This Is Not From ‘Adl (Justice), O ‘Aadilah (An Advice from Sheikh Abdul Muhsin Al-‘Abbad Al-Badr to the Daughter of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions.
A few days ago, during the last ten nights of the previous month, a forum was held in Jeddah under the name Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Forum, planned by the Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Center, which is affiliated with the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This forum displayed a blatant disregard for the ethical values brought by Islam, which women in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques have long preserved. However, corrupt influences have recently gained momentum, and a fervent secularist movement has emerged in the past few years advocating for women’s abandonment of modesty and the mixing of genders, in imitation of Western women. I have previously written about the dangers posed by this forum and its implications on women’s morality in this country. I authored an article titled: It Is Not Fitting to Use the Name “Khadijah bint Khuwaylid” as a Banner for Women’s Indecency, published on 30/12/1431 AH. Additionally, I wrote another article a week prior titled: Women in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques Between True Supporters and False Claimants of Their Rights.
The newspaper Okaz published a report on 30/12/1431 AH under the headline:
“A Saudi Women’s Delegation Travels to Paris to Promote Legal and Rights-Based Culture”
The report states: “A Saudi women’s delegation has departed for the French capital, Paris, to visit a number of institutions and government ministries in France at the invitation of the French Embassy in Riyadh. The program aims to enhance Saudi women’s knowledge of legal and rights-related matters in various fields, including health, commerce, business, law, judiciary, social affairs, women’s issues, education, culture, and heritage.”!!
Furthermore, the executive director overseeing the preparation and implementation of the program explained: “The itinerary includes visits to several ministries, as well as social institutions concerned with the rights of children, families, and women. The delegation will also engage with the French Parliament, Sorbonne University, the French Supreme Court, the French Chamber of Commerce, and the Paris Bar Association.”!! The report further states: “The program enjoys the sponsorship and support of Her Royal Highness Princess ‘Aadilah bint Abdullah bin Abdul Azeez, who supervises its implementation. She has selected a group of distinguished women known for their expertise and contributions in various social, humanitarian, rights-based, health, and educational sectors. The goal is to develop their legal expertise within their respective fields, enabling them to improve their professional performance and enhance their services to society following their participation in this program, which will be held annually. The program will feature participation from Dr. Nihad Al-Jashi, Dr. Hessa Ash-Sheikh, Dr. Aisha Natto, and Dr. Ilham Hasanein in a discussion panel at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).”!!
I say in response to this sorrowful and distressing news:
1- Among the cunning tactics of the secularists seeking to remove restrictions on women in the land of the Two Holy Mosques is their relentless effort and fervent activity over the past few years in all matters that lead to unveiling and intermingling of women with men, ultimately steering them toward resembling Western women, who have been stripped of virtue and immersed in depravity. At the forefront of these secularists are those responsible for the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, who established a center aimed at corrupting the morals of women in this land. From this center emerged a forum, where Princess ‘Aadilah bint Abdullah, daughter of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was appointed as the head of its council and the patron of the forum. Following this, the news article reported the departure of a Saudi women’s delegation to Paris at the invitation of the French embassy in Riyadh, with a program supported and sponsored by Princess ‘Aadilah.
These secularists, in their eagerness to remove restrictions on women, have sought strength by leveraging Princess ‘Aadilah’s patronage to further their objectives, ultimately leading her towards disobedience to her father and making her a cause for increasing his adversaries on the Day of Judgment. The gravest form of filial disobedience is that which results in harm to religion, for every woman who departs from Islamic principles in the era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques—or thereafter—due to her involvement and the secularists using her as a figurehead, she will be held accountable for it on the Day of Judgment.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “No soul is killed unjustly except that a portion of the responsibility falls upon the first son of Adam, as he was the first to establish murder.” (Narrated by Al-Bukhari 3335 and Muslim 4379).
The removal of moral restrictions on women in the land of the Two Holy Mosques due to the actions of secularists constitutes a form of murder of their Akhlaq (Islamic morals).
2- The objectives outlined in the report regarding the program for Saudi women’s visit to the French capital—claiming to enhance their legal and rights-based awareness in fields such as health, commerce, business, law, judiciary, social affairs, women’s issues, education, culture, and heritage—reflect the utmost deficiency in both means and purpose. This journey constitutes a sinful excursion, wherein they choose darkness after light, deviation after guidance, and exchange what is inferior for what is superior, akin to those (from the Bani Israel) who replaced Manna and Salwa (quails) with onions and leeks. Allah says: “Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error. Their trade has brought no profit, and they were not guided.” (Qur’an 2:16)
It is unreasonable for Muslims to seek truth within French or other secular laws, as truth is exclusively found in what has been established by Islamic Sharia. The distinction between divine law and man-made laws is as vast as the difference between the Creator and the created. Allah, the Almighty, states: “Is it then the judgment of Jahiliyah (days of ignorance) they desire? But who is better than Allah in judgment for a people who have certainty?” (Qur’an 5:50)
Whoever seeks guidance outside the Qur’an and Sunnah will be led astray. Allah, the Almighty, has said: “And who is more astray than one who follows his desires without guidance from Allah?” (Qur’an 28:50)
“Say: Indeed, Allah’s guidance is the only guidance.” (Qur’an 6:71)
“What is there after the truth except falsehood?” (Qur’an 10:32)
“Then We have set you upon a clear way of faith; so follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know. Surely, they will not benefit you against Allah in anything. Indeed, the wrongdoers are allies of one another, whereas Allah is the ally of the righteous.” (Qur’an 45:18-19)
The removal of moral restrictions on women in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques, despite its appeal to Western societies, will never suffice them. Their satisfaction lies in only one outcome—complete submission to their ideology.
