The Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen is preparing to participate in the elections alongside the other secular parties, urging people to nominate their members, and when someone rebuked them for this, they told him it is not permissible for him to do so, stating that it is obligatory to cooperate with his brothers, knowing that government elections are subject to the democratic system.

The questioner : This question that follows: The Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen is preparing to participate in the elections alongside the other secular parties, urging people to nominate their members, and when someone rebuked them for this, they told him it is not permissible for him to do so, stating that it is obligatory to cooperate with his brothers, knowing that government elections are subject to the democratic system.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.

The questioner : We ask the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) to clarify this from the perspective of Islamic law, namely, is it permissible for people to nominate these Muslim Brotherhood members for themselves, and for people to vote for them? Knowing that the Shaykh’s previous answers to our brothers in Algeria indicated this.

The Shaykh : And you have just heard the detailed answer to this question.

The questioner : May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : So we do not repeat the answer.

The questioner: Yes.