A student's address to the Shaykh regarding the division of the Muslim Brotherhood in religion and politics.

The student : The Muslim Brotherhood, as I have been candid with more than one person, have no unifying ideology, neither religious nor political. In religion, you find among them the Salafi, the Sufi, and the follower of a specific school of jurisprudence, given the diversity of their schools. In politics, as we have observed, there is the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that our professor and Shaykh referred to. Among them is the enthusiast who calls for Saddam in the mosques while reciting: . Some say, "We have no one but this man." Some went so far as to say—and I think it was al-Kilani—who said, "If Iraq is defeated, you will not be worshipped on earth!"

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The student : Some of them even committed clear disbelief. We met one of them from Karak, and he said, seeking refuge in Allah, "We disavow to Allah what was said." He said, "I bear witness that Christianity is the truth, because it has triumphed over Islam." So this fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) has actually produced a great deal and revealed that, unfortunately, the Muslim Brotherhood, being the largest political party and the party closest to supporting Islam in the eyes of people—because they constitute a large number of youth who gather around them in a way that does not happen with any other party—unfortunately neglect this ideological aspect. If they were to agree on an ideology, I would say to them: before you agree on a political ideology—and they have not agreed on that—establish for yourselves a unified Islamic ideology or unified Islamic ideas. For example, just as the Tahrir Party adopts books on jurisprudence, economics, sociology, and other matters, we know that the Tahrirists, despite their distance or their occasional fallacy and error, have a unified ideology, whether it is correct or wrong. But the Muslim Brotherhood continue to wander in the world of politics and the world of jurisprudence. We ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to unite us and them upon the word of truth. This fitnah, seeking refuge in Allah, has exposed many of our faults and shortcomings. Some of them have even nearly been overcome by despair and hopelessness, saying, "For a hundred years, we have had no standing," until they say, "We will never have a standing," as if Islam and victory depend on a group or a man or men. I told them: it is obligatory that we fight these disbelievers, but I do not anticipate victory, because we are not qualified for victory. Neither the leaders are qualified nor the army is qualified. But we must say: it is obligatory to fight these disbelievers.