As Allah, the Almighty, states: “And never will the Jews or Christians be pleased with you until you follow their religion. Say: Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the only true guidance. And if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allah no protector nor helper.” (Qur’an 2:120)
3- O daughter of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques! Your father named you ‘Aadilah—so be just, in order for there to be harmony between the name and its meaning. It is not from Al-‘Adl (justice) for you to become an effortless prize for secularists, who wield your name to further their agendas. Every action they have attributed to you contradicts the fundamental elements that strengthen this great and blessed nation, founded by King Abdul Azeez—may Allah have mercy on him.
I have previously authored an article titled: “We Love the Continued Honor of Our Saudi Nation and Despise the Secularists Who Seek Its Weakening Through Deception”, published on 20/8/1431 AH. Never have we heard that any of your siblings brought such joy to the secularists as you have. So be like them, and do not deviate from their path. May Allah guide and rectify your affairs. If you do not, then the best course of action for you and others is to obtain from your father a decisive word—one that leaves you with no words thereafter. Fear Allah concerning yourself, your father, his nation, and his people, O daughter of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques!!
4- The Saudi state, founded by King Abdul Azeez—may Allah have mercy on him—more than a hundred years ago, is a continuation of the Saudi state originally established by Imam Muhammad bin Saud—may Allah have mercy on him—in the mid-13th century Hijri, with the guidance and support of Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab—may Allah have mercy on him. This state was not founded, nor has it endured and been granted stability, except through Allah’s favor, by implementing Islamic law, supporting the religion, preserving Islamic morals, and upholding the principle of enjoining good and forbidding evil.
I previously authored a treatise titled: “Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil: One of the Key Reasons for the Establishment and Continuation of the Saudi State,” which was published in the year 1430 AH.
Allah, the Almighty, says: “O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and make your foothold firm.” (Qur’an 47:7)
“And surely Allah will aid those who aid His cause. Indeed, Allah is All-Powerful, Almighty.” (Qur’an 22:40) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Safeguard Allah’s Rights, and He will safeguard you.” (Narrated by At-Tirmidhi 2516, classified as Hasan Sahih).
5- Women in this country have long preserved modesty, maintained hijab, and refrained from intermingling with men—just as Muslim women have done throughout various historical eras—during the reign of King Abdul Azeez and the subsequent reigns of his sons: Saud, Faisal, Khalid, and then Fahd, who held authority for twenty-four years. King Fahd issued several directives prohibiting the employment of women in roles involving interaction with men. The latest directive—based on what I have learned—was issued on 5/10/1421 AH, with copies sent to every ministry, governmental entity, or public institution for enforcement. I cited its text in my article: “Women in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques Between True Supporters and False Claimants of Their Rights.”
After this, women began abandoning traditional modesty by revealing their faces and intermingling with men, driven by the efforts and activities of secularists in Jeddah and other areas. This ultimately led to the ethical disaster represented by their forum in Jeddah, which was falsely named “The Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Forum.” A more appropriate name for it would have been “The Huda Shaarawi Forum!,” after the first Muslim woman in Egypt known for publicly unveiling her face and rebelling against the hijab.
And I ask Allah, the Almighty, to grant the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques healing and well-being, to return him from his medical journey in good health, and to enable him to express gratitude for the blessing of recovery and wellness by hastening to extinguish the tribulation of women’s moral decline that has occurred during his reign due to the schemes of the deceitful secularists and the affluent.
O Allah, whoever has plotted against this country—its government and its people—then plot against him, for You are the best of plotters. And whoever has schemed against it, turn his scheming against himself and preoccupy him with his own affairs, diverting him from corrupting the land after its righteousness.
O Allah, whoever from among them is close to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques yet persists in wrongdoing, does not offer him sincere advice, and obstructs the advice of those who seek to guide him—then deprive him of well-being and burden him with his own afflictions, so that he may cease harming the leader and his people. And recompense those who persist in their deception with what they deserve.
O Allah, we have nothing but supplication and counsel. We have prayed to You, so accept our supplication. We have offered sincere advice to our leader, so guide him to heed the counsel of every righteous advisor who calls him to paradise, and to beware of the deceit of every schemer who invites him to the fire. Verily, You have power over all things.
I urge every sincere individual who cares for the Saudi state, its people, and the modesty of its women—preserving their dignity and safeguarding them from unveiling, adornment, and intermingling with men—to supplicate with this prayer and others like it. Perhaps Allah will accept their supplications, grant relief to the nation, remove this affliction, and eradicate the corrupters.
May Allah’s peace, blessings, and mercy be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions.
Abdul Muhsin bin Hamd Al-Abbad Al-Badr 6/1/1432 AH.
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(Translated by Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna.)
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