ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

Hadith 319
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319 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: من أرْضِى سلطاناً بِما يسخط اللَّه خَرَجَ عَنْ دين اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
31-319 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Whoever pleases a ruler by displeasing God has abandoned the Honorable the Exalted God’s religion.”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq