The Shaykh offers advice to the Somalis in particular and to Muslims in general to return to the primary source by which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) built his state.

The Shaykh : Therefore, in my opinion, there is no way for this or that group of Muslims scattered throughout the lands of the world to find salvation except by returning to the way the Messenger (peace be upon him) was in his upbringing of his Companions and his establishment of his state. Here we encounter the Salafi phrase: "All good lies in following those who came before," and "All evil lies in the innovation of those who came after." How did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) establish his state in the Blessed City? He established it after a long struggle with the polytheists, among whom he grew up in Mecca, and then in Medina when he migrated there. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began, above all else, by calling people to worship Allah alone, having no partner with Him, and to follow what Allah revealed to Him of legal rulings. He raised those who responded to his call with a correct Islamic upbringing. Those who wish to establish a Muslim state and appoint a Muslim ruler who judges between them by what Allah has revealed should not proceed by holding such an imagined election as mentioned earlier, nor by forming parties and groups. Rather, they should all return to studying the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they should train themselves upon that until the hearts respond and the souls become pure, and the people become, as he (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith: . If the Muslims do not become one body, they will have no success, no life, no state, and no ruler over them. Therefore, we advise, and perhaps this is the answer to some of the recorded questions I looked at in the past, that we advise our brothers in Somalia and in all the lands of Islam not to repeat upon us a recent fitnah, which is in the land of Algeria, where they rise up and fight one another in the path of seizing power. Rather, we advise our sincere, earnest brothers who are with us in walking upon the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous predecessors to withdraw, as came in the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, from all those groups, even if they were to bite on the trunk of a tree, and to stay in their homes, and not to be partisan for these over those, nor for one tribe over another. Rather, they should focus on knowledge and the upbringing of themselves first, and then of those who take refuge with them second, and so the circle of education and upbringing expands, if Allah wills, until Allah (Mighty and Majestic) permits for this people and others who take hold of the legal and cosmic laws of Allah, among which is His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): . I do not believe that the parties existing in Somalia are better than the parties existing in lands other than Somalia, except for a very few individuals who did not benefit from this Qur'anic text: . If we truly wish to establish a Muslim state, we must follow the methodology of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in establishing the Muslim state. The first of that is knowledge: . And the most important knowledge is tawhid (the oneness of Allah), as this noble verse indicates. I believe that the parties in all the lands of Islam, except for one party, never concern themselves with making these people, these Muslims, understand the creed of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) which this noble verse encompasses: , . To this we call our Somali brothers: to unite around knowledge and righteous action, and not around groups, parties, and tribes. We ask Allah for success for us and for them. Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

The questioner : In the hope of meeting to answer the remaining questions.

The Shaykh : If Allah wills.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And glory be to You, O Allah.

The questioner : ... for an individual of the later Salaf.

The Shaykh : What is established from the Salaf.

The questioner : And the Salaf do not represent a people, a people.

Another questioner : They continue and do not break off for a month and then break off.

The Shaykh : They do not continue until the cloud is lifted, if Allah wills.

The questioner : If Allah wills, may Allah reward you with good.

Another questioner : The forgetfulness in.

The Shaykh : What ...?

The questioner : In the five prayers.

The Shaykh: No.

The questioner : He does not prostrate for forgetfulness. May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.

The questioner : And if you cannot, do we ask you the questions that are on the phone every day, for example, every hour, is that correct?

The Shaykh : This is the best thing.