What is the meaning of {those in authority}? And whom does it include?
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Question:
Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Nisa: 59]. Is the intended meaning: the rulers and the scholars, and the person in charge at work, such as the general president or the general manager...?
Answer:
The verse is general in the correct view; it encompasses those in authority from among the rulers and those in authority from among the scholars. It is obligatory to obey them all in what is right, not in sins.
Q: And the general president or the responsible manager?
The Shaykh: He is among those in authority; he is to be obeyed in what is right.
Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْAnswer:
The verse is general in the correct view; it encompasses those in authority from among the rulers and those in authority from among the scholars. It is obligatory to obey them all in what is right, not in sins.
Q: And the general president or the responsible manager?
The Shaykh: He is among those in authority; he is to be obeyed in what is right.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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