The Role of Groups and Political Parties in Events and Advice for Muslim Youth

Question:
In an oral question, we read the question from one of the papers. He says: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Do the contemporary Islamic groups and political parties have a role in what is happening in these lands, and what is your advice?

Answer:
Yes, yes. Evil, when it first begins, starts small and then develops. So, separating from the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community and turning to other methodologies ultimately causes these ugly crimes. And they say, "The fire starts from a small spark." It begins as a spark, then it becomes a burning fire that consumes the green and the dry.
If the Muslim youth, may Allah guide them, had followed the sound methodology, the methodology of calling to Allah, tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and creed, and seeking knowledge, and sticking to the scholars and jurists, what happened would not have happened to them. It did not happen because they did not lean toward political parties, groups, and division and disagreement. What happened did happen, and we fear, and there is no power nor strength except in Allah, that this matter will increase. But perhaps Allah will guide the Muslim youth so that they return to the right path, leave the political parties, groups, and divisions, and become one group. And they will be one party: the party of Allah and the soldiers of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.