Obedience and loyalty to a polytheist, disbelieving imam
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Question:
He asks: What is the ruling on obedience and loyalty if the imam of the Muslims is a polytheist and a disbeliever?
Answer:
This is not a wali al-amr (the one in authority) for the Muslims. It is not permissible for the wali al-amr of the Muslims to be a disbeliever and a polytheist. Yes.
Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. What is the ruling if there is in...
Answer:
If he fears, if he fears, if he opposes him or rises against him, he fears evil and the spread of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). He does not rise against him in order to repel evil, not because obedience and listening to him is obligatory, but in order to repel evil from the subjects. Yes.
He asks: What is the ruling on obedience and loyalty if the imam of the Muslims is a polytheist and a disbeliever?
Answer:
This is not a wali al-amr (the one in authority) for the Muslims. It is not permissible for the wali al-amr of the Muslims to be a disbeliever and a polytheist. Yes.
Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. What is the ruling if there is in...
Answer:
If he fears, if he fears, if he opposes him or rises against him, he fears evil and the spread of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). He does not rise against him in order to repel evil, not because obedience and listening to him is obligatory, but in order to repel evil from the subjects. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-107-وصية النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:28)
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