The Ruling on Joining Political Parties and Voting for Them in Times of Fitnah

Question:
This is a person from Egypt who says: It is not hidden from you the events taking place in Egypt, where some well-known shaykhs, known to many people, have rushed to establish a party they called the Salafi Party of Light in order to resist liberal and secular currents. Is it permissible for a Muslim to join these parties or give them his vote in the elections? I hope you will simplify the answer because of our need for it. May Allah bless your works.

Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim in times of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) to avoid them and stay away from them until they subside, and not to enter into them. This is the obligation of the Muslim. These parties and groupings may lead to evil, to fitnah, and to fighting among them. So the Muslim avoids fitnah as much as he can, asks Allah for well-being, and prays for the Muslims that Allah will relieve them and remove this fitnah and this hardship from them. Yes.