بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. We bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, and that Muḥammad ﷺ is His slave and Messenger.
What has recently unfolded in Morocco of demonstrations, unrest, and destruction of property reminds us of the great danger that such actions bring upon the Muslim Ummah. Demonstrations and protests are not from the guidance of Islam. They lead to trials, ignite hatred, divide the Muslims, and harm lives and property. They only imitate the ways of the disbelievers, and history has shown repeatedly that their outcomes are bitter regret and greater harm than the oppression people thought to remove.
⚠️ The Harms of Demonstrations
- They are ḥarām (forbidden) in Islam.
- They cause fitan (trials and turmoil).
- They bring about division among Muslims.
- They stir resentment and hatred in the hearts.
- They sever Islamic brotherhood.
- They lead to violence, aggression, and assaults on property.
- They cause obstruction of roads and disruption of essential needs.
- They involve disobedience to rightful authority.
- They are an imitation of the disbelievers.
- They bring no real benefit or good outcome.
- They have bitter consequences, proven in Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia, and other lands.
- They leave people with regret after destruction has taken place.
The Prophet ﷺ taught us the way of patience, even when faced with injustice:
“Whoever sees from his ruler something he dislikes, let him be patient, for whoever separates from the community by even a hand-span and dies, he dies a death of ignorance.”
(al-Bukhārī & Muslim)
A Call to Patience and Unity
Our duty as Muslims is to remain patient, to hold firmly to the Qur’an and Sunnah, and to seek change through knowledge, taqwā (piety), and duʿā, not through anger and chaos.
May Allah protect Morocco and all Muslim lands from turmoil, grant safety and stability, and unite us upon the truth.