Democracy

Shaykh Yahya al-Hajoori (hafidhUllaah) said,

When it is said to you: What is Democracy? 

Reply: It is the people ruling themselves by themselves, without anything from the Book (the Quran) nor the Sunnah.

When it is said to you: What is its Ruling?
Reply: It is major Shirk, and the proof is the statement of Allaah, “THE LEGISLATION IS FOR NONE BUT ALLAAH…”[SURAH YUSUF: 40]
 

And His saying: “…AND HE SHARES NOT HIS LEGISLATION WITH ANYONE.” [SURAH AL-KAHF: 26]

When is said to you: What is the reality of Voting? 

Reply: It is from the democratic system that rejects the true laws of Allaah. And it is a form of imitating (copying) the Disbelievers, and imitating them is not permissible. And there is much harm in it and there is neither gain nor benefit in it for the Muslims.

From the most serious of its harms is:

• PUTTING THE TRUTH ON AN EQUAL LEVEL WITH THE FALSEHOOD
• Putting the person who promotes the truth on an equal level with the person who promotes falsehood in accordance with the Majority,
• Neglecting Al-Walaa and Al-Baraa (allegiance and enmity for Allaah)
• BREAKING UP THE UNITY OF THE MUSLIMS, and casting enmity and hatred and partisanship and factionalism amongst them
• Fraud, and Deceit, and Trickery, and Lying, and Wasting Time and Money, and voiding (making invalid) the Modesty of Women
• SHAKING THE CONFIDENCE FOR THE ISLAAMIC SCIENCES AND ITS PEOPLE

Source: Shaykh Yahya al-Yajoori (hafidullah)…
Al-Mabaadee al-Mufeedah fit-Tawheedi wal-Fiqhi wal-‘Aqeedah”
The Beneficial Elementry Principles in Tawheed, Fiqh and Aqeedah, Points 46, 47 and 48.