What is the position of the aware young man regarding the division among the youth?
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Question : Your Eminence the Shaykh! It is not hidden from you (may Allah preserve you) the division among the Muslim youth in this time, from the parties and the like. So what is the position of the aware young man regarding this problem?
Answer : I see that he should isolate himself from all these groups. And that he should not take sides with so-and-so or so-and-so.
And I see it as advice for the sake of Allah and for my sons and my brothers the youth that they should leave off delving into that, because it diverts them from the remembrance of Allah and from knowledge and from what concerns them. The Muslim community is required to be one community. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:103] And the Exalted said to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): [Al-An'am 6:159] So beware, beware, O youth, of division, hatred, and enmity, for this is what your enemies want from you. They say, "We are content with the calling of others." The youth are now quarreling, each one of them declaring the other to be in error, and they are looking on. And while they are looking on at this blame.
They work day and night to carry out what they want. I ask Allah the Exalted to cut off their hope in what harms the community. So it is incumbent upon you, O brothers, it is incumbent upon you to unite, it is incumbent upon you to love one another, it is incumbent upon you to cast aside division, even if you differ in opinion. Differing in opinion with good intention is not differing in reality. Did not the Companions differ in what is among the most important matters?
When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) urged them to go out to Banu Qurayzah and said, "None of you is to pray the 'Asr prayer except in Banu Qurayzah," the time for the 'Asr prayer overtook them. They differed among themselves; some prayed within the time, and some delayed the prayer until they arrived after sunset. And despite this difference in the 'Asr prayer, which is the best of the prayers, no division or difference occurred in their hearts. So let us be like them. I ask Allah the Exalted to gather the hearts upon His obedience, and to make us loving one another for the sake of Allah, supporting one another in the religion of Allah, seeking thereby the Face of Allah, and that the word of Allah be the highest. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
Answer : I see that he should isolate himself from all these groups. And that he should not take sides with so-and-so or so-and-so.
And I see it as advice for the sake of Allah and for my sons and my brothers the youth that they should leave off delving into that, because it diverts them from the remembrance of Allah and from knowledge and from what concerns them. The Muslim community is required to be one community. Allah the Exalted said:
And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُواIndeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything. Their affair is only [left] to Allah; then He will inform them about what they used to do.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا لَّسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَThey work day and night to carry out what they want. I ask Allah the Exalted to cut off their hope in what harms the community. So it is incumbent upon you, O brothers, it is incumbent upon you to unite, it is incumbent upon you to love one another, it is incumbent upon you to cast aside division, even if you differ in opinion. Differing in opinion with good intention is not differing in reality. Did not the Companions differ in what is among the most important matters?
When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) urged them to go out to Banu Qurayzah and said, "None of you is to pray the 'Asr prayer except in Banu Qurayzah," the time for the 'Asr prayer overtook them. They differed among themselves; some prayed within the time, and some delayed the prayer until they arrived after sunset. And despite this difference in the 'Asr prayer, which is the best of the prayers, no division or difference occurred in their hearts. So let us be like them. I ask Allah the Exalted to gather the hearts upon His obedience, and to make us loving one another for the sake of Allah, supporting one another in the religion of Allah, seeking thereby the Face of Allah, and that the word of Allah be the highest. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
Source
لقاء بمسجد إسكان الطلاب بجامعة الإمام - 28-11-1418 هـ - 2 — archive.org (29:22)
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