\n Someone who is attached to a ruling authority usually...

\n Someone who is attached to a ruling authority usually cites the example of Ali bin Yaqteen, a companion of 7 th Imam -asws who was a Minister of Haroon Al-Rashid, and was directly receiving instructions from Imam Musa Al-Kazim -asws and Imam -asws asked him not to leave his post as a minister and keep on safeguarding the interests of Shias who were unfairly treated by the Abbasid government.

\n Ali bin Yaqeen has narrated many Ahadith from the 7 th and 8 th Imams -asws and had not only a good understanding of the religion but was in direct contact with the Imams -asws . Therefore, anyone with a similar status to Ali bin Yaqteen may be able to justify his role in an unjust governing body. See Appendix I for Ahadith on Ali bin Yaqteen.

\n As for the support for the unjust establishment, this is sufficient to call those who oppose the injustices of the state as the anti-state or rebellious ( Baghee ) \u2013 Yazeed -la \u2019s governors managed to assemble a large army against Imam Hussain -asws , upon obtaining\/fabricating a fatwa from Qadi Al-Shurayh, who declared anyone standing against the state is a Baghee and must be captured or killed.

[5] \n Finally, Appendix II presents the Ahadith on how some people end up supporting an unjust establishment or unintentionally having good intentions\/supplications for the state and upon realising their wrong stance, and how they can correct their affairs. \n Background Ahadith: \n It is challenging to justify working for a ruler or an establishment that bends the rules and oppresses people through sheer force.

Therefore, one cannot act honestly and without prejudice and is compelled to be biased in one’s work.