Who is the ruler whose orders must not be contradicted?

The Shaykh : ... As for this phrase that is widespread in this age, "contradicting the ruler," unfortunately, many preachers who claim to be callers to Islam exploit this phrase. They say it is not permissible to contradict the ruler. I agree with them that it is not permissible for a Muslim to contradict the ruler, but what are the characteristics of this ruler? You know that guardianship is of two types. We move on to a topic that has a connection to Sufism. You know that Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote his treatise "The Difference Between the Friends of Allah and the Friends of Satan." There are those who claim to be friends who fly in the air, not like a falcon or an eagle, but more than that, so that they are here and pray the midday prayer in Mecca, and vice versa, and so on. These are friends, but friends of whom? Friends of Satan, not friends of Allah. It is said that Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) once saw some of these people demonstrating in the alleys of Damascus. This was perhaps about seven centuries ago. They were chained with shackles and had large snakes around their necks, terrifying the people. With this terror, they demonstrated that they were the sons of the sheikhs, meaning the sheikhs of the path, and that these snakes did not harm them, and that they entered the fire. And indeed, they entered the fire, but by diabolical tricks. But this man, Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), by the strength of his faith in Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), and especially by His saying: and His saying: , he challenged them. He went to the prince, the ruler of the city at that time, Damascus, and said to him, "I want to enter the kiln with these people, into which they throw themselves and do not burn, as they claim. Whoever burns in it is the liar. But I have one condition: that you order these clothes to be removed from them, and that they enter the bath, and that their bodies be washed with vinegar, and that they be dressed in clean white clothes. Then I will enter the kiln with them, and whoever burns is the liar." When the sheikh of the order, and the order at that time was the Rifa'i order, a faction called the Batayhiyyah, learned thatThe Shaykh : Ibn Taymiyyah had exposed the secret of these people and their deception, and that they anointed their bodies and clothes with a substance that insulates against fire. You know this substance now, but before, it was like magic, known only to a few people who exploited the weak-minded and the dreamers, and showed them that they were possessors of miracles and prophetic miracles due to their affiliation with the path. When the sheikh of the Batayhiyyah learned that the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah had exposed their secret, he apologized and said that he did not have the readiness to compete with the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. So these are friends of Satan, not friends of Allah. I return to say that we do not want to compare the current rulers with the devilish friends of that time, but I want to clarify the legal ruling regarding those who are the rulers who must be obeyed. They are those who base their ruling over their nation and their people on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), just as the Rightly Guided Caliphs did, and some of the kings who came after them who followed their path. These are the rulers who place the judgment of the Shari'ah before their own eyes; they must be obeyed. As for a ruler who rules by law, and this law changes and evolves from one night to the next, as you saw recently, the white market turned into a black market, and the law remains the same. So we must consider the authentic legal rulings. It is not permissible to trade in these paper currencies at any time and in any place, except within the limits of dire necessity and the pressing need of the individual, such as a man who comes, for example, from a foreign country and wants to live in this country; he must exchange his foreign paper currency here, so he is compelled. But especially when it becomes speculation in the markets, and you know the story of Iraq when the war laid down its arms, and praise be to Allah, between Iraq and Iran, the news spread that the Iraqi operation would now strengthen, so people took to buying the Iraqi currency, and soon they were surprised by another blow and lost what Allah willed. This is gambling, so it is not permissible for a Muslim to trade in these matters, but only within the limits of dire necessity and pressing need. Yes.