What is your advice for the da'wah workers in Kuwait, given that many of them begin with political talk and the like?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Shaykh, may Allah bless you. We heard from you, Shaykh, and among your words we heard that the da'wah of the Shaykh and its methodology is a Salafi methodology. This is from the group of ... the Muslim Brotherhood, so we were surprised.
The Shaykh: The style of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The questioner : The style of the Ikhwan.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: The style of the Muslim Brotherhood, Shaykh. I mean, what is your advice, for example, for the Salafi da'wah in Kuwait? I mean, Shaykh, for example...
The Shaykh: We have offered advice on this occasion that they adhere to the first line that came to you from 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: That is, they should specialize in teaching the ummah its tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah of its Prophet, and not engage in politics.
The questioner : In politics.
The Shaykh: Not engage in politics.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He is still insisting on entering parliament, and entering parliament is a slippery slope for all Islamists, and it is never possible to begin reform from the top.[Al-Ahzab 33:21] The Messenger of Allah did not enter the gathering of the disbelievers to develop them from there, but rather he connected with all people, and his concern was for the weak among people more than the great ones, because they are, as he said (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith: ; therefore, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) revealed guidance for him, His saying (Mighty and Majestic): ['Abasa 80:2-6] to the end of the known verses in Surat 'Abasa. So we advise all our brothers.
The questioner: The Salafis.
The Shaykh: All of them, whether they are Salafis or Muslim Brothers or the Liberation Party or others whom we know or do not know, that they stay away from entering the parliaments that are based on shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief) in Allah; because these constitutions and these laws, every one of us Muslims knows, are not established upon the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. So beginning reform from the top contradicts the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and rather we begin by laying the basic foundation. And thus we know every da'iyah, and among them our brother 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq, began to support entering parliament... A person from your side came to me, and I will not name him, but we are close to him. I asked him about this matter: I said to him: "You probably know that some Palestinian Muslims entered the Jewish parliament, which is called what? The Knesset, is that not so?"
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I asked him a clear question, and yet I was very sorry that some of our strong brothers in da'wah would reach the point of doubt, doubt in the sun while it is shining in the fourth hour of the day. That is the example. I said to him, "What is your opinion? Can these Muslims who are members of the Jewish parliament change the system of the Jewish parliament?" So he sat and thought that he was right that the disbeliever's parliament could be reformed by the way of Muslims entering it, who are few in number. I said, "What is wrong with you, so-and-so? Do you not know that he may become a Jew before the Jewish parliament becomes Muslim?"
The questioner: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh: And thus the examples repeat and multiply completely. Therefore, reform is achieved by the way of spreading the da'wah and singing about it.
The questioner: Shaykh, may Allah bless you. We heard from you, Shaykh, and among your words we heard that the da'wah of the Shaykh and its methodology is a Salafi methodology. This is from the group of ... the Muslim Brotherhood, so we were surprised.
The Shaykh: The style of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The questioner : The style of the Ikhwan.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: The style of the Muslim Brotherhood, Shaykh. I mean, what is your advice, for example, for the Salafi da'wah in Kuwait? I mean, Shaykh, for example...
The Shaykh: We have offered advice on this occasion that they adhere to the first line that came to you from 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: That is, they should specialize in teaching the ummah its tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah of its Prophet, and not engage in politics.
The questioner : In politics.
The Shaykh: Not engage in politics.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He is still insisting on entering parliament, and entering parliament is a slippery slope for all Islamists, and it is never possible to begin reform from the top.
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌIf ten of the Jews - meaning the leaders - had believed in me, all of the Jews would have believed in me
لو آمَنَ بي عشرة من اليهود - يعني الرؤوس - لَآمَنَتْ بي يهود كلها(2) Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. (3) But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified (4) Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? (5) As for he who thinks himself without need, (6) To him you give attention.
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى * أَنْ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَى * وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّى * أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَى * أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى * فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىThe questioner: The Salafis.
The Shaykh: All of them, whether they are Salafis or Muslim Brothers or the Liberation Party or others whom we know or do not know, that they stay away from entering the parliaments that are based on shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief) in Allah; because these constitutions and these laws, every one of us Muslims knows, are not established upon the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. So beginning reform from the top contradicts the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and rather we begin by laying the basic foundation. And thus we know every da'iyah, and among them our brother 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq, began to support entering parliament... A person from your side came to me, and I will not name him, but we are close to him. I asked him about this matter: I said to him: "You probably know that some Palestinian Muslims entered the Jewish parliament, which is called what? The Knesset, is that not so?"
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I asked him a clear question, and yet I was very sorry that some of our strong brothers in da'wah would reach the point of doubt, doubt in the sun while it is shining in the fourth hour of the day. That is the example. I said to him, "What is your opinion? Can these Muslims who are members of the Jewish parliament change the system of the Jewish parliament?" So he sat and thought that he was right that the disbeliever's parliament could be reformed by the way of Muslims entering it, who are few in number. I said, "What is wrong with you, so-and-so? Do you not know that he may become a Jew before the Jewish parliament becomes Muslim?"
The questioner: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh: And thus the examples repeat and multiply completely. Therefore, reform is achieved by the way of spreading the da'wah and singing about it.
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