Arabic → English transcript

Imagine that the ruler,

whether he is a king or a president, and so on…

has half an hour on television, he goes live on air,

committing adultery and drinking alcohol— what is our stance on him?

Live on air, he commits adultery and drinks alcohol. If you are in front of him,

then denounce it, even in a loud voice, even in front of people, even publicly,

but you must consider the benefit and the harm. But if you are behind him,

do not mention his name.

Use a manner in which you are advising the ruler,

making people’s hearts unite around him,

even if he commits adultery for half an hour every day on television,

because you are required by Islamic law to bring people together around the ruler.

Do not incite people against the ruler while condemning what?

Condemning evil without… without what? Without naming it,

no neither explicitly nor implicitly

For obedience to God and obedience to the Messenger

was not conjoined with a command that we obey those in authority

but“ those in authority” was conjoined with“ the one who is obeyed,”

without a command to obey

So if you are not inwardly upon those two obediences, then you have no obedience,

because there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator