What are the conditions of the pledge of allegiance, and what is the ruling on the pledge of allegiance that takes place in some groups?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what are the conditions of the pledge of allegiance? And what is the ruling on the pledge of allegiance of a madman?
The Shaykh : The conditions of the pledge of allegiance.
The questioner : The conditions of the pledge of allegiance that we now find in some groups, for example.
The Shaykh : Yes, the pledge of allegiance that takes place in some groups is a denunciation and an anomalous pledge, because it entails that a person makes for himself two imams and two rulers: the Supreme Imam, who is the imam over all the lands, and the imam to whom he pledged allegiance.
It also leads to evil in the form of rebellion against the imams, which results in the shedding of blood and the destruction of wealth, the extent of which is known only to Allah.
As for appointing a leader for the group, this has come in the Sunnah in the case where a group travels, that they appoint one of them as their leader. Yes.
The Shaykh : The conditions of the pledge of allegiance.
The questioner : The conditions of the pledge of allegiance that we now find in some groups, for example.
The Shaykh : Yes, the pledge of allegiance that takes place in some groups is a denunciation and an anomalous pledge, because it entails that a person makes for himself two imams and two rulers: the Supreme Imam, who is the imam over all the lands, and the imam to whom he pledged allegiance.
It also leads to evil in the form of rebellion against the imams, which results in the shedding of blood and the destruction of wealth, the extent of which is known only to Allah.
As for appointing a leader for the group, this has come in the Sunnah in the case where a group travels, that they appoint one of them as their leader. Yes.