The student : Our Shaykh, some of our Muslim brothers may differ from us in methodology, either intentionally or through interpretation and independent legal reasoning.

The student: Our Shaykh, some of our Muslim brothers may differ from us in methodology, either intentionally or through interpretation and independent legal reasoning. To what extent and to what degree is it possible for a Salafi to cooperate with these people? I mean, suppose you let me give a lecture at their place, and I want to establish my methodology through this opportunity. Is this prohibited?

The Shaykh: No.
The student: Explain it to us, may Allah reward you.

The Shaykh: No, we do not say it is prohibited, but with one condition: that you do not lean toward them, not a little and not a lot.
The student: This is well known.
Another student : Our Shaykh, what if they have an entity, like an association, for example?

The Shaykh : What do you mean?
The student: What if they have a conceptual entity, like an association, for example, and you become a member of it... Abu Anas.

The Shaykh: No, you will not be a member of it, because this would be like the example of a member of parliament.
Another student: Allahu Akbar.

The Shaykh: But every question has an answer.
The student : Correct.

The Shaykh: Here I say no, here I say yes. But if there is something behind the veil, I do not know.
The student: Well, if what is behind the veil is that I know the reality of these people and I am able to change them.

The Shaykh: No, you cannot. This is a perfect example, like the one who enters parliament; you cannot change the system, may Allah reward you, unless you stipulated it beforehand. But with time, you will be the one who changes.
The student: Our Shaykh, parliament is secular, and these are Muslims. Is there no difference, our Shaykh?
Another student : The talk is about change, Abu Anas.

The Shaykh: This is being recorded. Keep in mind, you said to record my friend's word. Is this better than that?
The student: This is not a school of jurisprudence, our Shaykh. This is not a school of jurisprudence, but...

The Shaykh: How did you accuse the group of not being Muslims?
The student: Parliament, ah.

The Shaykh: Not paying attention yet, not paying attention yet.
The student: Yes, yes, the democratic system is not secular, but it does not necessitate declaring someone a disbeliever...

The Shaykh: ... We are telling you, you are adding to it, meaning the line, the tone of the clay, the conclusion, Professor.
The student: In any case, our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Do not think that you can change things. You want to change, we change in such a way that you are not affected. Our argument against those who enter parliament claiming to change is that in reality, they are changed and do not change. Now, you may have read in some newspapers about the disputes currently arising between Dr. Hammam Sa'id, that is not his name, or in the presidency of the council, it may be one of the two.
The student: The two, my Shaykh, the two together.

The Shaykh: This is the point. This doctor, may Allah reward him with good, and I said in my own tongue once and in my own tongue another time: in the summer, you lost the milk.
The student: Allah is the Greatest!

The Shaykh: Where was this talk? It should have been saying legal speech from the beginning, or I do not say Salafi, legal speech. From the start, they are saying that you must nominate one of your brothers to be the Minister of Law, obliging the minister to enforce the forbidden law before the permissible law. This is what they say. So it means you want to enter the ministry and be an assistant to the banks and riba (usury or interest) and the like. Very good talk, meaning, and not just one article, but consecutive articles, and in them is an explanation of what we know about the Muslim Brotherhood, even though this is not a disagreement between a later generation and a Salafi.
The student : Correct.

The Shaykh: This is something known to all Muslims.
The student: There is Abu Fares, this one. Another student : From the beginning, our Shaykh, Abu Fares.

The Shaykh: Yes, yes. So the point is, these people entered the parliaments. What did they do? They were not able to do anything. Why? No problem, this needs to be recorded.
The student: Oh, my Shaykh...
Another student : Be patient.

The Shaykh: No problem, if this is recorded with your word, because however easy your word is, my word is easier. They say in the proverbs that the dog's sin is crooked. So the point is, what does he want to fix? What does he want to fix if he enters parliament?
The student: Our Shaykh, I do not see entering parliaments.
Another student : Be patient.

The Shaykh: Yes, but I am drawing your attention to the fact that there is a big parliament and there is a small parliament.
The student: Our Shaykh, and especially the fact that the owners of associations, groups, and parties exploit such a lecture that you are saying rightly for their personal goals and their party group.

The Shaykh: It is not he who fears others.
The student : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh: No, if he fears, this fear does not make him dare to be a member there.
The student: Oh, wonderful.

The Shaykh: It is not he who fears this fear, right or not?
The student: Propaganda, our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: What propaganda against you?
The student: False propaganda.

The Shaykh: Come on, we have advanced. Let us see, in the name of Allah.

The questioner: Our Shaykh, I published an editorial in several issues of al-Asalah between the tables of disbelief and the tables of intoxicants. This is one of the established principles and constants.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed!