The Scholars' Advice to the Ruler and Its Concealment
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks, saying: There are those who say that scholars have no role in advising the one in authority, as evidenced by the prevalence of many harms. What is your guidance (may Allah preserve you)?
Answer:
What is your opinion that scholars do not advise the one in authority? They come to him and tell him what he does not know. This is a secret between them and the one in authority, and they do not reveal it, as was the case with Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), who advised the one in authority but did not tell people, "I went and advised him." Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks, saying: There are those who say that scholars have no role in advising the one in authority, as evidenced by the prevalence of many harms. What is your guidance (may Allah preserve you)?
Answer:
What is your opinion that scholars do not advise the one in authority? They come to him and tell him what he does not know. This is a secret between them and the one in authority, and they do not reveal it, as was the case with Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), who advised the one in authority but did not tell people, "I went and advised him." Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 03----13-4-1432 — archive.org (55:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.