What is your opinion regarding what has been reported from you, Your Eminence, about permitting the formation of Islamic parties and joining them?
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The questioner : It was reported by some da'is from you, and I—pardon me—know that this report is not sound, not correct; they reported from the book "Life ofThe Shaykh : Al-Albani."
The Shaykh : By Al-Shaybani.
The questioner : Yes, by Al-Shaybani, a brief statement, and they said thatThe Shaykh : Al-Albani considers it permissible to form political parties and join them; whereas it is well known that your position is the opposite of all this.
The Shaykh : No, no, I deny this most strongly, but perhaps the brother's statement
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The brother's statement, I affirm that every group may undertake an obligatory duty from among the obligations that
The questioner : are within their specialty, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : are within their specialty?
The Shaykh : Yes, within their specialty; I affirm this and never contradict it; for example, I give a very simple, easy example: I do not deny that there may be a group or faction of Muslims who undertake, for example, physical exercises within the limits of the Islamic Shari'ah; because this is a collective obligation; if some people perform it, it drops from the rest, and so you can infer from this; that there may be a group that undertakes learning sciences that we, the jurists, do not undertake, but all these groups must live within one circle, which is the circle of the Book and the Sunnah, and there is no difference in the foundation upon which the edifice of Islam and the glory of Islam should be built; so this is what I affirm and say always and forever, but this is one thing, and the partisanship that we deny, which leads to every faction becoming partisan for its own group, and then their distance and hatred increasing, and the like; this is another thing.
The questioner : Is this, yes, this is what I stated regarding this issue, I said: when he saidThe Shaykh : this statement, he means that, for example, this faction specializes in writing about politics, and this faction specializes in writing about economics.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : until the Islamic state is established, then each one afterwards engages in ... .
The Shaykh : And the Islamic state cannot be established except on these specializations, not on partisanship.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : By Al-Shaybani.
The questioner : Yes, by Al-Shaybani, a brief statement, and they said thatThe Shaykh : Al-Albani considers it permissible to form political parties and join them; whereas it is well known that your position is the opposite of all this.
The Shaykh : No, no, I deny this most strongly, but perhaps the brother's statement
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The brother's statement, I affirm that every group may undertake an obligatory duty from among the obligations that
The questioner : are within their specialty, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : are within their specialty?
The Shaykh : Yes, within their specialty; I affirm this and never contradict it; for example, I give a very simple, easy example: I do not deny that there may be a group or faction of Muslims who undertake, for example, physical exercises within the limits of the Islamic Shari'ah; because this is a collective obligation; if some people perform it, it drops from the rest, and so you can infer from this; that there may be a group that undertakes learning sciences that we, the jurists, do not undertake, but all these groups must live within one circle, which is the circle of the Book and the Sunnah, and there is no difference in the foundation upon which the edifice of Islam and the glory of Islam should be built; so this is what I affirm and say always and forever, but this is one thing, and the partisanship that we deny, which leads to every faction becoming partisan for its own group, and then their distance and hatred increasing, and the like; this is another thing.
The questioner : Is this, yes, this is what I stated regarding this issue, I said: when he saidThe Shaykh : this statement, he means that, for example, this faction specializes in writing about politics, and this faction specializes in writing about economics.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : until the Islamic state is established, then each one afterwards engages in ... .
The Shaykh : And the Islamic state cannot be established except on these specializations, not on partisanship.
The questioner: Yes.
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