The Ruling on Cooperating with Deviant Sects
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The questioner:
There is a saying that some callers to the religion have put forward: “We cooperate in what we agree upon, and we excuse one another in what we differ upon.”
The Shaykh:
This is a generalization that is not accepted from every angle, even if it is accepted from some angles.
The questioner:
Some people hold that there is no objection to cooperating with some sects, such as the Sufis and the Rafidah, in certain matters to support Islam, while others hold that one should not cooperate with them and that distinction is necessary. What is the view of Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Cooperating with associations that may have errors in some of the detailed rulings where independent legal reasoning is applied is permissible. However, cooperating with the Rafidah or with deviant Sufis is not permissible; such cooperation is not appropriate. Rather, they need to be called to Allah. Mixing with them and cooperating with them is such that it implies being pleased with the evil and religious innovation they are upon. Therefore, these people must be boycotted. Everyone who displays a religious innovation must be boycotted, or everyone who displays evil must be boycotted, provided he does not seek protection. What? This is how the righteous Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) proceeded in this matter; because if you mix with the one who has a religious innovation or the one who has an apparent evil, those present or those who hear the news will assume that you are pleased with his innovation and pleased with his evil, and that you are lenient regarding it. Yes.
There is a saying that some callers to the religion have put forward: “We cooperate in what we agree upon, and we excuse one another in what we differ upon.”
The Shaykh:
This is a generalization that is not accepted from every angle, even if it is accepted from some angles.
The questioner:
Some people hold that there is no objection to cooperating with some sects, such as the Sufis and the Rafidah, in certain matters to support Islam, while others hold that one should not cooperate with them and that distinction is necessary. What is the view of Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Cooperating with associations that may have errors in some of the detailed rulings where independent legal reasoning is applied is permissible. However, cooperating with the Rafidah or with deviant Sufis is not permissible; such cooperation is not appropriate. Rather, they need to be called to Allah. Mixing with them and cooperating with them is such that it implies being pleased with the evil and religious innovation they are upon. Therefore, these people must be boycotted. Everyone who displays a religious innovation must be boycotted, or everyone who displays evil must be boycotted, provided he does not seek protection. What? This is how the righteous Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) proceeded in this matter; because if you mix with the one who has a religious innovation or the one who has an apparent evil, those present or those who hear the news will assume that you are pleased with his innovation and pleased with his evil, and that you are lenient regarding it. Yes.
Source
على طريق الدعوة — islamhouse.com (56:23)
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