Obligation to Listen and Obey the Rulers in Matters That Are Not Sinful

Hadith: Arabic Text followed by English Translation. 

وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏

على المرء المسلم السمع والطاعة فيما أحب وكره، إلا أن يؤمر بمعصية، فإذا أمر بمعصية فلا سمع ولا طاعة

متفق عليه، أخرجه البخاري، ٧١٤٤ و مسلم، ١٨٣٩

Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

It is obligatory upon a Muslim to listen (to the ruler) and obey whether he likes it or not, except when he is ordered to do a sinful thing; in such case, there is no obligation to listen or to obey

Narrated by Al-Bukhari, 7144 and Muslim, 1839

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