There is a saying they use: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land."

The questioner : In light of what you have mentioned, there is a phrase they say: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land." How do you view the guidance of this phrase, especially since many of those working in da'wah see political action as necessary in these days?

The Shaykh : It is strange that I hope this saying is not a shot in the dark; because this saying came from some of the da'iyah who adhere to their methodology, unlike these political da'iyah of today.
This saying is attributed to either Hasan al-Banna or al-Hudaybi (may Allah have mercy on them both). This is a word of truth, but the followers of these two men have turned away from it and not acted upon it. It is of the highest degree of wisdom. "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land." This is the summary of the lectures we deliver: that we learn beneficial knowledge and act with righteous deeds. When that happens, victory comes from Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). This saying is the summary of all the verses and hadiths that command knowledge and righteous deeds. But those who are busy today, and more than half a century has passed for them, are still in their place, moving but not advancing anything and not progressing. Why? Because they did not apply this saying.
"Establish the state of Islam in your hearts." First of all, what is understood from this saying? It means the correct 'aqidah; establish it in your hearts. Then, from the perfection of 'aqidah: "" then you will be returned "" . So, this saying calls upon all Muslims to act upon it and not turn away from it to what they call political action. Because I believe that political action is not its time now, and it is certainly necessary; just as action is necessary, but before all of this is knowledge. Knowledge without action is of no benefit, and action without knowledge is of no benefit. So both are necessary. Therefore, in some of my old words, which I still repeat, I say: There is no renaissance for the Muslims except by realizing two foundations: "purification and education."
Some people think that purification has no value. You have known from what came before that it is the origin of Islam. Purification is purifying Islam from everything that entered it, whether in 'aqidah—and we have referred to some of it earlier—or what entered into tafsir from Isra'iliyyat and fabricated, false hadiths, or what entered into books of fiqh from opinions that contradict the Book and the Sunnah, or what entered into the behavior of Muslims from exaggeration in asceticism regarding the world and what is called Sufism. Their affair reached the point of denying Allah (Mighty and Majestic) by believing that there is nothing but this universe, and so on, of matters that entered Islam and are counted as being from Islam. It is necessary to carry out this purification. If there were hundreds of Muslim scholars distributed across the land of Islam, it would take them many long years to return the Muslims to what the Salaf al-Salih were upon, of the correct understanding of the Book and the Sunnah accompanied by action. This is what I mean by education. Some people may imagine, as I heard in some recordings, that education has nothing to do with jihad. Jihad is one of the rulings of the Shari'ah, and it is obligatory to act upon jihad. But jihad requires preparation. The first preparation that should be realized in the Muslims is the correct 'aqidah, righteous action, and preparation to the extent of ability, and .
Yes.