The Ruling on Groups and Factionalism in the Land of Tawhid
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The questioner:
And people turn to some of the groups, whether it is at night or that they are advised. And what they decided is that this land, praise be to Allah, has united the people on tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and on Islam, under the authority of the Muslims, and it has security and stability, and it has great good.
The Shaykh:
We are one group; we do not accept division and groups. These groups exist in other lands where there is no straight order and no established order. As for our land, praise be to Allah, it differs from other lands by what Allah has bestowed upon it of good: the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the removal of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the establishment of an Islamic government from the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab until our time, praise be to Allah. I do not say that it is perfect in every respect, but it is, praise be to Allah, still standing in good: enjoining good, forbidding evil, establishing the hudud (the fixed Qur'anic punishments), ruling by what Allah has revealed. The Shari'ah courts are standing, and the inheritance is for the heirs; no one interferes in it. The inheritance is for the heirs, except in other lands, where if a person dies, his wealth is confiscated or most of it is taken, so his heirs do not get straight except a little. So we are one group in this land; we do not accept the other groups and schools of thought, because they weaken our unity, tighten our bonds, poison the ideas of our youth, and create enmity and hatred between us. If these groups enter upon us, this meaning in which we live will vanish. So we do not want them. This is a sin. Whatever good is in them, we have it, praise be to Allah, and whatever evil is in them, we want to stay away from it. As for the other groups, whatever good is in them, we have it, praise be to Allah. So it is obligatory for us to present the good for Allah. If there is evil in it, Allah does not want it for us or for our land.
The questioner:
This is it.
The Shaykh:
Whoever wants to enter with us in this truth, let him enter with us. And whoever wants another group, let him go to it. As for our land, it is one group. Whoever wants to enter with us in this matter, call with our call, adhere to our group, and follow our methodology, welcome. Whoever does not want our group, let him go to what he wants in other lands and not corrupt our affair for us. Yes.
And people turn to some of the groups, whether it is at night or that they are advised. And what they decided is that this land, praise be to Allah, has united the people on tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and on Islam, under the authority of the Muslims, and it has security and stability, and it has great good.
The Shaykh:
We are one group; we do not accept division and groups. These groups exist in other lands where there is no straight order and no established order. As for our land, praise be to Allah, it differs from other lands by what Allah has bestowed upon it of good: the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the removal of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the establishment of an Islamic government from the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab until our time, praise be to Allah. I do not say that it is perfect in every respect, but it is, praise be to Allah, still standing in good: enjoining good, forbidding evil, establishing the hudud (the fixed Qur'anic punishments), ruling by what Allah has revealed. The Shari'ah courts are standing, and the inheritance is for the heirs; no one interferes in it. The inheritance is for the heirs, except in other lands, where if a person dies, his wealth is confiscated or most of it is taken, so his heirs do not get straight except a little. So we are one group in this land; we do not accept the other groups and schools of thought, because they weaken our unity, tighten our bonds, poison the ideas of our youth, and create enmity and hatred between us. If these groups enter upon us, this meaning in which we live will vanish. So we do not want them. This is a sin. Whatever good is in them, we have it, praise be to Allah, and whatever evil is in them, we want to stay away from it. As for the other groups, whatever good is in them, we have it, praise be to Allah. So it is obligatory for us to present the good for Allah. If there is evil in it, Allah does not want it for us or for our land.
The questioner:
This is it.
The Shaykh:
Whoever wants to enter with us in this truth, let him enter with us. And whoever wants another group, let him go to it. As for our land, it is one group. Whoever wants to enter with us in this matter, call with our call, adhere to our group, and follow our methodology, welcome. Whoever does not want our group, let him go to what he wants in other lands and not corrupt our affair for us. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - 06 — archive.org (1:02:05)
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