What is your opinion regarding the organization of da'wah work and Islamic parties and groups?
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The questioner : We asked you previously about organization.
The Shaykh : Rebuke whom?
The questioner : About organization, the organization of da'wah within groups.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And we heard from you previously in your discussion about groups; that is, that it is obligatory for groups to complement each other in their work; that each one should work according to his specialization. And from our listening to you over this recent period, we understand that you prohibit partisanship and organizational work. How do we reconcile between the two statements?
The Shaykh : No, there is no contradiction. We say that organization now—we have gathered here for organization.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We approve of one type of organization and we disapprove of another. The organization that we disapprove of is what the people who want to establish the state of Islam overnight chant about, with these organizations that are based on what resembles the known organizations among non-Muslims; for example, secret organizations, material preparations, for a state to be established in the middle of a state, or a small state within a state, and so on. These organizations that many partisans revolve around are what we disapprove of. As for organization in the path of teaching knowledge, guiding people, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and similar matters that are ruled as lawful in Islam; this is what we do not disapprove of.
In short: if the organization results in partisanship, that is what we disapprove of. As for the organization that does not result in partisanship, and partisanship that does not result in dividing the Ummah into sects, factions, and parties; this is what we do not disapprove of. And no one can disapprove of an organization that helps in spreading knowledge, raising people's awareness, and educating and training them based on the correct Islam. Perhaps the contradiction between what you heard in the past or what you heard recently has been resolved.
The questioner : But these groups, yes, but these groups, we know them to be partisans, meaning, partisans who work with organizational work, political organization, and so on.
The Shaykh : I did not say that a specific group is lawful or not lawful. I say: any group that engages in partisanship and clustering, and what results from that is what you know, the pledge of allegiance to the group leader and similar things; this is what increases division, disagreement, and dispersion among the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Rebuke whom?
The questioner : About organization, the organization of da'wah within groups.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And we heard from you previously in your discussion about groups; that is, that it is obligatory for groups to complement each other in their work; that each one should work according to his specialization. And from our listening to you over this recent period, we understand that you prohibit partisanship and organizational work. How do we reconcile between the two statements?
The Shaykh : No, there is no contradiction. We say that organization now—we have gathered here for organization.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We approve of one type of organization and we disapprove of another. The organization that we disapprove of is what the people who want to establish the state of Islam overnight chant about, with these organizations that are based on what resembles the known organizations among non-Muslims; for example, secret organizations, material preparations, for a state to be established in the middle of a state, or a small state within a state, and so on. These organizations that many partisans revolve around are what we disapprove of. As for organization in the path of teaching knowledge, guiding people, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and similar matters that are ruled as lawful in Islam; this is what we do not disapprove of.
In short: if the organization results in partisanship, that is what we disapprove of. As for the organization that does not result in partisanship, and partisanship that does not result in dividing the Ummah into sects, factions, and parties; this is what we do not disapprove of. And no one can disapprove of an organization that helps in spreading knowledge, raising people's awareness, and educating and training them based on the correct Islam. Perhaps the contradiction between what you heard in the past or what you heard recently has been resolved.
The questioner : But these groups, yes, but these groups, we know them to be partisans, meaning, partisans who work with organizational work, political organization, and so on.
The Shaykh : I did not say that a specific group is lawful or not lawful. I say: any group that engages in partisanship and clustering, and what results from that is what you know, the pledge of allegiance to the group leader and similar things; this is what increases division, disagreement, and dispersion among the Muslims.
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