The ruling on remaining among the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose creed and methodology are sound, in order to call them to the correct religion.

The questioner : Naturally, during my studies in Turkey and my mixing with many ideas from Islamic parties, I gathered a lot of ideas from the Sufis, the Naqshbandis, from politicians, from party members, and from many others over the last ten years. I observed some changing matters and asked myself, and in my final days, about two years ago, I was looking for a position, and I returned to Turkey. The Sufis, of course, welcomed me with open arms.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.

The questioner : But perhaps—Mighty and Majestic is He—He took hold of our hearts, and we did not return a second time. So when the illness came, this man came to us. We spoke about many things. Now, naturally, if Allah wills, I have convictions about this thought, as long as this thought relies on the word of Allah and the word of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and on the compelling argument that I love.

The Shaykh : Very good.

The questioner : I am well known in the same area, meaning I am one of its leaders, and my wife is also in the same situation.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed, for twenty years as well.

The questioner : She is a classmate of one of my daughters.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : She and one of my daughters are classmates in the College of Sharia.

Another questioner : His wife and Abdullah’s mother were in the same class in the college.

The Shaykh: All right.

The questioner : O my dear master, I do not want to step out of this picture and say "As-salamu alaykum," because I know what matters follow from it, the least of which is the CIA.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : The least of which is the CIA, the American intelligence, and below that is the Mossad.

Another questioner : Jordanian intelligence, some of which is morally degenerate, there are many things.

The Shaykh : Excuse me, security intelligence, what is its relation to...

The questioner : They are gone, gone, they take the accusation so that no one listens to you. So I remained on this path for about a year, and I worked in complete silence, and we stopped at some matters.

The Shaykh : Look, O...

The questioner : O my dear master, I can see many pains that will befall me if... especially since I live near the leadership. The leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood. I say "As-salamu alaykum" and I go.

The Shaykh : Reasonable.

The questioner : But I started a year ago. One by one.

The Shaykh: Come on.

The questioner : I can escape from them and some matters. I mean, the issue of parliamentary elections, the issue of the Islamic Bank, the lack of Sharia evidence in many matters, I raise them, and without hesitation. Some are responsive, and some are poor, by Allah, they are blind, no doubt, by Allah they are blind, and they need someone to show them the way.

The Shaykh : .

The questioner : But O Shaykh, tell the Shaykh. It is better that you remain in this situation and get rid of it little by little. Or remain on this path. I wanted to present this matter to you, and we ask Allah to benefit us from your knowledge, and we have wasted a long life.

The Shaykh : If Allah wills, our Lord will compensate you with good for what you have missed. I say: remain in the group. The general guide, the leader in the world, in any hall, in any hotel, in any country, and ending with the detailed secrets of the Muslim Brotherhood, which are in their legislative council for the members of the Shura Council. They spoke in the newspapers, and the last edited news was when they were expelled, no meeting was held in their most exclusive council, which is the Shura Council, so they mentioned the names in detail, and they mentioned each one and what he had, and what took place in the council. This was published in the editor’s column openly, in the editor’s column it was published, meaning... The point, O Shaykh, from the speech, I seek forgiveness from Allah, I do not want to speak and take... I seek forgiveness from Allah, we want to benefit from you, may Allah bless you, O our Shaykh. My intention from the speech is that the Muslim Brotherhood now have, as you mentioned, a space for a brother to work in their ranks. They have a fundamentalist school represented by some symbols, those who fight the ministries and others, and the methodology remains veiled and completely blind. And in my opinion, what the brother mentioned with me, my assessment of what he mentioned, there is an excess in calculation, there is an excess in calculation in terms of precautions and conditions. Yes, the person who knows, I mean, good nature, good conscience, good character, and good treatment of people, they cannot touch them with anything, because they know that they are preparing people against them without them realizing it. They are not, O our Shaykh, a gathering of bodies is not a gathering of understandings. And thus there is a school that wants this, please. For example, when I left the Muslim Brotherhood, the Muslim Brotherhood in their battalions, let them study the terminology, please, the lesson of correction and weakening, which is the most specific thing for the Salafis. So they have a space for a brother to work in their ranks and call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), especially since the tawhid taught here is close to the methodology of the Salaf, which is the book of faith without the details that we focus on and spread among our brothers. So it is possible to work, even if he wants and insists, they may find for him a specific path and a specific line and a specific channel in the organization that is satisfied with what was mentioned of tawhid and fighting the deputies.

