What is the correct understanding of the hadiths that command adherence to the group in light of reality.

Al-Halabi : The brother questioner asks, saying: There are several Prophetic hadiths in which there is a command to adhere to the group. What is the understanding of these hadiths in light of reality?

The Shaykh : The answer is in the well-known hadith in the Sunan, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): This is the answer, but a question arises regarding this answer, so it is necessary to detail the answer. If we understand that the group intended by this hadith is the answer to the question just raised, the explanation of this answer, which is the group, has come in another narration, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): So, look, O lost Muslim, amidst these groups existing today among the Muslims in every country, let alone the entire Islamic world. Look, and whoever is upon the Book and the Sunnah, and the authentic Sunnah, in creed, action, worship, and conduct, it is obligatory for you to be with this group and none other, absolutely. This is among the meanings of His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the Noble Qur'an: And it is not permissible for any young Muslim to become partisan, or to form a faction, or to pledge allegiance to any of these groups existing on the face of the earth, because the pledge of allegiance in Islam is only for a man who is the only one to be pledged to, and the only one who manages the affairs of Islam and the Muslims, and rules them by the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And with great regret, this person does not exist today. Therefore, there is no person to pledge allegiance to today, because the pledge of allegiance is only for the Caliph of the Muslims. But Here is a group, and there is a group, and there is a group in this country, and in the neighboring country, and in the distant town. Groups that you consider to be upon the Book and the Sunnah, and their actions are upon the Book and the Sunnah, and their morals are likewise. So it is obligatory for you to be with them, because they are the group, and they are the ones intended finally by his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic, indeed mass-transmitted hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): or So, adhere to the group that is upon the Book and the Sunnah, and beware of deviating from it, as came in the authentic hadith: And it should not be that the Muslim people are ignorant, living a trial by living with a group for a long time, then not increasing in knowledge, nor increasing in jurisprudence, nor increasing in worship, nor excellence in conduct. This means that they are living in clear loss. So it is upon the Muslim to choose from those who are truthful to this meaning that you heard in the hadith of the saved sect, to be with the group in the concept explained in the other narration, which is upon what the Messenger and his Companions were upon. It is not hidden from any person that this group cannot be so except with knowledge, and knowledge is the Book and the Sunnah. So whoever has no knowledge of the Sunnah has no knowledge of the Book, because the Qur'an and the Sunnah are twins, and it is not permissible to separate between them, as came in the authentic hadith: in other than this, later.
Al-Halabi : Yes, O our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Please go ahead.