He spoke about those who declare rulers disbelievers, as well as those who live under their rule and the imams of the mosques.

The Shaykh : Among the matters that your question, brother Ibrahim, reminds me of isThe questioner : that I recently heard from some of those who were part of the group of declaring people disbelievers, but then Allah the Mighty and Majestic guided them. We said to them: "Look, you declared some of the rulers disbelievers, so why do you declare, for example, the imams of the mosques, the preachers of the mosques, the callers to prayer, and the workers of the mosques disbelievers? Why do you declare the teachers of Islamic jurisprudence in secondary schools, for example, or in universities disbelievers?" They answered: "Because these people are satisfied with the ruling of these rulers who rule by other than what Allah has revealed." O people, if this satisfaction is a heartfelt satisfaction with ruling by other than what Allah has revealed, then practical disbelief turns into creedal disbelief. So, what ruling is it that is ruled by other than what Allah has revealed, while the ruler considers this ruling to be the appropriate one to adopt in this age, and that adopting the Islamic ruling specified in the Book and the Sunnah is not appropriate? There is no doubt that this makes his disbelief creedal disbelief, not practical disbelief. And whoever is satisfied with such a ruling is included with them. First, you cannot judge every ruler who rules by some of the disbelieving Western laws, or by many of them, as one who, if asked, would answer that ruling by these laws is necessary in the present age and that ruling by Islam is not permissible. If they were asked, you cannot say that they would not answer that ruling by what Allah has revealed today is not appropriate, or else they would be disbelievers without doubt and without any ambiguity. So, if we come to the ruled, among whom are scholars and among whom are righteous people, and so on, how are you? Merely because you see them living under a rule that includes them just as it includes you exactly, but you declare them disbelievers, while these people do not declare themselves disbelievers in the sense of being apostates, but they say that ruling by what Allah has revealed is obligatory, and that violating the Islamic ruling merely by action does not necessitate judging this actor as an apostate from his religion.