Prohibition of Seeking Authority and Leading the Mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The prohibition against seeking authority and leadership has been mentioned. He says: Does leading the mosque fall under this?
Answer:
Authorities in general, religious authorities in general, a person does not seek them because he does not know whether he will be able to carry them out or not, and also he may seek them for a worldly purpose or a job, not for the Hereafter. But if it is assigned to him, he accepts it, seeks help from Allah the Exalted, and strives in it, and Allah will help him with it. But if he seeks it and it is entrusted to him, as in the hadith, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The prohibition against seeking authority and leadership has been mentioned. He says: Does leading the mosque fall under this?
Answer:
Authorities in general, religious authorities in general, a person does not seek them because he does not know whether he will be able to carry them out or not, and also he may seek them for a worldly purpose or a job, not for the Hereafter. But if it is assigned to him, he accepts it, seeks help from Allah the Exalted, and strives in it, and Allah will help him with it. But if he seeks it and it is entrusted to him, as in the hadith, yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الثاني عشر في علاج مرض القلب بالشيطان — islamhouse.com (1:09:49)
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