It is not hidden from you that the affairs of calling to Allah have become complex in this age, and in order for the call to fulfill its duty, it is necessary to organize its affairs.
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The questioner : It is not hidden from you that the affairs of calling to Allah have become complex in this age, and in order for the call to fulfill its duty, it is necessary to organize its affairs and distribute the tasks among individuals so that each performs his role. Is such organization forbidden or a religious innovation? Since your opponents spread the claim that you forbid organization, we ask you to kindly clarify.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that the organization mentioned here is general. If we look at the clarification of the organization mentioned in this same question, which is "so that each performs his role," and ask, "Is such organization forbidden or a religious innovation?" we say: What is spread about us—that we deny organization—is not the organization we deny. Rather, we deny an organization that is not for the affairs related to the call. This is because organizing the call is a matter that is very clear: the caller or callers set specific days for their lessons so that those who wish to learn about the call can come at specific times. Such an organization cannot possibly occur to anyone as being forbidden or a religious innovation, how could it, when its origin is known in the Sunnah? As came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" and others, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had set a specific day for the women, in addition to the men, on which he would come to them, admonish them, and teach them. However, if the intended meaning of organization is an organization that leads to partisanship and fanaticism for this group over other Islamic groups, such that the organization does not allow for the acceptance of any other group, even if they have a specific system, and this system may be of the type that we do not see as permissible, it may be, for example, a secret system resembling the establishment of a state within a state. That is something from which many harms result. Such things have occurred in our present age more than once, and what the Muslims gained from it was, as it is said, bitter gourd. Therefore, "organization" is a name that is used to mean what is permissible, such as the organization of the call mentioned in the question, and it is used to mean something else, which is what we deny: the partisan organization that imposes matters and a system on the partisans that makes them unite against other Muslims and not deal with them because they are not organized in this system. So there is a difference between one system and another. The dividing line between them is that the system contains only the organization of the call to Allah in an open manner, and there is no secret organization, because this secret organization brings nothing to the Muslims but great calamity, and history is the greatest witness to that. This is my answer to this question.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : So it is as if he says the forbidden thing is for a secret organization to be established and for one to be fanatical about it because it is an organization.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And one allies with and opposes others for its sake.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And do we derive the prohibition from this from the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said: "O Ansar!" and he said: "O Muhajireen!" then he said: even though they called out to a legal name.
The Shaykh : This is fanaticism that has no relation to organization.
The questioner : What is derived from it is that one who calls out to a group, meaning he is fanatical for it, is this from the forbidden?
The Shaykh : It is forbidden without a doubt. As for the hadith, it is pre-Islamic tribalism that the Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade; it has no relation to the organization that we deny. But in any case, what the Messenger (peace be upon him) denied in this hadith was because they returned to their custom in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, where every tribe would be fanatical for its tribe, whether in truth or falsehood. From this angle, the hadith may meet with the secret organization that opposes those who are not with them and fights them, does not cooperate with the Muslims, and becomes a party separate from the community of Muslims. Therefore, we see that the organization, as it came in the question, if it is an organization for the call that is open to all Islamic groups and does not, as it is said, isolate itself and not accept except those who follow its system, then this organization, if it is what is intended by this question as it appears, no person can deny it; rather, he loves it and calls to it. However, it must be noted that the word "organization" is undoubtedly an old Arabic word, but in the terminology of the present age it means something other than what is suggested by what came in the question regarding the exaltation of the call and the callers so that each performs his duty. So when "organization" is used, it is intended to mean something that we do not see as prescribed. Therefore, if we call for organization, it is necessary to define what is intended and clarify it to people so that it does not occur to some that it is the organization that brought calamity upon all Muslims in all lands.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that the organization mentioned here is general. If we look at the clarification of the organization mentioned in this same question, which is "so that each performs his role," and ask, "Is such organization forbidden or a religious innovation?" we say: What is spread about us—that we deny organization—is not the organization we deny. Rather, we deny an organization that is not for the affairs related to the call. This is because organizing the call is a matter that is very clear: the caller or callers set specific days for their lessons so that those who wish to learn about the call can come at specific times. Such an organization cannot possibly occur to anyone as being forbidden or a religious innovation, how could it, when its origin is known in the Sunnah? As came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" and others, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had set a specific day for the women, in addition to the men, on which he would come to them, admonish them, and teach them. However, if the intended meaning of organization is an organization that leads to partisanship and fanaticism for this group over other Islamic groups, such that the organization does not allow for the acceptance of any other group, even if they have a specific system, and this system may be of the type that we do not see as permissible, it may be, for example, a secret system resembling the establishment of a state within a state. That is something from which many harms result. Such things have occurred in our present age more than once, and what the Muslims gained from it was, as it is said, bitter gourd. Therefore, "organization" is a name that is used to mean what is permissible, such as the organization of the call mentioned in the question, and it is used to mean something else, which is what we deny: the partisan organization that imposes matters and a system on the partisans that makes them unite against other Muslims and not deal with them because they are not organized in this system. So there is a difference between one system and another. The dividing line between them is that the system contains only the organization of the call to Allah in an open manner, and there is no secret organization, because this secret organization brings nothing to the Muslims but great calamity, and history is the greatest witness to that. This is my answer to this question.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : So it is as if he says the forbidden thing is for a secret organization to be established and for one to be fanatical about it because it is an organization.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And one allies with and opposes others for its sake.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And do we derive the prohibition from this from the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said: "O Ansar!" and he said: "O Muhajireen!" then he said:
Is it by the claim of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance?!
أبدعوى الجاهلية ؟!The Shaykh : This is fanaticism that has no relation to organization.
The questioner : What is derived from it is that one who calls out to a group, meaning he is fanatical for it, is this from the forbidden?
The Shaykh : It is forbidden without a doubt. As for the hadith, it is pre-Islamic tribalism that the Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade; it has no relation to the organization that we deny. But in any case, what the Messenger (peace be upon him) denied in this hadith was because they returned to their custom in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, where every tribe would be fanatical for its tribe, whether in truth or falsehood. From this angle, the hadith may meet with the secret organization that opposes those who are not with them and fights them, does not cooperate with the Muslims, and becomes a party separate from the community of Muslims. Therefore, we see that the organization, as it came in the question, if it is an organization for the call that is open to all Islamic groups and does not, as it is said, isolate itself and not accept except those who follow its system, then this organization, if it is what is intended by this question as it appears, no person can deny it; rather, he loves it and calls to it. However, it must be noted that the word "organization" is undoubtedly an old Arabic word, but in the terminology of the present age it means something other than what is suggested by what came in the question regarding the exaltation of the call and the callers so that each performs his duty. So when "organization" is used, it is intended to mean something that we do not see as prescribed. Therefore, if we call for organization, it is necessary to define what is intended and clarify it to people so that it does not occur to some that it is the organization that brought calamity upon all Muslims in all lands.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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