The Shaykh’s talk about those who take parts of his words, distort them from their intended meaning, and then publish them, thereby confusing people with this truncated speech.

The student : One of the brothers, may Allah reward him with good, from Kuwait, whom we met in the Hijaz, sends you many greetings. He says that he hopes this message will reach you. He mentions that some brothers from Kuwait came to you a while ago and asked you about the topic of parliaments. You did not hear the tape, but he says that at the end of your talk, you stated that if a man is in parliament, it is possible for him to be pledged to, or to vote for him. The brother informs you that the brothers are now...

The Shaykh : Excuse me, vote for what?
The student : I mean, for example, if he is in parliament.
Another student: He is elected, I mean.
The student : I mean he is elected.

The Shaykh : I mentioned this earlier.
The student : The brothers are now quoting your words, O Shaykh, and the words of Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz, and putting them on tapes by themselves, and promoting them in Kuwait. So the brother said: It is better to inform the Shaykh.

The Shaykh : What does the Shaykh do? What does the Shaykh do?! If the misguided sects number seventy-two, and they all interpret the words of Allah, then what about the Shaykh’s words?! If I said, as you heard earlier, that we do not advise, we do not advise a Muslim to nominate himself to be a member of parliament, any parliament on earth today, even if it is claimed to be an Islamic parliament. And I say: This member will be a member, will be a member. But on the other hand, regarding the people who are afflicted with candidates of different orientations, from the perspective of reducing evil: we advise them to choose the Muslim over the atheist. So if they take half of the speech: "Do not approach prayer while intoxicated," the Lord of the Worlds said, "No," the Lord of the Worlds said: , "Thus said the Lord of the Worlds," "No," the whole thing is: . So what do I do? And I am afflicted with many such distortions. So I have no control over anything but myself, and I say the truth, and then it is up to people to follow the truth or to oppose it, .
The student : Allah is the Helper.

The Shaykh : The person who sent me here had a long discussion about this specific point. And what is very painful is that the matter reaches the point of doubting the obvious prohibitions, due to the controlling desires, as came in some authentic hadiths, like the hadith of Mu'awiyah in the Sunan, where he said about some of the sects: We disapprove of our brothers in Kuwait and elsewhere who have become involved in political work and entering parliaments that rule by other than what Allah has revealed. And we advise them to return to what they were doing before, which is engaging in knowledge and da'wah. I directed the following question to him: And here is the lesson. I said: Do you know, so-and-so, that there are Muslims in Palestine, Arabs, who are members of the Jewish parliament, the one they call the Knesset?! He said: Yes. I said to him: Do you think that these Muslims will be able to change the Jewish constitution and the Jewish law? What is your opinion?! He remained silent and did not answer. I said: So-and-so, why are you silent?! Do you not know that these people are governed by this system forever and that they will not be able to change anything in this constitution or this law? And as we say: The crane, we were able to take from it, the answer is they cannot do anything. I said to him with complete frankness: What is the difference between this constitution and this constitution?! This constitution is governed by the Americans, and this constitution is governed by the Americans, and this constitution cannot do anything except by their order. And the fitnah of Bush’s shirts, Bush, Bush, and so on, which spread and became famous regarding the Kuwaitis, is not hidden from anyone.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : They worshipped other than Allah.
The student : May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : So may Allah bless you. What do I do with these people if they take some of the words?!
The student : Allah is the Helper.