What is your opinion on the Salafi da'wah system in Egypt, which is based on leadership?
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The questioner: Shaykh, if you please.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : There are two questions, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : The first one: I told you, my Shaykh, to memorize it, but you did not answer me about it. It is that the Salafi da'wah system in our country, Egypt, is based on leadership; we have an Amir. So what should one do?
The Shaykh : My brother, regarding leadership, there is leadership in the sense of the caliphate, which does not exist unless a person from the Islamic world, specifically from among the scholars of knowledge and jurisprudence, is pledged to. And there is specific leadership, like any company, any group, or any mosque; it must have a person in charge of that mosque, and he is to be obeyed except in disobedience to Allah. So this specific leadership does not carry the rulings of general authority. This is what we must distinguish between the two matters.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : There are two questions, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : The first one: I told you, my Shaykh, to memorize it, but you did not answer me about it. It is that the Salafi da'wah system in our country, Egypt, is based on leadership; we have an Amir. So what should one do?
The Shaykh : My brother, regarding leadership, there is leadership in the sense of the caliphate, which does not exist unless a person from the Islamic world, specifically from among the scholars of knowledge and jurisprudence, is pledged to. And there is specific leadership, like any company, any group, or any mosque; it must have a person in charge of that mosque, and he is to be obeyed except in disobedience to Allah. So this specific leadership does not carry the rulings of general authority. This is what we must distinguish between the two matters.
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