What is the ruling on organization and leadership?
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The questioner : But in truth, O Shaykh, there is a point that I wish would be recorded on the tape right now. The brothers in Sudan are truly on the verge of a commotion that is about to appear?
The questioner : Why? The supporters of the Sunnah there are under a leadershipThe Shaykh : ... They established a leadership, and the leadership is not, as I said, a pledge of allegiance nor a call to Islam, but rather an organizational leadership. However, they called him an Amir, and we wished they had called him the General President of the Group.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in any case.
The questioner : Some people there understood from your words that leadership is not permissible, and so on. Now, discord has arisen between them. In truth, the basis of the discussion is built upon your words that the Amir is in the city, so they did not understand this from the speech... So they said, "The university has a leadership in it, and there is religious innovation in it, so we will leave it." All of them are Salafis in their teaching and in their curricula. So, for example, if you would speak on this issue.
The Shaykh : Is the speech that was just recorded not a cure for the problem?
The questioner : Perhaps, for example, on a tape I could summarize the points for you so you can clarify them, and perhaps it will be a cause for... this fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)!
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, but the problem is that time does not help us to repeat the topic. Perhaps our brother Abu Layla has several tapes regarding this issue, and this one is a tape, and this is sufficient and clear...
The questioner : ... This should be acquired.
The Shaykh : It is sufficient and clear.
Another questioner : We have brothers with the same problem: a misunderstanding of the meaning of the word "organization"!
The Shaykh : I believe that any tape, we do not just utter the speech, rather we clarify it!
The questioner : Why? The supporters of the Sunnah there are under a leadershipThe Shaykh : ... They established a leadership, and the leadership is not, as I said, a pledge of allegiance nor a call to Islam, but rather an organizational leadership. However, they called him an Amir, and we wished they had called him the General President of the Group.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in any case.
The questioner : Some people there understood from your words that leadership is not permissible, and so on. Now, discord has arisen between them. In truth, the basis of the discussion is built upon your words that the Amir is in the city, so they did not understand this from the speech... So they said, "The university has a leadership in it, and there is religious innovation in it, so we will leave it." All of them are Salafis in their teaching and in their curricula. So, for example, if you would speak on this issue.
The Shaykh : Is the speech that was just recorded not a cure for the problem?
The questioner : Perhaps, for example, on a tape I could summarize the points for you so you can clarify them, and perhaps it will be a cause for... this fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)!
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, but the problem is that time does not help us to repeat the topic. Perhaps our brother Abu Layla has several tapes regarding this issue, and this one is a tape, and this is sufficient and clear...
The questioner : ... This should be acquired.
The Shaykh : It is sufficient and clear.
Another questioner : We have brothers with the same problem: a misunderstanding of the meaning of the word "organization"!
The Shaykh : I believe that any tape, we do not just utter the speech, rather we clarify it!
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