The Ruling on Running Traffic Lights
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The questioner:
Or if he sees it, he says: Is it obligatory to run the red lights, thereby disobeying the authority, and to follow that?
The Shaykh:
Disobeying the command of Allah; running the lights is disobeying the command of Allah, because Allah has forbidden you from destruction, and He said:[An-Nisa 4:29] This exposes oneself to being killed or injured, or this is disobeying the command of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Also, it is disobeying the authority. This is not in your interest; you do not harm the authority unless you run the light; rather, you harm yourself, poor thing.
The questioner:
And the intention is when it comes to the prayer and the salam.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Or if he sees it, he says: Is it obligatory to run the red lights, thereby disobeying the authority, and to follow that?
The Shaykh:
Disobeying the command of Allah; running the lights is disobeying the command of Allah, because Allah has forbidden you from destruction, and He said:
And do not kill yourselves [or one another]
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْThe questioner:
And the intention is when it comes to the prayer and the salam.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 08 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية / نحب أهل العدل والأمانة / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:17:42)
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