The Meaning of "Hizbiyyah" in Da'wah and the Ruling on Following the People of Hizbiyyah

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that the da'i takes the methodology of da'wah from the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and does not take it from the hizbiyyah. Is that correct? What is meant by hizbiyyah, and is it permissible to follow one who takes his methodology from the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

Answer:
What is meant by hizbiyyah is that they establish a group for themselves and set a methodology around which they circulate the pledge of allegiance, and they do not go beyond it, nor add to it, nor subtract from it, and it has no basis in the Book or the Sunnah; it is merely a term they coined. This is what is not permissible to act upon. However, if they established their methodology based on the Book and the Sunnah, and did not contradict the Book and the Sunnah, then this is a valid methodology. Yes.