Obedience to the Ruler in the Forbidden Command and the Permissible Command
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The questioner:
And he consults, may Allah protect you. The deviation is the liberation of the Romans that the ruler commands, if he wills, from the command. And this has not yet...
The Shaykh:
I do not hear.
The questioner:
Or so. The hadiths of the believer regarding the command of Allah the Exalted, our ruler, from the matters forbidden by the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh:
If it comes to us.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
If what the ruler commands is a sin, then it is not permissible to obey him in that. Obedience to a creation in the disobedience of the Creator: if he told you not to pray, you do not obey him in that; if he told you to shave your beard, you do not obey him in that, because that is a sin. But if his command is for a permissible matter in the interest of the Muslims, such as establishing a traffic system or other matters that are in the interest of the Muslims and organizing their affairs, and there is no prohibition from the Lawgiver in it, then obedience to him in that is obligatory, and it is not permissible to disobey him in that. Yes.
And he consults, may Allah protect you. The deviation is the liberation of the Romans that the ruler commands, if he wills, from the command. And this has not yet...
The Shaykh:
I do not hear.
The questioner:
Or so. The hadiths of the believer regarding the command of Allah the Exalted, our ruler, from the matters forbidden by the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh:
If it comes to us.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
If what the ruler commands is a sin, then it is not permissible to obey him in that. Obedience to a creation in the disobedience of the Creator: if he told you not to pray, you do not obey him in that; if he told you to shave your beard, you do not obey him in that, because that is a sin. But if his command is for a permissible matter in the interest of the Muslims, such as establishing a traffic system or other matters that are in the interest of the Muslims and organizing their affairs, and there is no prohibition from the Lawgiver in it, then obedience to him in that is obligatory, and it is not permissible to disobey him in that. Yes.
Source
شرح مسائل الجاهلية [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من المسألة الأولى : أنهم يتعبدون بإشراك الصالحين في دعاء الله وعبادته — islamhouse.com (1:02:09)
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