Obedience to the ruler if he prevents the construction of a mosque in a specific location
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if the ruler prevents a person from building a specific mosque in a specific area, is it not permissible to obey him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is obligatory to obey him, and you do not build this mosque, as long as he has prevented you from doing so. But if he prevents the construction of mosques in general, he is not to be obeyed. However, if he prevents it in a specific location, he may have a point of view. If there are mosques in the town where the Muslims go to pray, and they do not disobey the ruler by building a mosque in this location from which he has prevented them, and all the other mosques. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
They choose a place other than the place where construction was prevented. Yes.
The presenter:
Perhaps, by Allah.
Honorable Shaykh, if the ruler prevents a person from building a specific mosque in a specific area, is it not permissible to obey him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is obligatory to obey him, and you do not build this mosque, as long as he has prevented you from doing so. But if he prevents the construction of mosques in general, he is not to be obeyed. However, if he prevents it in a specific location, he may have a point of view. If there are mosques in the town where the Muslims go to pray, and they do not disobey the ruler by building a mosque in this location from which he has prevented them, and all the other mosques. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
They choose a place other than the place where construction was prevented. Yes.
The presenter:
Perhaps, by Allah.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [2] — alfawzan.live (22:34)
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