It is said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: “Indeed, this is your community, one community, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.” The intended meaning of the community is the Muhammadan community, called the Muslim community.

The questioner : His second question states: The brother Alwan Mansur Jisam from Iraq said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: The intended meaning of the community is the Muhammadan community, called the Islamic community, which adheres to the religion of Islam and is composed of the Arabs, the spirit and substance of Islam, and the Kurds, Turks, Persians, Afghans, and others. Is it permissible in the Shari'ah for them to unite and become one state, working toward a single goal, which is to raise the banner of Islam high, and to come under a single leadership? Or is their administrative unity impossible, and why?

The Shaykh : His phrase: “Is it permissible for them to unite?”

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : There is a point to consider in this expression. The correct way to say it is: “Is it obligatory for them to unite?” We say: Yes, it is obligatory for the Muslims to unite and be one community, and their Caliph must be one. Then this Caliph appoints deputies and governors for the other lands, because it is not possible for one person to administer these great Islamic kingdoms. It is obligatory for them to unite and be one hand against those other than them, under one banner, which is the banner of Islam, and in the shadow of one, which is the shadow of Islam. This is the obligation upon the Muslims in all parts of the world.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : What has harmed the Muslims today is nothing but their division, their mutual strife, their hostility toward one another, and their turning to slogans other than what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided them to—slogans that cannot unite them but are closer to dividing them. The slogan of the Muslims that can unite them is the slogan of Islam: calling out to the Muslims who worship Allah, whether Arab, non-Arab, or others, so that they may be one hand against those other than them. As for calling out with slogans other than these Islamic and faith-based ones, they are in reality lost in vain. Since the emergence of these slogans to this day, we have not found them serving the interests, nor even the interests of those who call out with these descriptions. Rather, they are slogans that stirred up conflict, hostility, and hatred among the Muslims, and they scattered into factions. Reality bears witness to what we have said. However, we hope that Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, will return the Muslims to their right path and that they will all return to the judgment of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and that they will be one community and one hand against those other than them.