Jambo moja ambalo limetengwa katika wajibu wa kumtii mtawala ni pale anapoamuru dhambi. Kutengwa huku kumethibitishwa kwa maandishi. Nafi’ ameripoti kwa mamlaka ya Ibnu ‘Umar kwamba Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alisema: “Ni wajibu kwa Muislamu kusikiliza na kutii, awe anapenda au hapendi, isipokuwa pale anapoamriwa kufanya kitendo cha dhambi. Akiamriwa kufanya kitendo cha dhambi, Muislamu asisikilize wala asitii.” [Imepokewa na Muslim] Kinachozungumziwa hapa ni hali ya mtawala kumwamuru Muislamu kutenda dhambi. Hakihusu suala la mtawala kuwa mwenye dhambi. Ikiwa mtawala alitenda dhambi kabla yako bila kukuamuru uitende, bado unalazimika kumtii. Muslim ameripoti kwa mamlaka ya ‘Awf Ibnu Malik Al-Ashja‘i, alisema: “Nilimsikia Mtume wa Allah ﷺ akisema:

One matter that has been excluded from the obligation of obeying the ruler is when He orders a sin. This exclusion has been confirmed by text. Nafi’ reported on the authority of Ibnu ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said; “It is obligatory upon a Muslim that He should listen and obey whether He likes it or not, except when He is ordered to commit a sinful act. If He is ordered to do a sinful act, a Muslim should neither listen nor obey.” [Narrated by Muslim] The subject being addressed here is the case of a ruler ordering a Muslim to commit sin. It does not address the issue of a ruler being sinful. If the ruler committed the sin before you, without ordering you to commit it, you still have to obey him. Muslim reported on the authority of ‘Awf Ibnu Malik Al- Ashjai’, He said; “I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: