The Shaykh clarifying the optimal path in da'wah, and warning the callers to Allah against suffering a setback

The Shaykh : We fear this for the callers themselves, that they may suffer a setback. Therefore, we should take lessons from his saying (peace be upon him): . I am giving an example to help people understand the meaning of his saying (peace be upon him): . "Sharrah" means activity and strength. I am giving an example: Until when? When will he go bankrupt completely? But if you remain like this, if you stay this way for your whole life without being affected, then this is among the meanings of His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): , , no excess and no deficiency. And every time has its rulings. Now, the state is for the disbelievers, and the state is for the hypocrites. So the Muslims have only to work within the limits of their ability, and . Now, in all countries, in this country or with you, a person speaks within the limits of what Allah said and what the Messenger of Allah said, and does not target individuals. Not because targeting individuals is not permissible—no, it is permissible—but this targeting is conditional on it not causing a setback, just as is the case with enjoining good and forbidding evil. So if you are one who enjoins good, let your enjoining of good be done with good. And we know the authentic hadith in al-Bukhari from the hadith of A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her): . The point is his saying (peace be upon him): . (Peace be upon him) means he would put the Hajar (Black Stone) back into the Ka'bah, so the Ka'bah would become spacious: . This is the reform that he (peace be upon him) carried out. Why? He feared that some of those new to Islam might suffer a setback and say, "Look, they have left us nothing; even the House of Allah has been ruined for us." Come, understand for them that this ruin is actually reform! Where is the understanding for people?! So, the matter truly requires knowledge and wisdom. And whoever is given wisdom is given much good. Therefore, we observe now that these revolutions and these uprisings that we hear about in all countries are not carried out except by youth. This is very observable; they are not carried out except by youth. They are religious, but first: they do not have sufficient knowledge, and then they do not have the far-sighted view that comes from long, extensive experiences. For this reason, we warn against contradicting the wisdom that says: "Whoever hastens a thing before its time is tried with its deprivation." The Algerians themselves did what the Kuwaitis did, as you are reporting now. Before they suffered what they suffered, and before they entered the elections, they had contacts with me, as you saw from the scholarly aspect. They contacted me and said: "We want you to tell us the ruling of Allah regarding elections, and we will direct five or six questions to you. If you have a fax, we will send them to you." I told them: "I have one, and the fax number is the phone number." So they sent me two large sheets containing five or six questions. I answered them. The summary regarding what they asked: Is it permissible for a Muslim youth to enter the Algerian parliament? My answer was: No. But the completeness of the answer included what I mentioned earlier: If there are candidates from atheist or disbeliever parties, we advise that Muslims be elected. Among their questions was: Is it permissible for a woman to vote? And praise be to Allah, the question was not: Is it permissible for her to run for office?! A time will come.
The student : Some of them issued a fatwa, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Huh?
The student : In Kuwait, they issued a fatwa.

The Shaykh : How?
The student : Some of them issued a fatwa in Kuwait that it is permissible for her to enter.

The Shaykh : I know the matter, and I tell you, a time will come.
The student : It needs time.

The Shaykh : Yes?
The student : It needs time for people to get used to it.

The Shaykh : Ah, in the American way, step by step.
The student : Yes, their discussions were from the seventies, but now they are implementing it.

The Shaykh : The point is, they asked: Is it permissible for women to vote? I said: If, first, they are wearing the jilbab according to the Shari'ah, and in places reserved for women, then she may choose, and only from the perspective of choosing the lesser of two evils. Summary: And you sent them the same way by fax. What did they do? They took half the speech and left the rest. And it reached me from some of these students of knowledge there who contact me: that they published a bulletin and hung it on the doors of mosques that the Shaykh Al-Albani supports the parliament, and so on. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.