The Ruling on Listening to the Calls of Misguidance and the Warning Against Declaring Rulers Disbelievers

Question:
(Glorified and Exalted is He). There are calls coming from outside this country, calls of misguidance from the Delta and elsewhere, that call out against the ideas of this country. They call them "the leftovers" and they call the scholars of this country, especially those in it, that they seek the power of Allah and that they do not seek the reality. What is the ruling on listening to these preferred ones? And what is the ruling on listening to some of the youth in this circle?

Answer:
This is what I warned you about, and it is not strange for disbelievers to invade us with these ideas and corrupt our youth. This is not strange. But the youth of Muslims should be cautious, know their enemy, and be wary of these ideas. Do not trust a disbeliever. Do not trust an unknown person whose reality you do not know, whose creed you do not know, and whose religion you do not know, even if he appears to be good and Muslim. If you do not know him, do not be deceived by him until you know him and know his reality. I am not telling you to think ill of him; we think well of one who displays good, but do not grant him trust ever until his truthfulness and steadfastness become clear to you. So these ideas are the result of blind trust.
And the result of accepting misleading calls. Our rulers, praise be to Allah, are Muslims. They are not disbelievers. They are Muslims. They are monotheists. They call upon Allah alone, having no partner with Him. They pray. They fast. They carry out the duties of authority over the Muslims. And if they commit sins, sins do not reach the level of disbelief.
They are not infallible; mistakes occur from them, and they are not infallible; sins occur from them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to obey and listen, even if they commit sins and violations, as long as they do not reach the level of clear disbelief. To the level of clear disbelief. So we do not accept this from disbelievers, nor even from one who claims Islam, who claims knowledge. If he declares the rulers disbelievers, we say to him: No, stop at your limit. It is not permissible to declare a Muslim a disbeliever in general, so how about the one in authority? Stop at his limit. Yes.