We know that the nations have pounced upon the Muslims, and the legal maxim states: whatever is necessary for the fulfillment of an obligatory duty is itself obligatory.

The questioner : A question regarding the same topic.
The questioner says: We know that the nations have pounced upon the Muslims, and the legal maxim states: "whatever is necessary for the fulfillment of an obligatory duty is itself obligatory"; is the study of ... the required action according to this maxim, or is there another path required of the Muslims? And what is it?

The Shaykh : The questioner, unfortunately, has not understood the danger of religious innovation. We have said that innovating in the religion is a participation by the innovator with the Lord of the Worlds in the most specific of His attributes of lordship; namely, the matter that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) rebuked the previous polytheists for when He said: , This is from one aspect. From another aspect, we say to this questioner and those like him: confronting those who have pounced upon the Muslims is not achieved by keeping the old as it is; whether it is wrong or right, whether it is tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is necessary—and perhaps the questioner was not present for our previous talk on how the Muslims can establish the state of Islam in their land, and that they cannot do so before they establish it in their hearts. From this establishment, which every individual must realize in himself, comes the danger of this study that he heard. At that time, he will feel that the pouncing of the disbelievers and the great states in their misguidance and material power is not because the Muslims are truly Muslims, but because they have turned away from their Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) due to two factors I mentioned earlier: their poor understanding of their religion, and their poor application of what they understood of this religion. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed to this reality when he said: ; so the cure is the religion, but which religion is this?
This is what the Muslims differ on; they are still in the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), still regarding the Lord of the Worlds, ignorant of where He is. Indeed, as that intelligent, capable prince said when he brought Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and his opponents who disagreed with him regarding tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the attributes of the Lord of the Worlds, which is part of the completion of tawhid, and the discussion took place in the presence of that prince. When the topic of Allah's rising above His creation and His istiwaa' (rising above the Throne) came up, the scholars present said: "Allah has no place, Allah is not above or below, not right or left, not in front or behind, not inside the world or outside it." This capable prince was not a scholar, but he was reasonable. He said to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, laughing at them: "These are a people who have lost their Lord!"
This is a reality widespread among Muslims today! These Muslims whom the Lord of the Worlds addresses through the tongue of His Prophet: , how can they return to the religion if their creed is still something they received from 'ilm al-kalam (theology) that contradicts the Qur'an and the Sunnah?
Therefore, I hope the questioner will understand this reality, and know with certainty that the cause of this pouncing upon the Muslims is nothing but their distance from the religion. Their distance from the religion has two causes: one is their poor understanding, and the other is their poor application of it. Therefore, we said in our previous talk that "purification and education" are necessary.

The questioner : May Allah reward you.