What is the ruling on the supporters of the Sunnah entering elections and parliament?

The questioner : Now, praise be to Allah, the call (da'wah) has entered a new phase in Sudan. Yes, the issue of elections is also a subject of debate among some of the youth. Some say that the group's entry into the Constituent Assembly and the elections is not permissible. Others say that for the benefit of the call, it is necessary to elect one or two people to enter this arena, arguing that leaving this field gives destructive currents, such as leftist groups and others, a space to operate. What is your Eminence's opinion?

The Shaykh : Yes, this question is one of the examples that were on my mind when I told you, my brother, that brothers from Sudan came to us in this place, and perhaps Sabri here remembers, and they asked us questions, including this one. I told you that if these are the questions we are being asked, then it is actually a waste of time for me. I gave a long lecture to our brothers and concluded it, yes?

The questioner : Please, keep it brief now.

The Shaykh : So I say that I concluded that it is not permissible for us to show loyalty to these people who rule by Western laws and European systems. Rather, we remain on our path, calling to Allah, until the people are enlightened and realize that the way to establish the rule of Allah is not through parliaments and elections. And then the question arises: does the woman vote? Does she vote? Is that in your context? There is absolutely no need for such matters. And I believe, indeed I am certain, that the day our brothers, the supporters of the Sunnah, enter parliament, the call will be destroyed. Because they will become occupied with politics, and what do you know of politics? This is if they themselves do not get swept away and deviate from the call. As for the call dying because they will be occupied with politics, this is a matter that will inevitably happen to them. But what we fear most is that many of the individuals who will be nominated from among the supporters of the Sunnah to be, for example, members of parliament, and then it will come to the point of being a minister in parliament, a minister of education, a minister of, I don't know, what, and he will not be able to implement the rule of Islam. And why should we go far? We are the supporters of the Sunnah.
The Shaykh: Allah has favored us by making us believe that the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and that it is our path to Allah the Exalted, and it is through it that we reach happiness in this world and the Hereafter. What was the position of the Messenger toward the polytheists? Did he rely on them to some extent? Yes.
The Shaykh: In order to attract them. You know the saying of Allah: to the end of the noble verse. I do not support at all those people who say that the end justifies the means. If we join the parliament as members, those close ones or the communists or their like will take our place.
The Shaykh: Let them do what they wish. We are proceeding in our call. We will make our people truly Muslim through our call. And those communists and their like will fail, and they will have no place in the governance that will be established, by the permission of Allah the Exalted, upon the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah. But they are a people who rush things.