Prohibiting the doctrines of sects and parties for their contradiction of the Book and the Sunnah

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the prohibition of Islamic sects and parties a means of blocking the path to harm? Some say that their prohibition was a means of blocking the path to harm, and that the stronger public interest requires the formation of sects and parties in the countries?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
He says: And the stronger public interest requires the formation of Islamic sects and parties in the countries?

The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.

The questioner:
He says: Is the prohibition of Islamic sects and parties? Is the prohibition of Islamic sects and parties a means of blocking the path to harm? So some say that their prohibition was a means of blocking the path to harm,

The Shaykh:
Their prohibition is not that the sects are forbidden; their doctrines are forbidden. Their doctrines are forbidden because they contradict the Book and the Sunnah, and whatever contradicts the Book and the Sunnah is forbidden, and they have contradicted the Book and the Sunnah.