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Uqbah ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Have you become incapable when I sent a man from among you and he did not carry out 1 my command, that you should replace him with one who carries out my command?"
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Note 1
(1) The statement: "and he did not carry out my command, that you should replace him with one who carries out my command": It means it is disliked to appoint a sinner, and he should be removed due to his sinfulness unless it causes fitnah. The intent is that he deserves removal, and therefore it was not said: "He is removed." As stated in (Ad-Durr al-Mukhtar) and (Radd al-Muhtar).
Note 1
(١) قوله: فلم يمض لأمري أن تجعلوا مكانه من يمضي لأمري: أي يكره تقليد الفاسق يعزل بالفسق إلا لفتنة. والمراد أنه يستحق العزل، ولذا لم يقل: ينعزل. قاله في (الدر المختار) و(رد المحتار).