The Shaykh : But he will not stay at this point, may Allah bless you, and his call will be general, and they will not be satisfied with his final path. They will expose him, they will say to you, goodbye. This is certain, because if the Muslim stands with them in something they agree on, for example, he gives lessons in terminology, they will not oppose it, because the study of terminology does not contradict their methodology. But when he starts calling to the truth, whether it is related to creed, or to worship, or to behavior, here the personality of the man appears that he is not one of them. He is with them, as I said, in his body, not in his understanding. And when this phenomenon of the caller according to the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the Salaf appears among people, at that time they boycott him. Here, after mentioning the phenomenon we talked about, I lived here and started calling. The young Muslims or the Muslim Brotherhood started visiting us, and among them was Dr. Abdullah Azzam (may Allah have mercy on him). In fact, he was one of their heads, the only one who used to attend.
The student : He, O our Shaykh, was an individual, he was fighting. Shaykh Azzam, with his departure from this country, the call of the Muslim Brotherhood was ruined. And I heard from him before he left Jordan very strange and unusual words. By the favor of Allah, I have a relationship, I know them person by person, and I know how they think, and I know how... new, far from religion. But I heard with my own ears that the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan want to do jihad from behind the offices, and it is a company established by so-and-so and so-and-so, and it is operated for the benefit of so-and-so and so-and-so. Shaykh Abdullah Azzam told me, with my own ears, I heard with my own ears from him this speech. He said: When the council decides something, I go without permission, the door, and I sit. When they discuss the issues and the issue of the ministries, and they start... I say: You do not understand in Sharia, and you specialize in geography, be quiet, you do not know, this matter is not for you, and you are such and such, and you are such and such. And I had attended for them texts from the words of the Shaykh al-Islam, from the words of Ibn al-Qayyim, from the words of the people of knowledge, and I recited them to their ears, and...The Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) (Glorified and Exalted is He) it was said to him, meaning on the tongue of some of the officials of the Muslim Brotherhood at that time, the executive office, we are done with you, and you and the Shaykh of the Khimar. It was said to some of the brothers who were under the shadow of Shaykh Azzam, and...The Shaykh : Azzam (may Allah have mercy on him) (Glorified and Exalted is He) was on righteousness, and he used to mention you in his gatherings with much good, and we think that he is... sincere. Yes, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : I intended, may Allah bless you, regarding the heads of the Muslim Brotherhood who attend, but the Salafi call began to launch and move among the youth of the Brotherhood; they attend my gatherings in large numbers. Therefore, they issued their decision to boycott Al-Albani's gatherings and to boycott individuals affiliated with this person, knowing that even in the paths [of the Brotherhood] they do not greet [him], not even 'Azam himself, not even 'Azam himself. I met him, may Allah forgive us and him, at the Suhayb Mosque after a long time had passed since this decision was issued and its application was maintained. I met him as we were leaving the mosque and said to him: "What is this, O Shaykh?" He answered with his known calmness: "A summer cloud that will soon disperse." And indeed, the decision lasted for a long period, about two years, and then it faded away. The youth of the Brotherhood used to attend our lessons when we went to al-Buqai'a during the period of the declared boycott. My intention is that when they know that their youth will be influenced by the call of those they frequent, they will then differ from them and part ways with them. In any case, after I heard from our brother Abu Muhammad, I do not see a barrier to remaining in the group, with the condition mentioned earlier. However, when I said to start with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) as the foundation, he began by correcting their acts of worship, correcting their ideas, and correcting their hadiths, most of which are not authentic, because they know little of hadith. We ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to guide us all, and perhaps this extent is sufficient.
Yes.