And yanqimūn means: they disapprove, as Allah Most High says:

“They resented them for no reason other than that they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.” [Surah al-Buruj 85:8]

That is, the only thing they disapproved of in them was this.

Thus, the imam must correspond with them; he must not fight or kill them. He should send to them a trustworthy person who is acceptable to all parties, so that he may confer with them and ask them what they find objectionable.

His statement, “If they mention an injustice, he must remove it,” is because their rising in order to remove injustices is a rising based on a valid interpretation. A person is not permitted to wrong people, even if he holds supreme authority over them, because removing injustice is obligatory, whether the people demand it or not. For Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: “My servants, I have forbidden injustice for Myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another.” (1)

This is how it occurs in the sacred hadith which the Prophet ﷺ related from his Lord. Therefore, he must remove the injustice, restore wrongfully taken rights to their rightful owners, and prevent future oppression. Although this is inherently obligatory upon him, since injustice is forbidden, its obligation becomes even more pressing after these people have demanded it, in order to spare the blood of the Muslims. For if he persists in maintaining his injustice, they will fight him and evil will result.

The apparent meaning of the author’s words is that there is no difference between an injustice that is public and one that is private.

An example of a public injustice is that he imposes taxes on people’s trade, or compels them to demolish their homes and rebuild them according to the design he wishes, or