How should a da'iyah (caller to Islam) deal with the harm of his group after leaving it?
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The Shaykh: [Al-Ahzab 33:62] And this is sufficient, and all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Please, my brother.
The questioner: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. What do you imagine, my brother, is the secret? What does it benefit? In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. First, I say: All praise is due to Allah who guided me to this, and I do not ask, if Allah wills, about the results. In the session I sat with you and the young men, I mentioned to you the beginning of the matter with the Muslim Brotherhood. I told you that I have been with them for twenty-five years. And I have known the truth, if Allah wills, and I want to follow it and I am determined to do so.
The Shaykh: If Allah wills, we ask Allah for success.
The questioner: We ask Allah for that. And I told me to stay with them and advise them, perhaps you will be a nation among them. And I started this advice with those I see good in, and I see in them soundness, and I see them turning to Allah. I explain the matter to them. Of course, these news leaked to some of the lower ranks in the Muslim Brotherhood, the open family. And I mean, I was directing, I was hoping for good from some people, not all of them, I mean, I explain to him, and Allah opened the door for some of the young men.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner: So the leadership found out through some of their groups, so they started with mockery, then hinting, and now with coercion. But.
The Shaykh: As for the third situation.
The questioner: The broadcast.
The Shaykh: We want to understand.
The questioner: He tightens the muscle.
The Shaykh: Yes, what does it mean?
The questioner: This, our Shaykh, is a metaphorical expression. He used the state and meant the place. Continue, if Allah wills. I am surprised in my heart; if I were with a communist party, God forbid, they would have wanted to respect my mind after twenty-five years.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: I say it with bitterness now; I was crying a little while ago.
The Shaykh: I seek refuge in Allah, Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner: A brother came to me last night and said the Muslim Brotherhood found out that you are doing this and that and that. I said to him, my brother, are you imposing a mental hospital on my mind? I read Al-Albani's books for twenty years; how will the listener become? You are imposing, I mean, an iron wall or an iron curtain on my head, like in Russia. I read the books of the Salafis and the books of the Islamists and the books of everyone. So he said, no, this Shaykh is in contact with people and talks to people and is starting to ruin us, so we are going to expel him so that he will be thirty years in da'wah. So of course, I acted and rushed in the matter and sent them a representative and said the words I said, determined that Abd al-Rahman Khalifa is a usurer by name, and that you are working with riba (usury or interest), and you are working with democracy, and I know that it is the head of disbelief. I will not hesitate about this; I will say it and insist on it. But as for slandering individuals, I do not slander the actions and deeds of individuals. Now, of course, being, and God forbid that I take pride in that, meaning that we are a clan and a tribe and they cannot face it, I mean, a confrontation, and I know that they have a confrontation, so they resorted to a cunning, hellish method, and the news reached me today. Mm. Do not respond to him. This Shaykh, you know, is a bit sick. Mumbling. And some of the brothers sitting here are trustworthy, and I found this speech. Now with us, this is a bit of confusion, I mean, you know, I know that he hit you with the argument and chatted with you his chatters and turned your brains in it, but this, you know, is a bit of confusion, like this. So of course, I mean, I was in my heart wanting to talk to the governor and request him personally about the Minister of the Interior, and if he does not respond, I will resort to another method. But I return and say, I mean, if a person is angry, he should fear Allah in his anger. So what do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh: First. If you do not seek advice, you resort to another method. What do you mean by the other method? Because the first method does not have what is reprehensible, so perhaps he will be cautious and deterred. But the other method does not...
The questioner: I mean, this is from a group of people. I send him ten or twelve young men from my clan and I say to him, understand, you and him, in the Jewish style. Frankly, I mean. The style of coercion, I mean. A style that will help me. They, this style, cannot do it to me. But I want to answer in this style, but I am afraid for myself from that.
The Shaykh: I mean, you want to put yourself in their place.
The questioner: True?
The Shaykh: No, we do not agree with this.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you,[An-Nahl 16:125] [Al-A'raf 7:199] [Fussilat 41:43] To whom is this address directed? To the Master of Mankind and the most perfect of Mankind. Absolutely, it was said of him that he is a sorcerer, a poet, and a madman. So whatever is said about you and about each one of us here and not here, it is less than what was said in the right of the Master of Mankind and the prophets and messengers all. And therefore, what I advise is that you do not meet these people with their like style, but rather you continue in the line we agreed upon previously in calling these individuals and their like of the weak to Allah, so perhaps you, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, will gain the virtue of Then leave them in their ignorance to be deluded. Let them say about you that you are a madman or almost a madman, for they said about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as you heard, what is worse than that. And this is the Sunnah of Allah in His creation. It is obligatory for every individual of us now to know that the call to the truth cannot launch in the ranks of the falsifiers, the ignorant, and the enemies of the call to the truth except with such a jihad and patience upon it. And therefore, I ask you that you do not be too enthusiastic. Let your mind and your knowledge and your wisdom overcome your emotions. This is it. And the group, indeed, I mean, they use their muscles, unfortunately, because this alone indicates that they are not people of da'wah, but rather they are a party group only, and there is no difference between them and the other parties. And we do not want to be like them. We want to be like the first generation who met what they met in the way of steadfastness upon the da'wah and were patient upon it until our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, helped them against their enemies. And remember with me always the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: [Al-'Ankabut 29:69] This is my advice to you. Order. Perhaps some of the brothers present, and especially Professor Abu Malik, will add to us support in such a matter that you are asking about.
