then he should not do so. For example, if there is an unjust government such that, when these things are broken and it is said that the Muslims broke them, they imprison them and prevent them from calling people to what is good, then we say: it is not permissible to proceed with breaking them, because that entails harm. But if the authorities are pleased with this, and it is not done as an act of open defiance, then it may be obligatory, because it removes sin and transgression.