The Rulings on Groups and Parties

Shaikh Bin Baz on entering Islamic Groups and Parties

Source: At-Tawiyyat ul-Islaamiyyah (taped lecture)

Article ID : MNJ030001  [40696]

Q. ....and the students refer back to you and to the major scholars and ask them. So what do you advise them. Do you advise them that you approve of entry into the like of these Jamaa'ahs: Jamaa'atul-Ikhwaan, Jamaa'atul-Tableegh, Jamaatul-Jihaad, Jamaa'ah so and so..., or do you advise them to remain upon seeking knowledge with the students of knowledge from the Salafi da'wah?

Ans. All praise is for Allaah and may Allaah extol and send blessings of peace upon his Prophet. We advise them all to unite upon a single way, and that is ... (words unclear) seeking knowledge, and attaining understanding of the Book and the Sunnah - and to proceed upon the methodology (minhaj) of the Salafus-Saalih. But as for partisanship (tahazzub) for the Ikhwaanul-Muslimeen or Jamaa'atut-Tableegh or so on, then I do not advise that. That is a mistake. Rather we advise them that they should be together upon a single way, a single Jamaa'ah - advising one another upon the truth and...(words unclear), and having allegiance to the Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah. This is the correct way to prevent differences, and if there are groups (jamaa'ahs) upon that way - then that will not harm - for example a group in ...(words unclear), or a group for example in San'aa - but all of them are upon the Salafi way - following the Book and the Sunnah, calling to Allaah and having allegiance to the Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah, without partisanship (tahazzub) and without bigotry (ta'assub - rigidity upon a way even if it is false) - that will not harm, even if there is a number of groups as long as their way and their goal is one.

{From the taped cassette (no.11), recorded in the month of Dhul-Hijjah 1408H (1987CE) at 'at-Tawiyyatul-Islaamiyyah.}