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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the one who does not work with the Jama'ah sinful?

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The questioner : The question: Is the one who does not work with the Jama'ah sinful?

The Shaykh : This question opens up another question for us, which is: Who is the Jama'ah? The answer is in the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:
The Jews split into seventy-one sects, and the Christians split into seventy-two sects, and my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects; all of them are in the Fire except one. افترقت اليهود على احدى وسبعين فرقة ، وافترقت النصارى على اثنتين وسبعين فرقة ، وستفترق أمتي على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة ؛ كلها في النار إلا واحدة
. They said: Who is it, O Messenger of Allah? He said:
It is the Jama'ah. هي الجماعة
, and in another narration:
What I am upon and my Companions. هي ما أنا عليه وأصحابي
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2641Da'if (Darussalam)
. So it is incumbent upon every Muslim to be with this Jama'ah, who are those who first call to acting upon the Book and the Sunnah, and not only that, but also following the righteous Salaf, the Companions. Because he (peace and blessings be upon him) described the Jama'ah by saying:
What I am upon and my Companions. ما أنا عليه وأصحابي
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2641Da'if (Darussalam)
. So if this is their first call, and applying this call is their habit, then it is recommended that one be with them, as Allah the Exalted said:
and be with those who are true. وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ
[At-Tawbah 9:119]
. The Jama'ah is not the one that says, "We are the Jama'ah, and the other one says, 'We are the Jama'ah, you must pledge allegiance to us,'" and that other one says, "You must pledge allegiance to us." Neither this one nor that one. The Jama'ah is not confined to one place, one grouping, or one party; rather, it is spread across the wide earth of Allah, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A group of people from my Umma will always remain triumphant on the right path and continue to be triumphant (against their opponents). He who deserts them shall not be able to do them any harm. They will remain in this position until Allah's Command is executed لا تزال طائفة من أمَّتي ظاهرين على الحقِّ لا يضرُّهم مَن خالفهم حتى يأتِيَ أمر الله
Sahih Muslim 1920
. So regarding the Jama'ah, we can summarize the answer by saying: The Jama'ah has two concepts, a Shari'ah concept and an innovated concept. As for the Shari'ah concept, it is the one that walks upon the Book and the Sunnah and upon what the righteous Salaf were upon, and this is what we call people to. The innovated concept is a specific group on the face of the earth; whoever claims affiliation with them is one of them, and whoever does not is not. This is an innovation in the religion that has no basis in the Book or the Sunnah. So we are with the Jama'ah that the Messenger described by saying:
What I am upon and my Companions. ما أنا عليه وأصحابي
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2641Da'if (Darussalam)
.
Other than that?
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