Mu’waiyah ibn Abi Sufyan reported: When Abu Dharr set out for al-Rabadah, he was met by riders from the people of Iraq. They said, “O Abu Dharr, we have heard what was done to you, so raise a banner and men will come to you in numbers as you wish!” Abu Dharr said, “Careful! Careful, O people of Islam! For I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: There will be authorities after me, so strengthen them. Whoever seeks to humiliate them has struck at the throat of Islam. His repentance will not be accepted until he retracts it as it had been.”
Source: al-Sunnah li-Ibn Abī ‘Āṣim 1079
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
Imam al-Qarrafi commented, “It is obligatory to obey the leaders and to show them respect, and likewise their deputies. If they disobey through injustice or by suspending a prescribed legal punishment, then it becomes obligatory to admonish them, and it is forbidden to obey them in disobedience or to assist them in it. It is not permissible to rebel against whoever has assumed authority, even if he is unjust… A foundational principle is that regulating public welfare is obligatory, and it cannot be properly maintained except by the rulers holding a high standing in the hearts of the subjects. Whenever their authority is contested or they are humiliated, the realization of public welfare becomes impossible.”
Source: al-Dhakhīrah lil-Qarāfī 13/234
عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ لَمَّا خَرَجَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، لَقِيَهُ رَكْبٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَدْ بَلَغَنَا الَّذِي صُنِعَ بِكَ فَاعْقِدْ لِوَاءً يَأْتِكَ رِجَالٌ مَا شِئْتَ قَالَ مَهْلًا مَهْلًا يَا أَهْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي سُلْطَانٌ فَأَعِزُّوهُ مَنِ الْتَمَسَ ذُلَّهُ ثَغَرَ ثُغْرَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَمْ يُقْبَلْ مِنْهُ تَوْبَةٌ حَتَّى يُعِيدَهَا كَمَا كَانَتْ
1079 السنة لابن أبي عاصم باب في ذكر السمع والطاعة
2/513 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح في تخريج كتاب السنة
قال القرافي وَيجب طَاعَة الأيمة وَإِجْلَالُهُمْ وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَّابُهُمْ فَإِنْ عَصَوْا بِظُلْمٍ أَوْ تَعْطِيلِ حَدٍّ وَجَبَ الْوَعْظُ وَحَرُمَتْ طَاعَتُهُ فِي الْمعْصِيَة وإعانته عَلَيْهَا وَلَا يَجُوزُ الْخُرُوجُ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَ وَإِنْ جَارَ … قَاعِدَةٌ ضَبْطُ الْمَصَالِحِ الْعَامَّة وَاجِبٌ وَلَا تَنْضَبِطُ إِلَّا بعظمة الأيمة فِي نَفْسِ الرَّعِيَّةِ وَمَتَى اخْتَلَف عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ أُهِينُوا تَعَذَّرَتِ الْمَصْلَحَةُ
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