The Ruling on the Multiplicity of Parties and Dawah Groups

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Question:
May Allah reward you for your excellence. This question says: There are those who claim that the multiplicity of parties and dawah groups is evidence of the soundness of the Ummah. Is this correct?

Answer:
This is invalid. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: "Do not dispute, lest you fail and your strength be lost, and be patient." And He, Exalted and Exalted is He, said:

If Allah had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved.

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن بَعْدِهِم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَلَٰكِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ آمَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ

[Al-Baqarah 2:253]

And if Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allah does what He intends.

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلُوا وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

[Al-Baqarah 2:253]

So, with disagreement, disputes, and the multiplication of parties, nothing comes but evils and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). The Muslims are one community. One party.
He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:

Unquestionably, the party of Allah

أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ

[Al-Mujadila 58:22]

the prevailing ones

And [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome.

وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ

[As-Saffat 37:173]

So they are one community and one party. It is not permissible for the Muslims to be parties and to split into factions. Yes.

Source موقف المسلم من الفتن 08-03-1439هـ. — af.org.sa (37:59)

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