Acting on the principle of Ibn Saba in slandering the rulers

Question:
May Allah curse you. He mentions the saying of Abdullah ibn Saba the Jew: “Abdullah ibn Saba, expose the faults of your rulers.” Enjoining good and forbidding evil wins the hearts of people. He says: Is it permissible to act on this principle, or should it be abandoned because it is merely a Saba’i principle?

Answer:
It should be abandoned because it contradicts the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to listen and obey, and to be patient regarding the harm and torture inflicted by the rulers. For patience and bearing that is easier than the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) of breaking the bond of obedience and what follows from it: the shedding of blood, the loss of order, and the disruption in the Ummah. This is committing the lesser of two harms to avert the greater. As the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by, saying:
Because this is harmful, but it is less harmful than the harm of disagreement with the one in authority and breaking the bond of obedience. This is what the wicked Ibn Saba wants, and whoever follows his path wants to scatter the Ummah. And what did the Ummah gain from the issue of Ibn Saba and his followers? Nothing but disagreement, the shedding of blood, and loss. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,