The Believer's Position on Publications Containing Errors by the Rulers
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! We hear about many publications sent by fax that contain errors, either from the authorities or from some individuals. What is the believer's position toward them?
Answer:
Error is something that follows everyone. One is only to be obeyed in what is right. Do not look at who is being obeyed in what is right; rather, obedience is only in what is right. There is no obedience in disobedience to the Creator, even if it were 'Umar or al-Siddiq; they are only to be obeyed in what is right. How much less so those below them? Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! We hear about many publications sent by fax that contain errors, either from the authorities or from some individuals. What is the believer's position toward them?
Answer:
Error is something that follows everyone. One is only to be obeyed in what is right. Do not look at who is being obeyed in what is right; rather, obedience is only in what is right. There is no obedience in disobedience to the Creator, even if it were 'Umar or al-Siddiq; they are only to be obeyed in what is right. How much less so those below them? Yes.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - جلسة مع الدعاة - ابن باز — archive.org (33:36)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.