The Shaykh explaining some of the dangers of the factionalism and partisanship that divides the Muslim community.
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The final question, the one based on the first statement.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : We have heard from the brothers that if a person is in a faction, he must remain
The Shaykh : in it?
The questioner : in this faction if Allah guides him to the correct creed, and he should teach these brothers. They told you that, but this is conditional on several conditions. The man who can sit in this organization to teach his brothers in the organization, who do not accept anything from anyone except from their own ranks, but he is required to commit to several things, one of which is that he pays a membership fee
The Shaykh : fee?
The questioner : that he pays a membership fee from his own money to this group.
The Shaykh : If the matter stops there, is it easy afterwards?
The questioner : Also, he must commit to a pledge of allegiance; he pledges allegiance, but he can frame this pledge as reforming the group. And third, he must commit to obedience; he obeys them, attends their meetings, and does what they order. And fourth, he must remain silent about some of the innovations that occur. So, is the predominant benefit for this brother? And also, in a very important point, he has little knowledge; he has not gained experience; when he was in their ranks, they did not teach him the creed or all the matters. With these conditions, can this man who is in this faction and this organization, and who holds a position with them, sit and teach his brothers the creed and so on, and continue with them?
The Shaykh : Without conditions.
The questioner : No, with these conditions.
The Shaykh : Without conditions.
The questioner : Then he cannot.
The Shaykh : He cannot. As for the first condition, there is no harm in it, and it is better for you not to mention it. Do you know which condition?
The questioner : The membership fee.
The Shaykh : Yes. You should have at least mentioned it last, meaning... Yes. Look, my brother, what I find among the dangers of the factionalism and partisanship that exists today is that they proceed in these factions that divide the Muslim community on a non-Islamic basis that has become today as if it were a very necessary Islamic basis, which is "the end justifies the means." You must have heard of this alleged basis, "the end justifies the means." I think our brother Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him), may Allah reward him with good and have mercy on our living and dead, fell into this. We say in the dialect of Sham, "the pit," meaning in this abyss, where he stated in some of his letters that the Muslim in this age must, in the way of seeking sustenance, must deal with what is forbidden. Perhaps you remember something of this? Well, how can a Muslim say this while he reads the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Talaq 65:2-3] and reads such as His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): How can a man, meaning if we do not call him a scholar, he is like us, a student of knowledge, walking in the pursuit of knowledge, old and new, how does he forget all these texts? And they are explicit. "The end justifies the means" has reached them to the point that they apply on their followers the conditions of the major pledge of allegiance, blind obedience, the pledge Mishkat al-Masabih 3696 These texts came regarding the Caliph, and they explicitly state that there is no Caliph, but they say with their tongues what is not in their hearts, or in other words, their actions contradict their words. So, the pledge in Islam, we do not know it except for the Caliphs, and this obedience that obligates the Muslim, or is obligatory upon the Muslim, such that the permissible becomes obligatory upon him because of the order coming from one whose order must be executed, like a wife, for example, her husband orders her to do something that is not originally obligatory upon her by the Shari'ah, but it is originally permissible, so he orders her to do it, and she is able and capable, so it becomes obligatory upon her to do it. So, the Muslim ruler pledged allegiance to by a Shari'ah pledge is like this. So, the Muslim Brothers established this bad practice, and then those who followed them, from those who wanted to combine being a Muslim Brother with being a Salafi, imposed the pledge and imposed obedience. We say there is no harm in imposing obedience in the way of organizing the teaching of people, guiding them, and educating them, and so on, but it is not the obedience that Allah Mighty and Majestic orders in the Qur'an: obedience to Allah and the Messenger and those in authority among you. This is a specific obedience, and that is a general obedience, and the rulings that follow the specific obedience do not follow the general obedience. So, in conclusion, I say that this member you are referring to, if they do not allow him except to submit to their pledge and their blind obedience, and they know that his presence among them benefits them in the essence of their call and does not harm them, then this is from the ill omens of factionalism. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And Glory is to You, O Allah, and with Your praise, I testify that there is no deity but You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : That is the end of it.
The questioner : The final question, the one based on the first statement.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : We have heard from the brothers that if a person is in a faction, he must remain
The Shaykh : in it?
The questioner : in this faction if Allah guides him to the correct creed, and he should teach these brothers. They told you that, but this is conditional on several conditions. The man who can sit in this organization to teach his brothers in the organization, who do not accept anything from anyone except from their own ranks, but he is required to commit to several things, one of which is that he pays a membership fee
The Shaykh : fee?
The questioner : that he pays a membership fee from his own money to this group.
The Shaykh : If the matter stops there, is it easy afterwards?
The questioner : Also, he must commit to a pledge of allegiance; he pledges allegiance, but he can frame this pledge as reforming the group. And third, he must commit to obedience; he obeys them, attends their meetings, and does what they order. And fourth, he must remain silent about some of the innovations that occur. So, is the predominant benefit for this brother? And also, in a very important point, he has little knowledge; he has not gained experience; when he was in their ranks, they did not teach him the creed or all the matters. With these conditions, can this man who is in this faction and this organization, and who holds a position with them, sit and teach his brothers the creed and so on, and continue with them?
The Shaykh : Without conditions.
The questioner : No, with these conditions.
The Shaykh : Without conditions.
The questioner : Then he cannot.
The Shaykh : He cannot. As for the first condition, there is no harm in it, and it is better for you not to mention it. Do you know which condition?
The questioner : The membership fee.
The Shaykh : Yes. You should have at least mentioned it last, meaning... Yes. Look, my brother, what I find among the dangers of the factionalism and partisanship that exists today is that they proceed in these factions that divide the Muslim community on a non-Islamic basis that has become today as if it were a very necessary Islamic basis, which is "the end justifies the means." You must have heard of this alleged basis, "the end justifies the means." I think our brother Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him), may Allah reward him with good and have mercy on our living and dead, fell into this. We say in the dialect of Sham, "the pit," meaning in this abyss, where he stated in some of his letters that the Muslim in this age must, in the way of seeking sustenance, must deal with what is forbidden. Perhaps you remember something of this? Well, how can a Muslim say this while he reads the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
ومن يتقّ الله يجعل له مخرجا ويرزقه من حيث لا يحتسبIndeed, the Holy Spirit breathed into my soul that no soul will die until it completes its sustenance and its term, so be beautiful in your seeking, for what is with Allah is not attained by what is forbidden.
إنّ روح القدس نفث في روعي إنّ نفسا لن تموت حتّى تستكمل رزقها وأجلها فأجملوا في الطّلب فإنّ ما عند الله لا ينال بالحرامA creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالقThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And Glory is to You, O Allah, and with Your praise, I testify that there is no deity but You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : That is the end of it.
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