[This is] the established way of Allah with those who passed on before; and you will not find in the way of Allah any change.
سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًاThe questioner: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. What do you imagine, my brother, is the secret? What does it benefit? In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. First, I say: All praise is due to Allah who guided me to this, and I do not ask, if Allah wills, about the results. In the session I sat with you and the young men, I mentioned to you the beginning of the matter with the Muslim Brotherhood. I told you that I have been with them for twenty-five years. And I have known the truth, if Allah wills, and I want to follow it and I am determined to do so.
The Shaykh: If Allah wills, we ask Allah for success.
The questioner: We ask Allah for that. And I told me to stay with them and advise them, perhaps you will be a nation among them. And I started this advice with those I see good in, and I see in them soundness, and I see them turning to Allah. I explain the matter to them. Of course, these news leaked to some of the lower ranks in the Muslim Brotherhood, the open family. And I mean, I was directing, I was hoping for good from some people, not all of them, I mean, I explain to him, and Allah opened the door for some of the young men.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner: So the leadership found out through some of their groups, so they started with mockery, then hinting, and now with coercion. But.
The Shaykh: As for the third situation.
The questioner: The broadcast.
The Shaykh: We want to understand.
The questioner: He tightens the muscle.
The Shaykh: Yes, what does it mean?
The questioner: This, our Shaykh, is a metaphorical expression. He used the state and meant the place. Continue, if Allah wills. I am surprised in my heart; if I were with a communist party, God forbid, they would have wanted to respect my mind after twenty-five years.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: I say it with bitterness now; I was crying a little while ago.
The Shaykh: I seek refuge in Allah, Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner: A brother came to me last night and said the Muslim Brotherhood found out that you are doing this and that and that. I said to him, my brother, are you imposing a mental hospital on my mind? I read Al-Albani's books for twenty years; how will the listener become? You are imposing, I mean, an iron wall or an iron curtain on my head, like in Russia. I read the books of the Salafis and the books of the Islamists and the books of everyone. So he said, no, this Shaykh is in contact with people and talks to people and is starting to ruin us, so we are going to expel him so that he will be thirty years in da'wah. So of course, I acted and rushed in the matter and sent them a representative and said the words I said, determined that Abd al-Rahman Khalifa is a usurer by name, and that you are working with riba (usury or interest), and you are working with democracy, and I know that it is the head of disbelief. I will not hesitate about this; I will say it and insist on it. But as for slandering individuals, I do not slander the actions and deeds of individuals. Now, of course, being, and God forbid that I take pride in that, meaning that we are a clan and a tribe and they cannot face it, I mean, a confrontation, and I know that they have a confrontation, so they resorted to a cunning, hellish method, and the news reached me today. Mm. Do not respond to him. This Shaykh, you know, is a bit sick. Mumbling. And some of the brothers sitting here are trustworthy, and I found this speech. Now with us, this is a bit of confusion, I mean, you know, I know that he hit you with the argument and chatted with you his chatters and turned your brains in it, but this, you know, is a bit of confusion, like this. So of course, I mean, I was in my heart wanting to talk to the governor and request him personally about the Minister of the Interior, and if he does not respond, I will resort to another method. But I return and say, I mean, if a person is angry, he should fear Allah in his anger. So what do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh: First. If you do not seek advice, you resort to another method. What do you mean by the other method? Because the first method does not have what is reprehensible, so perhaps he will be cautious and deterred. But the other method does not...
The questioner: I mean, this is from a group of people. I send him ten or twelve young men from my clan and I say to him, understand, you and him, in the Jewish style. Frankly, I mean. The style of coercion, I mean. A style that will help me. They, this style, cannot do it to me. But I want to answer in this style, but I am afraid for myself from that.
The Shaykh: I mean, you want to put yourself in their place.
The questioner: True?
The Shaykh: No, we do not agree with this.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you,
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best.
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُand turn away from the ignorant.
وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَNothing is said to you, [O Muhammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you
مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَThat Allah should guide a man by your hand is more beloved to him than the red camels.
لأن يهدي الله على يديك رجلا أحب إليه من حمر النعمAnd those who strive for Us - We will surely guide them to Our ways
وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1444 — d3watuna.com (2:04)
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