Islamic Creed
Hearing and Obeying When an Order Is Suspected to Be Sinful
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
If a person receives an order from those in authority but is not certain that it is sinful, although he suspects it, what should he do?
Answer (English translation)
He listens and obeys until he is certain that it is sinful.