What is the ruling on one who establishes a principle for calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and then, whenever he finds a verse or hadith that agrees with this principle, he uses it to support it?

The questioner : And in addition to what... the issue of the pledge of allegiance, in addition; meaning, for example, I give you an image of what is transmitted, for example, he establishes a principle for the call, and says: If you find, for example, a verse or hadith that agrees with this principle, provide us with it.

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!

The questioner : He says: The original rule is that rulings are taken from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger, and the texts are not forced to fit [other ideas].

The Shaykh : ...his state with the verses and texts.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : No... the verses and texts according to what? Their principles.

The questioner : By destroying... the Islamic bank and these things.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : They brought these things... yes.

The Shaykh : They were some newspapers, I think "Al-Manar Magazine" by Sayyid Rashid Rida... a Khedive of Egypt, so he moved a little toward working to establish an Islamic constitution, they claimed.

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : So the Shaykh of Al-Azhar said to him: You choose whatever you wish from the man-made laws, and it is upon us to support you with the legal citations.

The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!

Another questioner : I believe it was "Khedive Ismail".

The Shaykh : Yes.

Another questioner : And he raised [the issue]; meaning he asked the scholars to establish an Islamic law. They said: It is not possible to establish an Islamic law. Look—Glorified and Exalted is He!—the scholars at the beginning, and it was a great setback for the Muslims.