The Ruling on Running Traffic Signals
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Question:
He says: Does running traffic signals constitute disobedience to the one in authority, and is one sinful for doing so?
Answer:
It is disobedience to the command of Allah. Running traffic signals is disobedience to the command of Allah, because Allah has forbidden you from destruction, and He said:[An-Nisa 4:29] This exposes oneself to the risk of being killed or injured. Therefore, this is disobedience to the command of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). It is also disobedience to the one in authority. However, this is not for your own benefit. You do not harm the one in authority unless you run the signal; rather, you harm yourself, poor thing.
He says: Does running traffic signals constitute disobedience to the one in authority, and is one sinful for doing so?
Answer:
It is disobedience to the command of Allah. Running traffic signals is disobedience to the command of Allah, because Allah has forbidden you from destruction, and He said:
And do not kill yourselves [or one another]
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/9 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:19:57)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.