Press Release
Houthis Dare against Allah’s Laws by Making it Subject to Arab and International Experiences!!!
(Translated)

Participants in a panel discussion, organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the capital, Sana’a, on the draft law to prevent usurious transactions organized by the Ministry of Justice, recommended that the draft be referred to a legal, economic and Sharia committee for study in the light of Arab and international experiences. This came at the conclusion of the episode on Monday, December 5, 2022, in the presence of the Grand Mufti of Yemen, Shams al-Din Sharaf al-Din, Minister of Justice Nabil Al-Azani, Minister of Legal Affairs Ismail Al-Mahaqari, Minister of State for Parliament and Shura Council Affairs Ali Abu Haliqa, and Advisor to the Supreme Political Council Abdulaziz al-Baghdadi.

Among what the participants pointed out is the need to take into account the observations of the Central Bank of Yemen before taking any action towards the banking and banking system, as it is the first competent authority in accordance with the law to draw, adopt and implement monetary policy, supervise and control banks and financial institutions, and act in accordance with the outputs of the workshop, which was organized by the Central Bank of Yemen during the last month of Ramadan with regard to this issue, in a clear reference to making the reference the central bank based on the basis of the Western capitalist system, which in turn is based on utilitarianism and the doctrine of separating religion from life, while the principle is that the return in our dealings is to what the Messenger of Allah (saw) brought from his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, and accepting it and applying it in the reality of our lives without hesitation or justification.

How strange! Do the participants not realize that all Muslim countries, including Yemen, are not governed by Islam, so that they move on to discuss the branches, forgetting the foundation, or is this their work to sow ashes in the eyes and laugh at the chins?! On top of this, the audacity of the participants in that circle of discussion against Allah’s rulings has reached the point of insolence. And that is by them subjecting the Shariah rulings to a referendum on them. Do they prohibit usury or do they continue to deal with it as it is underway according to the laws of the Kafir West applied in Yemen and even in the world?! Instead of saying, “We hear and we obey,” in response to the command of Allah the Almighty, who says in His Book of Wisdom:

[وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْراً أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالاً مُبِيناً]

“It is not for a believing man or woman—when Allah and His Messenger decree a matter—to have any other choice in that matter. Indeed, whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has clearly gone ˹far˺ astray.” [TMQ Al-Ahzab:36].

Then they hold discussion circles with those who imbued in their hearts the culture of the colonial Kafir West and made dealing with what Allah forbids prevail among the Ummah of Islam as a result of the absence of the authority of Islam, which, Allah willing, will return again, to fill the earth with justice and mercy, as it was filled with oppression, injustice and misery. Don't those participants know that Allah forbids usury in a clear and unambiguous manner with definitive transmission and definitive meaning?! Where the Almighty said in the unaltered Revelation:

[وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا]

“But Allah has permitted trading and forbidden interest” [TMQ Al-Baqarah:275]. And Allah (swt) said:

[يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ * فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِه]

“O believers! Fear Allah, and give up outstanding interest if you are ˹true˺ believers. * If you do not, then beware of a war with Allah and His Messenger!” [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 278-9].

Even if the participants in the discussion circle issued a law prohibiting usury, they are all sinners, because the obligation of judgment came from them and is not as a result of submission or following Allah, just as Islam must be fully applied in all aspects of life and not subverting the rulings of Allah (swt) according to whims and interest, otherwise Allah the Almighty words applies to them:

  [أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ]

“Do you believe in some of the Scripture and reject the rest? Is there any reward for those who do so among you other than disgrace in this worldly life and being subjected to the harshest punishment on the Day of Judgment? For Allah is never unaware of what you do.” [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 85].

Therefore, Hizb ut Tahrir calls on the Ummah of Islam, including the people of Yemen, to implement Islam comprehensively and completely in all affairs of life, and it has prepared a complete project for that, including the economic aspect, for it has issued the book, The Economic System in Islam, that enriches this aspect, that application that will only take place under the shade of the second Khilafah Rashidah (rightly-guided Caliphate) State upon the method of the Prophethood, so it is necessary to work to establish it, and whatsoever obligation that cannot be fulfilled without it, becomes obligatory.