Shaykh
Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the
ruling on elections, and he replied: I think that elections are obligatory; we
should appoint the one who we think is good, because if the good people
abstain, who will take their place? Evil people will take their place, or
neutral people in whom there is neither good nor evil, but they follow everyone
who makes noise. So we have no choice but to choose those who we think are
fit.
If someone
were to say: We chose someone but most of the parliament are not like
that,
We say: It
does not matter. If Allaah blesses this one person and enables him to speak the
truth in this parliament, he will undoubtedly have an effect. But what we need
is to be sincere towards Allaah and the problem is that we rely too much on
physical means and we do not listen to what Allaah says. So nominate the one
who you think is good, and put your trust in Allaah.
Source: Liqaa’aat
al-Baab al-Maftooh, no. 210
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