What is the Islamic ruling on the police violating the sanctity of mosques by launching armed attacks and killing the worshippers, and is it correct to say that these governments must be obeyed and one must not rebel against them?

The questioner : Also, he asks and says: What is the Islamic ruling on the violation of the sanctity of mosques by the police forces and what is called security, through armed attacks and the killing of worshippers? And can we call these governments that do this governments that must be obeyed and against whom one must not rebel?

The Shaykh : As for this aggression, it is without a doubt, and it is understood from the previous answer, that it is the worst thing that happens in the mosques of Muslims who are prevented from praying in the houses of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Only the polytheists do this kind of prevention, just as they used to do with the early Muslims in the city from which the weak Muslims emigrated, which is Makkah. As for obeying these people, there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator, as is established among the scholars of Muslims based on authentic and very numerous hadiths. As for rebelling against these people, we do not see rebelling against the rulers of Muslims except if open disbelief is seen from them. And there is no doubt that striking Muslims in their mosques is open and explicit disbelief. However, we see at the same time that rebelling against them should be prepared for, first with moral preparation, then with material preparation. Therefore, we see in many Islamic countries where Muslims are afflicted with such rulers who strike the worshippers and prevent them from frequenting the houses of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), that they do not have patience as the early weak Muslims had patience, but rather they rush into action, as came in some hadiths from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said to them: ; therefore, we advise our Muslim brothers who live in such countries where they are prevented from performing prayers in the mosques not to rush into rebelling against them, but rather to prepare the prescribed preparation, as He (the Exalted) said in the Noble Qur'an: , and preparation is of two kinds. Here I must say a short word, and I apologize, and I say: Indeed, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commanded the Muslims in the Noble Qur'an by His saying: . The clarity of this verse is evident to every Arab, in that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commanded all Muslims to prepare every kind of equipment with which they would terrify the enemy of Allah and the enemy of the Muslims. This is a clear command that does not need clarification. But it is necessary to mention two matters. The first branches from the material preparation commanded in the verse, which is His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)—and it is like an explanation, and I do not say it is an explanation of the verse, but rather it is like an explanation of the verse—namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . What I want to clarify on the occasion of this hadith is that first, it is not a restriction of strength, but rather it is a mention of the strongest force that was known by which the Muslim could reach his enemy at that time, which is shooting with arrows and darts. As for today, it is not hidden from everyone that these arrows and darts do not exist and do not achieve harm to the enemy, so it is necessary to adopt the known means today of shooting in all its types and forms. Thus, when Muslims are commanded to prepare this material equipment, it is not sufficient for them to be satisfied with what is called handling light weapons; it is necessary to expand in preparing the strength that achieves harm and victory over the enemy. This is the first matter. The other matter, which is more important to me, is that when Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: , He only addressed the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised with that upbringing whose effects appeared in the battles that took place between the Muslims and the polytheists, and the Muslims had the upper hand over them. So if we apply the command in all ages, as is obligatory, then we should note that the command is directed to Muslims who were raised with that upbringing, meaning: raised upon the Book and the authentic Sunnah and upon the methodology of the righteous predecessors. When this highest goal, which is this upbringing, is realized, then it is obligatory for these people to carry out the apparent meaning of this explicit text to the end of the verse. As for what we see today in some countries afflicted with such wicked, oppressive, disbelieving rulers, I say to these oppressed, wronged Muslims: I remind them of the known wisdom, which is derived from some of the authentic hadiths mentioned earlier. That wisdom is: "Whoever rushes into a matter before its time is tried with deprivation." Therefore, I remind them of the like of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . I do not want anyone to understand from my word anything other than its explicitness regarding the obligation of preparation, moral and material. I mean by patience that they do not do anything, but rather they must do both matters together, which we refer to in some of our words as purification and upbringing. I mean by purification that we purify this knowledge that we inherited from our fathers, in which is all good, but in which is also what obscures it, namely what is contrary to the Book and the Sunnah and to what the righteous predecessors were upon, whether it relates to creed, faith, and the oneness of Allah, or it relates to rulings and jurisprudence, or it relates to morals and behavior. It is necessary to carry out this purification and establish upbringing based on it. And then the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah.
Yes.