The Ruling on Secret Meetings and Attending Them

The questioner:
He says: They walk around saying what is in the other era. He says to the person he loves, whom he created and bought with him in his principles, that he will die with you. Is it permissible to make an exception for water for himself?

The Shaykh:
This is not permissible to be said regarding a monastery; a monastery is for the Christians, not for the Muslims. It is not permissible to say that a Muslim has a monastery. As for attending meetings, this requires a distinction. If these meetings are good, containing knowledge, scholars, benefit, and gatherings of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), then one should attend them and benefit from them. Also, the meetings should not be Egyptian.
They should be meetings that are recorded and documented about the people, so they are public meetings in the mosques, in the mosques or in prominent places where people see them, attend them, and need them. But if they are recorded and secret, these are subject to suspicion; they are greatly suspected of this.
Our religion is not in these matters, except if the Muslims are in lands of disbelievers and they are afraid of the disbelievers, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were in Makkah in the early times of the da'wah (calling), threatened by the disbelievers. If they revealed anything, there is no harm in secrecy because they are in danger. But in the lands of Muslims and among Muslims, there is no need for these secrets and these hidden meetings. If the intention is to spread good, it is obligatory that it be generalized among the Muslims and be in the mosque or in a place where people see it, know about it, and attend it. But if these meetings contain evil, contain doubts, or are attended by people not known for knowledge and not known for uprightness, then these are meetings that are not permissible to attend because they are not honest and are suspicious. Yes.