The Ruling on Asking Others: Which Group Do You Belong To?
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His Eminence the Shaykh: I prayed in one of the mosques, and one of the young men saw me, greeted me, and said: "My brother! Which group do you belong to?"I said: My brother! We are all brothers in Allah.
But he insisted and said: Whether you are from the group of Hadith, or the group of Tabligh, or the Muslim Brotherhood, or such and such, we spent a while discussing it but did not reach anything. So what is your guidance, may Allah reward you with good, for a person like this?
I see that such a method should be rejected. The people are all—praise be to Allah—equal; we are all Muslims. So your answer was a correct answer in its place. As for imposing on people that they must be partisan—this one is from the Tabligh group, this one is from the Salafis, this one is from the Muslim Brotherhood, this one is from the Reform Association, this one is from the group of the People of the Sunnah, and the like of that—our country, praise be to Allah, does not need this.
Other countries may need it, because the parties have imposed themselves there, but with us, praise be to Allah, there is no need for that. So these who call for partisanship, without doubt, are harming themselves and their brothers, and they will drag the country into a long dispute and multiple problems. So my advice to the brother who said this to you is that he should seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him, and that he should know that we are brothers and on one religion, and under the shadow of one Shari'ah—praise be to Allah. We are all from the people of Hadith, we are all from the people of the Qur'an, and we are all from the people of Da'wah. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone.
And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
But he insisted and said: Whether you are from the group of Hadith, or the group of Tabligh, or the Muslim Brotherhood, or such and such, we spent a while discussing it but did not reach anything. So what is your guidance, may Allah reward you with good, for a person like this?
I see that such a method should be rejected. The people are all—praise be to Allah—equal; we are all Muslims. So your answer was a correct answer in its place. As for imposing on people that they must be partisan—this one is from the Tabligh group, this one is from the Salafis, this one is from the Muslim Brotherhood, this one is from the Reform Association, this one is from the group of the People of the Sunnah, and the like of that—our country, praise be to Allah, does not need this.
Other countries may need it, because the parties have imposed themselves there, but with us, praise be to Allah, there is no need for that. So these who call for partisanship, without doubt, are harming themselves and their brothers, and they will drag the country into a long dispute and multiple problems. So my advice to the brother who said this to you is that he should seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him, and that he should know that we are brothers and on one religion, and under the shadow of one Shari'ah—praise be to Allah. We are all from the people of Hadith, we are all from the people of the Qur'an, and we are all from the people of Da'wah. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone.
And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.