Is it not possible to overlook the doctrine of loyalty and disavowal with the people of innovation in order to unite the words of the Muslims?
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The questioner : The Muslims have divided into sects and parties, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has forbidden us from dividing and differing. So today, the Muslims are in this state: this one is a Salafi, this one is an Ash'ari, this one is a Sufi, and this is what you are asking about. Is it not possible to overlook the doctrine of loyalty and disavowal in order to unite the word to confront the enemies of Allah and His Messenger?
The Shaykh : This is a strange and wondrous question, indicating that many Muslims, if not most Muslims, do not yet know how Muslims can fight the enemies of Allah and wage war against them while, as the questioner himself described, they are divided into many sects and parties. How can this questioner conceive that we should leave the study of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), which was the first creed that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to convey, in His saying and His saying (Mighty and Majestic) ? If the Muslims differ in their understanding of this beautiful word, how can these people be one hand in confronting and fighting the enemies of Allah? It is as if this questioner and those like him want us to suspend the Shari'ah of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and by suspending the Shari'ah of Allah, we can confront the enemies of Allah. This is according to the school of Abu Nuwas: "And cure with that which was the disease". Our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) says [An-Nisa 4:59], and the verse we have mentioned repeatedly and just now [An-Nisa 4:115]. How can this questioner and those like him be satisfied with us turning away from all these clear verses? And how do they imagine the possibility of these Muslims meeting despite the severe disagreement between them, which is not, as they say, in the branches, but in the fundamentals, and not only in the fundamentals, but in the fundamental of fundamentals, which is Allah, Lord of the worlds (Blessed and Exalted is He).
It deeply saddens me to remind this questioner and those like him: We were overjoyed when news reached us of the victory of our Muslim brothers in Afghanistan over the Russian communists and their followers. Then, to the extent that we rejoiced, we were grieved and saddened when they stopped before only two towns out of all of Afghanistan, and the reason for that was that their commanders and leaders differed among themselves and disputed. And our Lord says[Al-Anfal 8:46]. So this questioner does not notice that the disagreement that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) referred to in the hadith of the seventy-three sects, and that the saved sect is the one that is upon what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon. When the Muslims unite on this methodology from the Book and the Sunnah and what the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were upon, then they can confront the enemies of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for leaving the old as it is, as they say, and trying to gather and meet in order to fight the enemy, this is impossible. The Battle of Hunayn and the like are among the greatest examples of the necessity of unifying the word of the Muslims, and this will never be possible except on the basis of the Book and the Sunnah. The previous verse is sufficient for you, if Allah wills, as proof: [An-Nisa 4:59] The Book is the Book, the Sunnah is the Sunnah, and the methodology is the Salaf, the Salaf.
The Shaykh : This is a strange and wondrous question, indicating that many Muslims, if not most Muslims, do not yet know how Muslims can fight the enemies of Allah and wage war against them while, as the questioner himself described, they are divided into many sects and parties. How can this questioner conceive that we should leave the study of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), which was the first creed that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to convey, in His saying
And magnify your Lord
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْAnd know that there is no god but Allah
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُAnd if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآَخِرِ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًاAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
وَمَنْ يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ المُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّى وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًاIt deeply saddens me to remind this questioner and those like him: We were overjoyed when news reached us of the victory of our Muslim brothers in Afghanistan over the Russian communists and their followers. Then, to the extent that we rejoiced, we were grieved and saddened when they stopped before only two towns out of all of Afghanistan, and the reason for that was that their commanders and leaders differed among themselves and disputed. And our Lord says
