Is there a necessary connection between establishing correct tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and establishing the Islamic state?

The questioner : ... This is a Shaykh's question that follows this one.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Do we understand from your words, O Shaykh, that there is no necessary connection between establishing correct tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and correct worship, and establishing the Islamic state?

The Shaykh : No, no, they are not necessarily linked, because it is undoubtedly a well-known fact that in some times, seclusion is better than mixing with people. A Muslim may withdraw to one of these valleys and live there alone, worshipping his Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and being content, so that the harm of people to him and his harm to them is cut off. This is a matter about which many, and very many, hadiths have come. However, the original principle, as it came in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar The Muslim state is undoubtedly a means to establish the rule of Allah on earth. Therefore, on an occasion like this, we say to some Islamic callers who are concerned with establishing the Muslim state—this is not within their ownership, their ability, or their power, and it is one of their marvels that they are concerned with what they cannot accomplish, and they call upon themselves to strive and establish the state, as that Muslim caller said when he advised his group with that saying, and then they did not seek his advice: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land." We find many of these people who, for example, as they say, call for the exclusive attribution of ruling to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), expressing this by the well-known phrase "the sovereignty belongs to Allah." Undoubtedly, ruling belongs to Allah alone, with no partner for Him in that or in anything else. Yet, they do not realize that there is no ruling but Allah's in themselves, which is within their ability and power. For example, some of them still insist on clinging to worshipping Allah as they found their fathers and grandfathers doing, and better than them is one who studied a school of thought from the four schools followed today. Then, when a clear and authentic Sunnah comes to him, he says, "No, this is contrary to my school of thought." Where is the ruling by what Allah has revealed? They demand of others what they do not demand of themselves. It is very easy to apply the rule of Allah in your home, in your buying, and in your selling, whereas it is very difficult to transform this ruler who rules in many of his judgments by other than what Allah has revealed. So why do you leave the easy for the difficult? This indicates one of two things: either there is bad upbringing and bad guidance, or there is bad creed that diverts them to being concerned with what they cannot achieve, rather than being concerned with what they are able to do. For this reason, may Allah reward you, we are always and forever concerned with purification and upbringing. If a caller turns away from one of these two matters, he will not succeed in his calling. Therefore, every Muslim, whether a scholar or not, must work and fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) within the limits of his ability, and prioritize the more important over the less important. He should leave matters that have no benefit, such as stirring up enthusiasm and stirring up fitnah and problems that will inevitably occur one day, but the day when this stirring up has more good than harm and less damage than benefit. As for today, we see that the entire occupation is with purification and upbringing, each within the limits of his ability, and Allah does not burden a soul except with what it can bear. Here is a questioner, hello, do you have anything? Here is a questioner, allow him, or do you have something?

The questioner : By Allah, I have something. I want to thank you for this wonderful word.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.

The questioner : May Allah bless you and bless you in your affairs.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : I mean everything in our hearts, and whatever that means