A Warning Against Those Who Criticize the Rulers and Incite Rebellion
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Question:
Another questioner says: Is it permissible for me, if I know a man who claims to be a caller to reform but writes and says things that contradict that, such as criticizing the rulers, inciting rebellion against them, and disparaging the great scholars, to warn people about him and report him to the authorities?
Answer:
This is not a caller to reform; rather, he is a caller to misguidance, to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and to incitement. We ask Allah for safety. He should fear Allah the Mighty and Majestic and know that this is the path of the Khawarij, the path of the Mu'tazilah, the people of misguidance. He should repent to Allah from this action. And you should advise him. If he does not comply and persists, then you report him, because this is forbidding what is wrong. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Another questioner says: Is it permissible for me, if I know a man who claims to be a caller to reform but writes and says things that contradict that, such as criticizing the rulers, inciting rebellion against them, and disparaging the great scholars, to warn people about him and report him to the authorities?
Answer:
This is not a caller to reform; rather, he is a caller to misguidance, to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and to incitement. We ask Allah for safety. He should fear Allah the Mighty and Majestic and know that this is the path of the Khawarij, the path of the Mu'tazilah, the people of misguidance. He should repent to Allah from this action. And you should advise him. If he does not comply and persists, then you report him, because this is forbidding what is wrong. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (47:30)
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