Obedience to the ruler who does not pray
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The questioner:
Or not? He saw a group of Muslims, and he himself was praying.
The Shaykh:
If he orders obedience to Allah, obedience to Allah is carried out. If he orders what Allah has forgiven, it is carried out. If the leader of the Muslims, or the leader of a tribe, does not pray, and he orders obedience to Allah, obedience to Allah is carried out. If he orders the people to pray, they pray.
The questioner:
work.
The Shaykh:
If he orders the people to abandon riba (usury or interest), they abandon riba. If he orders the people to abandon theft, they abandon theft, because Allah commanded them to do so, not because of him, but because Allah commanded it. As for if he orders them to do otherwise, no. But they strive to remove the one in authority who ordered it. This is not right. Such and such a connection should not be ordered, and he should not be a ruler, because he has such and such a lack of sincerity. They do not remain silent about it; they raise his matter to the one in authority, and they explain to him that he does not pray, and that he should not be a ruler over the people while he does not pray, or that he suppresses them with open immorality and open sins. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes. He does not leave it.
The Shaykh:
So his matter is referred to the one in authority. He does not deserve to be a ruler over the people. Yes.
Or not? He saw a group of Muslims, and he himself was praying.
The Shaykh:
If he orders obedience to Allah, obedience to Allah is carried out. If he orders what Allah has forgiven, it is carried out. If the leader of the Muslims, or the leader of a tribe, does not pray, and he orders obedience to Allah, obedience to Allah is carried out. If he orders the people to pray, they pray.
The questioner:
work.
The Shaykh:
If he orders the people to abandon riba (usury or interest), they abandon riba. If he orders the people to abandon theft, they abandon theft, because Allah commanded them to do so, not because of him, but because Allah commanded it. As for if he orders them to do otherwise, no. But they strive to remove the one in authority who ordered it. This is not right. Such and such a connection should not be ordered, and he should not be a ruler, because he has such and such a lack of sincerity. They do not remain silent about it; they raise his matter to the one in authority, and they explain to him that he does not pray, and that he should not be a ruler over the people while he does not pray, or that he suppresses them with open immorality and open sins. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes. He does not leave it.
The Shaykh:
So his matter is referred to the one in authority. He does not deserve to be a ruler over the people. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 50 — archive.org (1:11:06)
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