Guidance to the Afghan brothers regarding political and organizational differences

The questioner : If you would be so kind, my dear brother, please give another piece of guidance to the Afghan brothers from the people of hadith. There are many trends, and as we discussed in the previous session, it appears that political and organizational matters have either driven them away or somewhat distracted them from the primary obligation and what they must do, especially during this period? If you would be so kind, please give guidance to our brothers.

The Shaykh : The reality is that I do not know, I mean, I do not know what the conditions are there, because I think the matter is as they say, history repeats itself. We live in this country here, for example, and we have no fighting, no jihad, and no war, but we know that the matter is as Allah the Exalted said in the Qur'an, and unfortunately, His saying applies to us: . So here in our arena, we have a group like us who call for following the Book and the Sunnah and claim affiliation with the righteous Salaf, and there is a group that belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood party, and others to the Islamic Liberation party, and finally, the Tabligh group came. I have no doubt that that verse applies to them as a group, perfectly truly, , and then it applies to them as it was said in the past, "Every one claims a connection to Layla, but Layla does not approve of it for them." I think this exists in the entire Islamic world, and the Islamic world is now gathered in Afghanistan. This calamity cannot be solved, my brother, except through patience, knowledge, and long, protracted scholarly jihad. For example, we say about the Muslim Brotherhood and the Liberation party, and they say about us. So you see, how is the meeting to be, and how is the understanding to be? We claim, and we are certain of the truth of our claim, that the matter is returning to the Book and the Sunnah. And someone might say, "And those people also say the same." And we know that they say the same, but, as it was said, "Claims, unless you establish proofs for them, their children are their claimants." If it is .
It is certain that one of these parties must be the party about which Allah the Mighty and Majestic said, the prevailing ones. So what are the characteristics of this party? It is the one about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, . So if all these parties existing today on the face of the Islamic earth claim the Book and the Sunnah, well, prove to us the truth of this claim in your beliefs first, then in your worship second, then in your conduct third, and finally, we do not find anything of these matters that they can prove. But on the contrary, we may hear from them what demolishes everything we agreed with them upon as a basis, namely the Book and the Sunnah. They say now is not the time to research differences of opinion. We say, you have lived for many years, each one of you, and you are living by the light of this word, "now is not the time to research differences of opinion." So what was the effect of this basis you have lived by? That they all remain as far as possible from the correct knowledge. Because researching correct knowledge divides the people, divides the ranks. And some of them say, like the Liberation party, explicitly, "We establish the Muslim state, then we research the issues of disagreement." How can a nation or a people establish the Muslim state and make it a reality standing on the face of the earth when they themselves have not understood this call first, let alone when they have not made it a reality standing in their hearts? There is a word, may Allah have mercy on you, there is a word transmitted from some of the callers, either Hasan al-Banna or al-Hudaybi, may Allah have mercy on them. I believe it is as if it is an inspiration from Allah the Mighty and Majestic, but I find that the group that belongs to this speaker did not act upon it. That word is: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land, or in your land." This is a very great statement because it combines therein beneficial knowledge and righteous action. "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts" is the correct belief. "It will be established for you on your land," meaning if you apply this Islam that fills your hearts. While we see them, on the contrary, opposing us because we call for correcting concepts, starting from belief to worship to conduct. So how is this disagreement to be solved in a small town like this, and you want to remove the disagreement from modern Babylon, the gathering place of nations, which is now Afghanistan, because many Muslims from the edges of the lands, every country, every region, have come to it, each with its customs, its traditions, its concepts, because there is no longer Islam with a single concept that unites all Muslims on a single understanding. There is the word "La ilaha illa Allah" that gathers Muslims under this word, but as soon as they join in one arena, the disagreement and discord between them appears, because this word has not been understood in its correct way, as I think we explained this word with Abu Munir in that pleasant session, if Allah wills. And so the matter is not easy, and what is upon us is only to proceed in what we believe to be correct from what we are upon, to correct our beliefs, our worship, and our transactions which represent our conduct, in the light of the Book and the Sunnah. So when a small community is available that stands on this correct knowledge and correct education, (Blessed and Exalted is He). We believe that the problem is difficult and very difficult, but we do not weaken and we do not become weak, and we continue in the call to the Book and to the Sunnah. When we call for correcting concepts, they say this raises disagreement, as we said earlier, and indeed it raises disagreement. We believe with them in what they say, we raise disagreement indeed, and raising disagreement, and you may be surprised by this statement, so I hope you will be slow in being surprised, let alone in disapproving, and rather we will understand each other. We say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), from what we understood from his Sunnah, is among his names "Al-Mufarriq" (The Divider). Among his names is Al-Mufarriq, because he first divided between the truth and the falsehood, then he divided between the father and his son, and the son and his father, because when he came with his call, the son believed and the father disbelieved, so they separated, and the opposite is the opposite, and for each of these two there is an example in the Prophetic biography. So whoever wants to follow the footsteps of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) must divide, because if he is right in his call, he will divide between the truth and the falsehood, and if he is wrong, he will divide as the polytheists divided. It is upon us to understand the call of the truth and not to hide behind the name of division, because some of division is obligatory and some of it is forbidden. If we divide between the truth and the falsehood, and between the one who is right and the one who is wrong, we are not to be blamed for calling for what divides, because this division is necessary. How? And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the Muslims will divide into seventy-three sects, all in the Fire except one, to the end of the hadith. So we must understand each other with the close ones who live on this earth before we understand each other with the distant ones. And if we are unable to understand each other with the close ones, and the reason is that we extend our hand to them and they withdraw it from us, we call them to understand each other in the light of the Book and the Sunnah? Then the answer is, this is not its time and not its season. So the sect must remain spreading its tent until Allah the Mighty and Majestic wills to unify the hearts of the Muslims whom Allah the Mighty and Majestic will choose to realize the rule of Allah the Mighty and Majestic on the earth with beneficial knowledge and righteous action. And we believe that everyone who does not follow this path will not be successful in what he seeks.