There are currently dozens of Islamic groups in the Islamic arena, all claiming that they will restore the Islamic caliphate. What is the obligation of the Muslim in this regard?
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The questioner : There are currently dozens of groups in the Islamic arenas, and all of them claim that they will restore the Islamic caliphate. So what must the Muslim do... Is there a specific category of people who are consulted and then appoint someone?
The Shaykh : General authority is the caliphate, and the caliphate does not accept division. If the intention behind authority is to organize the affairs of the community to facilitate reaching a correct understanding of the Shari'ah first, and then acting upon it, there is no objection to multiple authorities, provided one condition: that there be no enmity or hatred between them. Otherwise, the matter becomes one of the sects prohibited in the Book and the Sunnah. As for a person being pledged allegiance to as a general emir by a faction of people, in my opinion... Therefore, it is not permissible for us to appoint emirs in the sense of general authority who have not been pledged allegiance to by the general Muslim community, but only by a faction of partisans. In this case, when the groups and parties multiply, a Muslim should not become partisan to one faction over another, because this partisanship is the very division that is prohibited. Rather, he should take the best from every group and not be fanatical toward one faction over the others...
Another questioner: ... The ma'mum is called upon to either finish his supplication or continue moving his finger and making supplication.
The Shaykh : Until...
Another questioner: Until the imam stands up from the third rak'ah?
The Shaykh : General authority is the caliphate, and the caliphate does not accept division. If the intention behind authority is to organize the affairs of the community to facilitate reaching a correct understanding of the Shari'ah first, and then acting upon it, there is no objection to multiple authorities, provided one condition: that there be no enmity or hatred between them. Otherwise, the matter becomes one of the sects prohibited in the Book and the Sunnah. As for a person being pledged allegiance to as a general emir by a faction of people, in my opinion... Therefore, it is not permissible for us to appoint emirs in the sense of general authority who have not been pledged allegiance to by the general Muslim community, but only by a faction of partisans. In this case, when the groups and parties multiply, a Muslim should not become partisan to one faction over another, because this partisanship is the very division that is prohibited. Rather, he should take the best from every group and not be fanatical toward one faction over the others...
Another questioner: ... The ma'mum is called upon to either finish his supplication or continue moving his finger and making supplication.
The Shaykh : Until...
Another questioner: Until the imam stands up from the third rak'ah?