The phrase "asked to abide" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is requested to comply with rules, regulations, or conditions.
Example: "The participants were asked to abide by the competition rules to ensure fairness."
Alternatives: "requested to comply" or "instructed to follow".
He is being asked to abide by the consequences of his own actions".
Drop date: Graduate students enrolled in C249A are asked to abide by the undergraduate drop date, September 25.
And with them have gone most of the commercial cod fishermen, who now are asked to abide by strict regulations.
Library users who are not complying with the Library's food and drink policy will be notified of the policy and asked to abide by it.
On the Guardian, commenters are asked to abide by our community standards, which aim to keep the conversation respectful and constructive – those that fall foul of those standards are blocked.
Ken Chandler, the publisher of The Post, would only say that the pressmen were merely being asked to abide by the terms of the contract, which promises a 2percentt salary increase until 2014 while guaranteeing that the number of pressmen on each shift will stay the same.
Now obviously there are groups that we have no direct control over that you will have to ask to abide by whatever agreement you reach, but we will look at the whole range of issues that are raised by this".
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To bestow legitimacy on his unconstitutional intervention in the cabinet appointment, Khamenei's decision was supported by an overwhelming majority of Iranian MPs who signed a petition and asked Ahmadinejad to abide by the supreme leader.
The Associated Press said it had obtained a copy of a letter Mr. Abbas sent to the new Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniya, that said, "All the officers, soldiers and security personnel are asked not to abide by these decisions and to consider them nonexistent".
