So, the summary of Sayyid Qutb’s (may Allah have mercy on him) experience, after the suffering and adopting the initial thought of the Muslim Brotherhood, is that it returns to the Salafi call that you were advocating before that.

Al-Hawini: So, our Shaykh, the summary of the experience ofThe Shaykh : Qutb (may Allah have mercy on him), after the suffering and adopting the initial thought of the Muslim Brotherhood, is that it returns to the Salafi call that you were advocating before that. This is also what necessitates that the Muslim Brotherhood realize that the old method did not succeed? And this... for them.

The Shaykh : There is no doubt that they must reconsider their previous style and the methodology they received from Hassan al-Banna, as it is no longer suitable to be adopted literally. The greatest proof of this is that the Muslim Brotherhood has been in existence for more than half a century, and despite being millions in the world of Islam, no scholar has been found among them. Furthermore, nothing has been found among them to offer to the Islamic world, whether as a group or as individuals. They have offered them nothing except this enthusiasm, which resulted in what our brother Abu Hamzah mentioned. Meanwhile, you find the opposite with the Salafi call; everywhere, they have presented benefits in creed, worship, and morals, even among the Muslim Brotherhood members themselves. Therefore, you find many of them as individuals to be Salafis. When we discuss with them and remind them of this fact, that their call has not... anything, they say to you: "So-and-so is a Salafi, and so-and-so is a Salafi," and so on. I say to him: Yes, but where did their Salafism come from? Did it come from their call, or...? This is the truth. Therefore, all of this obligates them to reconsider, were it not for blind partisanship. May Allah be our helper.
Al-Hawini: So, for this reason, the Salafis do not have a party until now?

The Shaykh : It is obligatory that they not have a party; because if they become partisan, they will be lost. And these are the early signs of the matter in Kuwait; because when they occupied themselves with politics instead of the call, and dealing with the problems of politicians, they do not find any common ground between them and the politicians.
Al-Hawini: So, the call ofThe Shaykh : Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq is wrong?

The Shaykh : In my opinion, it is wrong. May Allah be our helper.
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Al-Hawini: Of course, for example, we, our Shaykh, in Egypt, unfortunately, are lacking a head. I mean, we in Egypt are all almost of the same age.

The Shaykh : And that is a problem.
Al-Hawini: There is no, for example, a man likeThe Shaykh : Nasir al-Din al-Albani around whom they gather or obey his command. So, the way here is that there is no head for the Salafis in Egypt, so that we may avoid the issue of collision due to the desire for leadership and the like. So, what is your guidance, advice, or vision regarding this dispute that may surface?

The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a problem that cannot be solved except by a miracle from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Because, at the time when we feel, and I have mentioned this in past gatherings, that there is an Islamic awakening, as they call it, and we call it a Salafi awakening, but this awakening has not been accompanied by a moral awakening. I attribute this—and I may have attributed it before—to the fact that the intellectual and scientific awakening is easy and does not take a long time. A person reads in one session a book that points out weak and fabricated hadiths, and then he starts reading a book on Salafi creed, and then he finishes, is guided, and rejects the creeds he had received from his society. As for morals, meaning the morals he was raised with in his society, which is actually an Islamic society in name only! So, its reform requires a very, very long time. But there is no way to bring about this reform initially except that every person strives against his own self, fears Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and flees from the love of leadership and heading people. And he should say in this time: "Myself, myself." So, he was able to walk with some of his peers and those below him in knowledge, he walked with them. But gathering these groups, and every group seeing itself as the best and most excellent among them, this is not easy to achieve now. But one must strive to reach the establishment of a group that has a responsible head, and that head can only be the Muslim Caliph. This requires from us striving and diligence in work, each within the limits of his ability, but no one should think of heading over others. And peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
Al-Huwayni: May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And to you.