He was asked about some of the callers who rush for results.
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The questioner : Is this if you permit me?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : It leads us to another discussion that I have been eager to write about in recent times, and I have written two books on it, which I brought with me: *Al-Hikmah* (Wisdom) and *Haqiqat al-Intisar* (The Reality of Victory). I have noticed that many, or some, of the callers of some groups rush for the nearest, most immediate goal!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : At the expense of the distant one, which is the primary objective. For example, in the message of *Al-Hikmah*, I intended this aspect: what is wisdom, in reality, in this turbulent reality? But in *Haqiqat al-Intisar*, I intended another meaning. I said there is an observation: many callers link the methodology with the realization of results, and they judge the methodology based on the realization of results. So we fell into three categories: a category that rushed, a category that compromised by making concessions in order to achieve some victory, and a category that became despairing. And all of them are wrong!
The Shaykh : Do you have to mention the fourth category?
The questioner : And it is.
The Shaykh : Those who are proceeding.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Those who are proceeding on the path they are walking.
The questioner : No, I am saying a mistake occurred, O Shaykh. I am saying...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Those who directly linked [the methodology to results], judging the methodology based on the realization of results!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I say these are the ones who erred. So I mentioned that *Haqiqat al-Intisar* clarified the error of these rushers, the error of the rushers, and the error of the compromisers. And they are many, as you know, because of the pressure of the followers, and because of [the caller] trying to achieve, even if it is a part, even if it is a seat in parliament, or a position, or other things.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And some of them became despairing of this reality and withdrew, even though benefit can be derived from it. And I said at the end that victory, the reality of victory, is the methodology: adherence to the methodology. Whether or not, without a doubt, and another [type] is the victory you love, which is victory from Allah. Then I clarified that victory has types; the realization of results is one of the types of victory.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And most of the prophets did not achieve victory, which is the realization of results, in their lifetimes. And this was not achieved for some of the prophets and messengers, peace and blessings be upon them and upon our Prophet, the best of prayers and peace!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I said, adherence to the methodology is victory, whether or not what the caller strived for was realized in his life or not. Yes!
The Shaykh : Our brothers know that we have simplified words on this point, and we remind them that the obligatory duty of the true Muslim caller is to continue on the straight path!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then, after that, it is not upon him whether he arrived or did not arrive!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And we mention the authentic hadith in *Sahih Muslim*, and perhaps also in *al-Bukhari*, from the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We mention this in response to the Muslim Brothers who boast about the large number of their followers and reproach us by saying, "Your number is small," and they infer from that that your call is not upright, because if it were sound, your followers would be many. We say, Glory be to Allah! We do not absolve ourselves from being wrong or falling short, but your inference of the error of our call from the smallness of our followers is a refutation of those prophets about whom the Messenger spoke, until the Prophet was seen with no one with him. So you must look at the call, not at the followers, whether many or few. And I mention that on this occasion, and I say it is strange that the pre-Islamic Arab, who was an associate of partners with Allah, but was intelligent, when he said in his poem:
The Shaykh: "My companion wept when he saw the road ahead of us, *** And he was certain that we would catch up with Qaysar.
The Shaykh: So I said to him, do not let your eye weep, for we *** Are striving for a kingdom, or we die and are excused."
The Shaykh: O people, the Muslim, first, must have this logic: we strive to reach the desired goal, which is establishing the rule of Allah on earth. If we reach it, praise be to Allah, for that is from the favor of Allah. If we do not reach it, the important thing is that we are excused because we are walking on the path. So this is, without a doubt, a word of truth. This...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : It leads us to another discussion that I have been eager to write about in recent times, and I have written two books on it, which I brought with me: *Al-Hikmah* (Wisdom) and *Haqiqat al-Intisar* (The Reality of Victory). I have noticed that many, or some, of the callers of some groups rush for the nearest, most immediate goal!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : At the expense of the distant one, which is the primary objective. For example, in the message of *Al-Hikmah*, I intended this aspect: what is wisdom, in reality, in this turbulent reality? But in *Haqiqat al-Intisar*, I intended another meaning. I said there is an observation: many callers link the methodology with the realization of results, and they judge the methodology based on the realization of results. So we fell into three categories: a category that rushed, a category that compromised by making concessions in order to achieve some victory, and a category that became despairing. And all of them are wrong!
The Shaykh : Do you have to mention the fourth category?
The questioner : And it is.
The Shaykh : Those who are proceeding.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Those who are proceeding on the path they are walking.
The questioner : No, I am saying a mistake occurred, O Shaykh. I am saying...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Those who directly linked [the methodology to results], judging the methodology based on the realization of results!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I say these are the ones who erred. So I mentioned that *Haqiqat al-Intisar* clarified the error of these rushers, the error of the rushers, and the error of the compromisers. And they are many, as you know, because of the pressure of the followers, and because of [the caller] trying to achieve, even if it is a part, even if it is a seat in parliament, or a position, or other things.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And some of them became despairing of this reality and withdrew, even though benefit can be derived from it. And I said at the end that victory, the reality of victory, is the methodology: adherence to the methodology. Whether or not, without a doubt, and another [type] is the victory you love, which is victory from Allah. Then I clarified that victory has types; the realization of results is one of the types of victory.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And most of the prophets did not achieve victory, which is the realization of results, in their lifetimes. And this was not achieved for some of the prophets and messengers, peace and blessings be upon them and upon our Prophet, the best of prayers and peace!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I said, adherence to the methodology is victory, whether or not what the caller strived for was realized in his life or not. Yes!
The Shaykh : Our brothers know that we have simplified words on this point, and we remind them that the obligatory duty of the true Muslim caller is to continue on the straight path!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then, after that, it is not upon him whether he arrived or did not arrive!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And we mention the authentic hadith in *Sahih Muslim*, and perhaps also in *al-Bukhari*, from the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The nations were presented to me, and I saw a large or great mass on the horizon. I said, "Who are these?" He said, "These are the people of Musa." Then he looked to the other side of the horizon and found his ummah. He said, "What is this?" He said, "This is your ummah." Then the Prophet was presented to me with one man, and two men, and the Prophet with a group, and two groups, and the Prophet with one man and two men, and the Prophet with no one with him.
عرضت علي الأمم فرأيت سواد كبيرا أو عظيما في الأفق فقلت من هؤلاء؟ قال: هؤلاء قوم موسى ثم نظر فى جانب الآخر من الأفق فوجد أمته قال ما هذا؟ قال : هذه أمتك قال ثم عرض على النبي و معه الرجل و الرجلان و النبي و معه الرهط و الرهطان و النبي و معه الرجل و الرجلان و النبي و ليس معه أحدThe Shaykh: "My companion wept when he saw the road ahead of us, *** And he was certain that we would catch up with Qaysar.
The Shaykh: So I said to him, do not let your eye weep, for we *** Are striving for a kingdom, or we die and are excused."
The Shaykh: O people, the Muslim, first, must have this logic: we strive to reach the desired goal, which is establishing the rule of Allah on earth. If we reach it, praise be to Allah, for that is from the favor of Allah. If we do not reach it, the important thing is that we are excused because we are walking on the path. So this is, without a doubt, a word of truth. This...
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