A Response to Those Who Consider Explaining the Hadiths of the Rulers as Public Advice
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh, and may He bless you and make your knowledge beneficial. This questioner says: How do we respond to those who say that these lessons concerning the rulers are considered public advice to them?
Answer:
These are the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we are explaining them; they are not an insult to the rulers, but merely the transmission of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh, and may He bless you and make your knowledge beneficial. This questioner says: How do we respond to those who say that these lessons concerning the rulers are considered public advice to them?
Answer:
These are the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we are explaining them; they are not an insult to the rulers, but merely the transmission of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب ما جاء في غش الرعية — islamhouse.com (1:18:57)
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