What is the ruling on making (Faith is Yemeni and Wisdom is Yemeni) the slogan of the association?

The questioner : Well, in the case that this prohibited matter is avoided, what is your comment or what is the ruling on the issue of citing the hadith?

The Shaykh : Citing these hadiths.

The questioner : And the verses, I mean?

The Shaykh : It is feared that it would fall into what Allah the Mighty and Majestic has forbidden, So it contains self-praise. The Yemenis are undoubtedly praised by the text of this authentic hadith, but what we must know and state frankly is that this praise, first of all, is a general praise that does not include every individual. And I believe, and I have stated this more than once, that the Arabs—peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you—the Arabs, all the Arabs, are preferred as a people—peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you—as a people, they are preferred over other non-Arab peoples. But this preference does not bring them closer to Allah; rather, it is an ethnic preference. And that is not due to virtues, traits, and morals that the Arabs used to possess in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So today, it is not permissible for any Arab to boast that he is Arab, because Islam, as we all know, bases preference on the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: So whether one is Arab in general or Yemeni in particular, it is only his taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) and his deeds that praise him. On this occasion, I like a report (athar) that Imam Malik narrated in al-Muwatta and others, in which Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), who had settled in the Levant, wrote to his brother in Islam, Salman al-Farisi, who had settled in Iraq, inviting him to come to him and settle in the Levant, for it is a blessed land. This is, without a doubt, a correct explanation, meaning that the Levant is a blessed land. But what was the answer of Abu al-Darda to his brother in Islam, Salman al-Farisi? He said: "As for after, the sacred land does not sanctify anyone; rather, it is a person's deeds that sanctify him." And there are many hadiths in this meaning from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the most famous of which is the hadith in Sahih Muslim in a long hadith of his: Therefore, although we believe that the Yemenis have that virtue, they should not boast with it or praise themselves with it, for it is only a person's deeds that praise him. This is my answer to this question in particular.The questioner : I mean, there is no harm.

The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I have an important question as well, in the context of the democratic system by which Yemen is governed?

The Shaykh : They claim!

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : If you compare it, they claim!

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Democratic, they claim.

The questioner : Also, it is democratic by their claim.