Combining the hadith on abandoning obedience to the ruler in sin with the hadith on enduring the injustice of the ruler
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In his statement (peace and blessings be upon him), “There is no obedience to any created being in disobedience to the Creator,” and his statement regarding the ruler, “Listen and obey, even if he takes your wealth and strikes your back,” how do you reconcile these two matters?
Answer:
This is injustice, injustice to the created being, injustice to the created being, and it is a sin, it is a sin, yes. And it is a sin, but enduring it, enduring it and the harm contained in it, is less severe than breaking obedience and rebelling against the imam and the word being broken. The harm that results from this is greater than enduring a partial injustice that befalls some people. May Allah reward you. It is well known that committing the lesser of two harms to avert the greater is a great principle in Islam: committing the lesser of two harms to avert the greater. You should endure and commit a harm that is less than the general harm in which the word is lost and chaos and injustice spread. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In his statement (peace and blessings be upon him), “There is no obedience to any created being in disobedience to the Creator,” and his statement regarding the ruler, “Listen and obey, even if he takes your wealth and strikes your back,” how do you reconcile these two matters?
Answer:
This is injustice, injustice to the created being, injustice to the created being, and it is a sin, it is a sin, yes. And it is a sin, but enduring it, enduring it and the harm contained in it, is less severe than breaking obedience and rebelling against the imam and the word being broken. The harm that results from this is greater than enduring a partial injustice that befalls some people. May Allah reward you. It is well known that committing the lesser of two harms to avert the greater is a great principle in Islam: committing the lesser of two harms to avert the greater. You should endure and commit a harm that is less than the general harm in which the word is lost and chaos and injustice spread. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2990] الجمع بين حديث ترك طاعة ولي الأمر في المعصية وحديث الصبر على جور الحاكم — youtube.com
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