The Ruling on Revolutions Against Rulers

Question:
A questioner says: Are the revolutions that occur among the people a form of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? Some scholars support them.

Answer:
They are among the most severe forms of fitnah. Revolutions are among the most severe trials. It is not permissible to revolt against the rulers. It is not permissible because it brings about more evil than the benefits they imagine will be achieved. It involves disobedience to the Muslim ruler in authority. Rising up against the Muslim sultan is haram (forbidden) and not permissible; the one who does so deserves to be killed. If someone comes to you and you are all agreed upon one of you, and he wants to break your unity, .
It is not permissible to rise up against the rulers of the Muslims. This is not permissible. One must be patient with them, with their oppression, and with their injustice, as long as they are Muslim and have not left the religion. One must be patient with them because patience with them is easier than the evils that result from rising up against them, breaking the unity of obedience, shedding blood, and the disruption of security. You see the revolutions happening now and what they have brought upon the people. They have brought nothing but plagues and have produced no benefit; rather, they have produced successive harms, and it is unknown how they will end. We ask Allah for well-being. Yes.