The danger of backbiting rulers, publicizing their faults, and the obligation of obeying rulers.

The Shaykh : Likewise, if the faults of rulers are publicized without being discussed, there is no doubt that the security system will collapse and the order—meaning the security system—will be disrupted. This is because if the dignity of rulers is trampled upon, they will have no standing in people's hearts and no ability to enforce what they direct. We know that obeying those in authority is part of obeying whom? Whom? Allah and His Messenger. It is obligatory for us to obey them because Allah commanded us to do so. He the Exalted said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit said: Therefore, I warn my brothers, the scholars and students of knowledge, from this crooked, deviant path, which is for some of us to encroach upon the honor of others. And as I told you, man is not infallible.