The Ruling on Appointing Authority and Giving the Pledge of Allegiance to Other Than the One in Authority

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, please inform us directly: what is your position regarding authority and the pledge of allegiance, other than reading about the magnification of matters of claim between them?

Answer:
There is no pledge of allegiance or appointment of authority except for the one in authority. The pledge of allegiance to the general ruler is the one who has the pledge of allegiance, as for the pledge of allegiance to anyone else, this is not permissible. Yes, the appointment of authority in travel, the appointment of authority in travel is specific, a temporary appointment, and an appointment that is not general, an appointment over two or three or a traveling group only, during the time of travel. And in the matters of travel, it is not in taking charge of all matters, so there is no appointment of authority in it, and there is no pledge of allegiance in it except for the one in authority. The pledge of allegiance to the methodologies or the pledge of allegiance to the Sufi paths, all of this is religious innovations and newly invented matters, and in it is also rebellion against the one in authority.