وجه الله، لا لأجل الكراسي، ولا لأجل المناصب، ولا لأجل حطام الدنيا، إن الله لا يقبل من العمل إلا ما كان خالصًا لوجهه.
I say to my brothers who are callers to Allah in all the Islamic lands: They must roll up their sleeves with seriousness and determination. They must intend in their da’wah the Face of Allah alone—not for chairs, not for positions, and not for the fleeting gains of this world. Verily, Allah does not accept any deed except what is sincerely for His sake.

الدعوة إلى الله أرفع من الكراسي، وأرفع من المناصب، وأرفع من حطام الدنيا، {ومن أحسن قولاً ممّن دعا إلى الله وعمل صالحًا وقال إنّني من المسلمين}.
Calling to Allah is loftier than chairs, loftier than positions, and loftier than the fleeting gains of this world. Allah says: “And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah, does righteous deeds, and says, ‘Indeed, I am of the Muslims’” [Surah Fussilat 41:33].

مقتل جميل الرحمن ٧٧.
Maqtal Jamil ar-Rahman, page 77.

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