Ibn Taymiyyah said: If the open sinners take over these positions, namely (the tax collector, the police officer, and the village headman), then the people of righteousness should take them over.
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The questioner : I do not recall Ibn Taymiyyah saying that some of these positions, such as the tax collector for example, if the open sinners take them over, means that he wants the people of righteousness to take them over and not leave them to the people of corruption?
The Shaykh : If Ibn Taymiyyah said this, we do not follow him and we do not see his opinion, because the matter is as He the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:105] And if this door is opened, it means that the righteous Muslims take over all positions, even those positions where there is an explicit prohibition, on the claim that this evil is less than that evil. And therefore [Al-Ma'idah 5:105] This is the answer.
The Shaykh : If Ibn Taymiyyah said this, we do not follow him and we do not see his opinion, because the matter is as He the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
يا أيها الذين آمنوا عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا اهتديتمupon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا اهتديتم
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