Criticizing those who praise the Kingdom and its rulers
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The questioner:
Perhaps we should conclude with this question. He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you, there are those who criticize those who praise the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and point out the virtues of its rulers, describing them as sycophants, agents, or using other such descriptions. What is your guidance on this important matter?
The Shaykh:
We must not look at words; we look at the conditions of the people and the conditions of the Kingdom, and we judge it based on that. We do not judge it based on the words of so-and-so or so-and-so from the people of desires; rather, we judge it based on its reality and what it is doing. This is what is obligatory regarding this government and this state, or any other state. Yes.
The questioner:
And clarifying the truth in that, and clarifying that is justice and truth.
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that virtues are mentioned and thanked for, while errors are clarified to them and they are advised to abandon them. Yes.
Perhaps we should conclude with this question. He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you, there are those who criticize those who praise the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and point out the virtues of its rulers, describing them as sycophants, agents, or using other such descriptions. What is your guidance on this important matter?
The Shaykh:
We must not look at words; we look at the conditions of the people and the conditions of the Kingdom, and we judge it based on that. We do not judge it based on the words of so-and-so or so-and-so from the people of desires; rather, we judge it based on its reality and what it is doing. This is what is obligatory regarding this government and this state, or any other state. Yes.
The questioner:
And clarifying the truth in that, and clarifying that is justice and truth.
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that virtues are mentioned and thanked for, while errors are clarified to them and they are advised to abandon them. Yes.
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