Obedience to the ruler in prohibiting the construction of a mosque
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The questioner:
And so on. If a Muslim is prohibited from building a specific mosque in a specific area, then it is obligatory to obey him.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is obligatory to obey him; do not build this mosque as long as he has prohibited you from doing so. No, but if he prohibits the building of mosques in general, he is not to be obeyed. However, if he prohibits it in a specific location, he may have a point of view. If there are mosques in the town where Muslims go to pray, and they do not disobey the ruler by building a mosque in this location from which they were prohibited, along with all the other mosques,
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
they choose a place other than the place where construction was prohibited. Yes.
And so on. If a Muslim is prohibited from building a specific mosque in a specific area, then it is obligatory to obey him.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is obligatory to obey him; do not build this mosque as long as he has prohibited you from doing so. No, but if he prohibits the building of mosques in general, he is not to be obeyed. However, if he prohibits it in a specific location, he may have a point of view. If there are mosques in the town where Muslims go to pray, and they do not disobey the ruler by building a mosque in this location from which they were prohibited, along with all the other mosques,
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
they choose a place other than the place where construction was prohibited. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 07 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية / نرى الصلاة خلف كل بر وفاجر / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:26)
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