What is the correct position regarding the detention of Shaykhs Salman and Safer Hiran?
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The questioner : Yes, regarding the issue of the detention of Shaykh Salman and Shaykh Safer Hiran, what is the correct position toward this detention? The correct position
The Shaykh : is that the one in authority has the right to see what is in the public benefit. And if this was done after consulting the scholars and following the guidance of the scholars who guided the state, then I say: the matter is beyond you and beyond us, and we ask Allah for guidance for everyone. This is what I say.
The questioner : But they have no role, no role with the scholars. O young men.
The Shaykh : Who has no role? The young men? Yes, they have no role at all, and it is not befitting for these matters to be the main preoccupation of a person. A person should look at what benefits him and what harms him. We are worshipping Allah the Exalted and Majestic; we are not worshipping by directing people to this or that. So it is obligatory for us to tell the young men: work on what is more important, and these matters have other authorities that can resolve them in one way or another.
The Shaykh : is that the one in authority has the right to see what is in the public benefit. And if this was done after consulting the scholars and following the guidance of the scholars who guided the state, then I say: the matter is beyond you and beyond us, and we ask Allah for guidance for everyone. This is what I say.
The questioner : But they have no role, no role with the scholars. O young men.
The Shaykh : Who has no role? The young men? Yes, they have no role at all, and it is not befitting for these matters to be the main preoccupation of a person. A person should look at what benefits him and what harms him. We are worshipping Allah the Exalted and Majestic; we are not worshipping by directing people to this or that. So it is obligatory for us to tell the young men: work on what is more important, and these matters have other authorities that can resolve them in one way or another.
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لقاء مفتوح مع فضيلته بحائل — archive.org (1:07:19)
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