Speaking about the rulers in public
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Question:
The questioner says: The Shaykh asks: Is there a penalty for university students who were accepted into this country, which is the country in question?
Answer:
It is not permissible to speak about the rulers in public. Whoever has advice for the imam, let him take his hand and make it clear to him. If he accepts it, praise be to Allah; if he does not accept it, he has fulfilled what is required of him. He takes his hand and conveys the observation to him, between him and him. As for announcing the errors of the rulers, the errors of the authorities, to the people, that is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). It is a conspiracy against the rulers. And it may be that he is the one who is mistaken; they understood, they understood with a wrong understanding and attributed it to the rulers. Yes.
The questioner says: The Shaykh asks: Is there a penalty for university students who were accepted into this country, which is the country in question?
Answer:
It is not permissible to speak about the rulers in public. Whoever has advice for the imam, let him take his hand and make it clear to him. If he accepts it, praise be to Allah; if he does not accept it, he has fulfilled what is required of him. He takes his hand and conveys the observation to him, between him and him. As for announcing the errors of the rulers, the errors of the authorities, to the people, that is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). It is a conspiracy against the rulers. And it may be that he is the one who is mistaken; they understood, they understood with a wrong understanding and attributed it to the rulers. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-094-موقف الإسلام من التيارات الفكرية|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:34)
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