The Proliferation of Sects and Groups in This Era and Our Position Toward Them

The questioner : Our teacher, there are currently dozens of groups in the Islamic arena, and all of them claim that they will restore the Islamic Caliphate, or reclaim the Islamic Caliphate. So what must the Muslim do? He must do good deeds and believe in Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as How... after we commit, do you have, for example, a specific group that is consulted and then they appoint someone or...?

The Shaykh : The general emirate is the Caliphate, and the Caliphate does not accept division. If the intention behind the emirate is to organize the affairs of a group to facilitate reaching an understanding of the Shari'ah first: a correct understanding, and then acting upon it, then there is no objection to having multiple emirs, provided one condition: that there be no enmity or hatred between them. Otherwise, the matter becomes one of the sects that are forbidden in the Book and the Sunnah. As for a person being pledged to in the name of the general emir by a faction of people, this is, in my belief, among the newly invented matters. Therefore, it is not permissible for us to appoint emirs in the sense of general authority who have not been pledged to by the general Muslim community, but only by a faction of partisans. In this case, when groups and parties multiply, the Muslim should not become partisan to one faction over another, because this partisanship is the very essence of division, which is forbidden by the Shari'ah. Rather, he should take the best from every group and not be biased toward one faction over the others.