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The 'Prophet said, "It is obligatory for one to listen to and obey (the ruler's orders) unless these orders
involve one disobedience (to Allah); but if an act of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed, he should not
listen to or obey it."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 167
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent us on military expedition telling us, "If you find such and such persons (he named two men from Quraish), burn them fire." Then we came to bid him farewell, when we wanted to set out, he said: "Previously I ordered you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so with fire, but as punishment with fire is done by none except Allah, if you capture them, kill them, (instead)."
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That heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "We are the last but will be the foremost to enter Paradise)." The
Prophet added, "He who obeys me, obeys Allah, and he who disobeys me, disobeys Allah. He who
obeys the chief, obeys me, and he who disobeys the chief, disobeys me. The Imam is like a shelter for
whose safety the Muslims should fight and where they should seek protection. If the Imam orders
people with righteousness and rules justly, then he will be rewarded for that, and if he does the
opposite, he will be responsible for that."