If some Salafi students of knowledge are invited to deliver a lecture in the mosques of the partisans, should they accept the invitation?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. Likewise, our Shaykh, in the issue where sometimes a capable student of knowledge in da'wah is invited to the centers of the Muslim Brotherhood or to the partisans, for example, to deliver a lecture or participate in a lecture, either in a mosque or a public place, or otherwise. The student of knowledge feels that if he goes there, he will not be able to speak about the matters in which there is disagreement between us and them. And if he speaks about the matters they want, they benefit from his presence in that position and say, for example, to the others, "We are all of one word and one da'wah. Do you not see so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, participated with us and attended with us, and so on and so on?" So he fears in this matter regarding the connection. And another says, "No, if we are invited to a matter that contains obedience to Allah the Exalted, by the way of , without looking at the fact that this may be a sin in the end when they benefit from his presence. Do you advise, our Shaykh, for example, writing in known magazines that have a specific partisan direction, even if they are originally Salafis, or attending a lecture or seminar or participating in a matter in this vein without speaking about the disputed issues, speaking about general rulings in legal matters, in fiqh fatwas? And whoever said prohibition cited what you heard, and whoever said permissibility cited what you heard. What is the correct view, meaning, from the two parties?

The Shaykh : That it is not imposed, and it is not imposed upon him.

The questioner : That it is not imposed, and it is not imposed upon him. If he knows from himself that he is able to say the word of truth, whether they are pleased with it or not, he attends?

The Shaykh : They may impose an article upon him.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : So if it is according to their desires, he does not agree and does not attend. But if they give him the choice, he imposes the article upon them and does not surprise them either.

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh : Surprise them.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Because in the surprise, a problem may be stirred up, and they may prevent him from continuing in his topic. Rather, he says, "I will deliver a word, for example, on tawhid, for example, . If they agree, then he proceeds; otherwise, he does not. This is what I intended by my saying, 'It is not imposed, and it is not imposed upon him.'

The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh, once, may Allah reward you with good, it was as if they invited you to some universities, and you said, "I told you, Shaykh, why don't you go?" You said, "They want to let me speak as they want. If I do not speak as I want, I do not go."

The Shaykh : That is it.

The questioner : Yes, that is the meaning of his saying, "It is not imposed, and it is not imposed upon him." But the speech may be, for example, in His saying, the Exalted, , and the ruling, and other things. It may not be a matter of disagreement between us and them. Rather, if he spoke about the rulings of the disputed issues between us and them, this is truly what may prevent him from continuing.

The Shaykh : onAl-Halabi : Our Shaykh, this is, for example, ah, our Shaykh, we gave this as an example, meaning, or rather, the truth is that there may be a disagreement between us and them in this or that. This is what the professor wants.

The questioner : Meaning, he speaks about the disputed issue, but with gentleness and softness, and with wisdom, and with the thing that brings its fruits. It is not just that he wants to speak to increase enmity more and more. He does not go and speak. First, if they impose it upon him, he does not go. And if they leave him the space to speak what he sees brings him closer to Allah, and what he sees rectifies their words, he does that. May Allah reward you.