Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 869

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً، يُحْشَرُ مَعَ أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَ الرِّسَالَاتِ.

He dies a death of ignorance and will be gathered with the ignorant—may Allah protect us—who lived before the divine messages.

فَالْإِمَامُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَفِي كُلِّ مِنْطَقَةٍ بِحَسَبِهَا، فَمَثَلًا نَحْنُ هُنَا فِي السُّعُودِيَّةِ أَئِمَّتُنَا آلُ سُعُودٍ، لَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا الْبَيْعَةُ، يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا طَاعَتُهُمْ فِي غَيْرِ مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَهُمْ أَئِمَّتُنَا، وَنَدِينُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِالْوَلَاءِ لَهُمْ، وَنَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ بَيْعَتَهُمْ فِي أَعْنَاقِنَا، وَلَوْ مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْعَقِيدَةِ فِي هَذِهِ الْبِلَادِ لَمَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً؛ لِأَنَّهُ مَاتَ بِلَا إِيمَانٍ.

The Imam in any given region is determined by its specific circumstances. Here in Saudi Arabia, for instance, the House of Saud are our leaders; we owe them our allegiance and must obey them in all that does not involve disobeying Allah, the Almighty. They are our Imams, and we profess our loyalty to Allah by remaining faithful to them, bearing their pledge as a binding duty upon us. Should a person in these lands die without this conviction, he dies a death of ignorance, for he has died without faith.

وَكَذَلِكَ أَيْضًا فِي مِصْرَ وَفِي غَيْرِهَا مِنَ الْبِلَادِ كُلٌّ لَهُ إِمَامٌ، جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ السُّلْطَةَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَوْ قُلْنَا: لَا إِمَامَ إِلَّا الْإِمَامُ الَّذِي يَعُمُّ جَمِيعَ بِلَادِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا بَقِيَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ الْيَوْمَ أَئِمَّةٌ، وَلَكَانَتْ مِيتَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كُلِّهِمْ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً، وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ.

The same applies to Egypt and other nations; each has an Imam granted authority by Allah. If we were to insist that there is no Imam except one who rules all Muslim lands, then today's Muslims would be left without any leadership at all, and they would all die a death of ignorance—may Allah protect us from that.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 52 nouns)

• مَاتَ — to die
• حَشَرَ — to gather
• كَانَ — to be
• مِيتَة — death
• جَاهِلِيَّة — ignorance
• أَهْل — people