This is what the narration means: if a society is ruled by corrupt and oppressive individuals, pious deeds of the members of that society will not get them anywhere and if some people surrender to those oppressive individuals and follow them, God will punish them. The opposite situation has also been mentioned in the same narration: "And I will forgive any group of Muslims who follow a ruler who guides them under God's order even if they are oppressive and commit sins."
Wato abin da hadisin yake nuni da shi shi ne cewa matukar dai jagorancin wani tsari na al'umma ya kasance a hannun wasu mutane lalatattu kuma azzalumai sannan kuma batattu, to kuwa kokari da yunkurin muminan mutanen da suke cikin wannan al'umma babu inda zai je; sannan kuma idan aka samu wasu mutane a cikin wannan al'umma da suka mika wuya ga wadannan azzaluman da kuma yi musu biyayya, to kuwa Allah zai azabtar da su. Ko da yake a cikin shi kansa wannan hadisin an yi magana kan kishiyar hakan inda yake cewa: "Sannan kuma zan yafe wa duk wani daga musulmin da ya yi biyayya ga wani shugaba mai shiryarwa daga wajen Allah, ko da kuwa a cikin ayyukansu sun zamanto masu zalunci da sabo".