If the members of the Salvation Front nominate themselves in the parliament, is it permissible for us to vote for them?

The questioner : What is our position if the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria enters the parliament? What should our stance be? Do we vote for them or not, especially after you said that entering the parliament is not established from our righteous predecessors?

The Shaykh : We told our Algerian brothers, and we said here as well, that we do not advise any Muslim to nominate himself to be a member of the parliament, and you know the reason from the previous statement. Along with this, we say that if there are Muslim youth who nominate themselves as deputies in the parliament against individuals from non-Islamic parties, then in this situation I see that we should vote for the first group, because if we do not vote for them, the other group will succeed. This is from the perspective of choosing the lesser of two harms. Do you understand the difference? We do not advise a Muslim to nominate himself. If he refuses and sees that there is good in it and nominates himself, then it is obligatory for us to nominate him rather than nominate that disbeliever, or that open sinner, or that wicked woman, or the like.