Fatwa #2827612 February 2014Malaysia
Hadīth on the prohibition of protesting
Question
Is there a hadith mentioned about the demonstration on the street from Riwayat At Tabrani from Al Kabir and Riwayat Ibn Abi Dunya from Jabir? Or any other hadith that prohobited that we could not go to the street and make a protest to the government/ruler?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
We have not come across the Hadith in reference.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muntasir Zaman
Student Darul Iftaa
USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.