ذِكْرُ نَفْيِ إِيجَابِ الطَّاعَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ إِذَا دَعَا إِلَى مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
Enter it. Some people wanted to enter it, but others said: This is what we wanted to flee from. That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said to those who had wanted to enter it: “If you had entered it you would have remained in it until the Day of Resurrection.” He said some kind words to the others, then he said: ʿThere is no obedience in that which involves disobedience towards Allah; obedience is only with regard to that which is right and proper.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 724)
بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَيْشًا وَأَمَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا فَأَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَقَالَ ادْخُلُوهَا فَأَرَادَ نَاسٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ إِنَّا فَرَرْنَا مِنْهَا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِلَّذِينَ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا «لَوْ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا لَمْ تَزَالُوا فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ» أَوْ قَالَ «أَبَدًا» وَقَالَ لِلْآخَرِينَ «خَيْرًا» وَقَالَ «أَحْسَنْتُمْ لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ»