The Muslim's Position Regarding Islamic Groups and Their Methodologies
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Your Eminence! What is the Muslim's position regarding Islamic groups and their methodologies, and the calls that are coming into and entering this country, may Allah preserve you?
You know—may Allah bless you—that this Qur'an was revealed for this Ummah until the Day of Resurrection, that this Qur'an guides to that which is most upright, and that in this Qur'an, Allah warned against division,So Allah the Exalted said: [Al Imran:105] ,And Allah the Exalted said: [Al An'am:159] ,And Allah the Exalted said: [Al Imran:103] and the verses and hadiths in this meaning are numerous.
So groups that lead to the division of the word and the difference of hearts are invalid groups. As for groups that do not lead to that, such as the difference among Muslims in schools of jurisprudence—this one is Hanbali, this one is Shafi'i, this one is Maliki, and this one is Hanafi—then they do not harm as long as the hearts have not differed.
But, with great regret, I have found today that there are groups whose hearts have differed, and some of them have come to declare others misguided, and perhaps some of them even declare others disbelievers. You find that a person loves to see a real enemy from among the disbelievers and hypocrites, but does not see this Muslim who differed from him in methodology. This is a calamity, and it is—by Allah—a great stain on the future of the Islamic awakening: that these believers strike one another and disparage one another, as if they are saying to the people of disbelief, hypocrisy, and atheism: Be reassured, for we will suffice you; we will tear ourselves apart among ourselves, and some of us will declare others misguided, and some of us will declare others innovators. This is a problem. It is obligatory for Islamic groups, such as the Tabligh group, the Reform Association, the Heritage Association, the Muslim Brotherhood, and others, to be one Ummah, and for their leaders to sit together and discuss the points of disagreement among them, then correct this disagreement, as long as the goal is one, if they are sincere, which is to uphold the Shari'ah of Allah and honor the religion of Allah. Let them be at one table. As for some of them speaking about others behind walls, and the word tearing apart and the Ummah dividing, this is a mistake.
And we regret that some people exploit the young, small ones to make them partisans,Then he says: saying, "Beware of such-and-such a group, beware of such-and-such a person, beware of such-and-such." Glory be to Allah! Do you want to build a divided, torn-apart Ummah in the future?!! So I warn very strongly against these groups that declare one another misguided, and I see that it is obligatory that we be one Ummah with one goal, and that the hearts not differ, no matter how the opinions and statements differ.
You know—may Allah bless you—that this Qur'an was revealed for this Ummah until the Day of Resurrection, that this Qur'an guides to that which is most upright, and that in this Qur'an, Allah warned against division,So Allah the Exalted said:
And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them
وَلا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَاخْتَلَفُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُIndeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything. Their affair is only [left] to Allah
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعاً لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِAnd hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً وَلا تَفَرَّقُواSo groups that lead to the division of the word and the difference of hearts are invalid groups. As for groups that do not lead to that, such as the difference among Muslims in schools of jurisprudence—this one is Hanbali, this one is Shafi'i, this one is Maliki, and this one is Hanafi—then they do not harm as long as the hearts have not differed.
But, with great regret, I have found today that there are groups whose hearts have differed, and some of them have come to declare others misguided, and perhaps some of them even declare others disbelievers. You find that a person loves to see a real enemy from among the disbelievers and hypocrites, but does not see this Muslim who differed from him in methodology. This is a calamity, and it is—by Allah—a great stain on the future of the Islamic awakening: that these believers strike one another and disparage one another, as if they are saying to the people of disbelief, hypocrisy, and atheism: Be reassured, for we will suffice you; we will tear ourselves apart among ourselves, and some of us will declare others misguided, and some of us will declare others innovators. This is a problem. It is obligatory for Islamic groups, such as the Tabligh group, the Reform Association, the Heritage Association, the Muslim Brotherhood, and others, to be one Ummah, and for their leaders to sit together and discuss the points of disagreement among them, then correct this disagreement, as long as the goal is one, if they are sincere, which is to uphold the Shari'ah of Allah and honor the religion of Allah. Let them be at one table. As for some of them speaking about others behind walls, and the word tearing apart and the Ummah dividing, this is a mistake.
And we regret that some people exploit the young, small ones to make them partisans,Then he says: saying, "Beware of such-and-such a group, beware of such-and-such a person, beware of such-and-such." Glory be to Allah! Do you want to build a divided, torn-apart Ummah in the future?!! So I warn very strongly against these groups that declare one another misguided, and I see that it is obligatory that we be one Ummah with one goal, and that the hearts not differ, no matter how the opinions and statements differ.