Mohammad Elshinawy – Elections Muslim Unity And Mixing Politics & Religion
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The speaker discusses the importance of acknowledging one's political views and the need to be mindful of their actions. They also mention the negative consequences of their actions, including false assumptions and accusations of bribery. The speaker emphasizes the need for everyone to acknowledge their political views and address their actions.
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Separating politics from religion could sometimes be the
greatest crime ever.
You know why?
Because it is ultimately Allah's creation, all of
it, He created it all.
And so rightfully so, it's ultimately His determination.
Truth is what He says to be truth.
And just this is what He determines to
be just.
Our worldview comes from Him.
And to be on the opposite side of
that is to sabotage our salvation.
Our survival and hereafter depends on aligning with
God, not putting ourselves on equal footing to
contend with God.
Now on the other hand, confusing politics with
religion can sometimes be one of the greatest
crimes ever.
You know when this happens?
When a person wrongfully, incorrectly assumes that their
political views are absolute truths.
When you're as certain of your political position
as you are certain of Islam, that's a
big problem.
Because political maneuvers, political strategies, your approach, your
theory on how to bring about better conditions
for yourself and the world, these are not
exact sciences.
Grounding your value system in revelation, in Islam,
that is a definite.
Feeling Islamically obligated to pursue the lesser evil,
that's a definite.
That's a must.
Identifying which strategy, approach, methodology will generate the
lesser evil, that's not a definite.
That's speculative.
Why is it speculation?
Because none of us are God and only
Allah Azzawajal knows the future.
Practically speaking, who am I voting for?
I'm voting for the candidate that the specialist
in politics whom I trust deemed to be
the lesser evil.
So I feel morally obligated to support that,
even if I don't agree with all of
that campaign's views.
They believe this and I believe their speculation
is less likely to be wrong than mine.
So I'm going to remove my right to
have a view and defer to those who
have a more likely correct view.
That's it.
But at the end of the day, it's
speculation.
Am I going to advise others to do
the same?
Sure, I will advise others.
And if they see otherwise or trust specialists
that are saying otherwise, I'm going to assume
the best of their intentions and realize they
might actually be right.
Because I know I don't know the future.
I know that I don't worship my opinion.
I know that political scientists are not prophets.
The Sahaba, the companions of the Prophet ﷺ,
they were not perfect.
One time the Prophet's ﷺ wife was slandered,
accused of infidelity.
And they kind of got into it, jumped
to certain conclusions.
But in reality, at the core of it,
they were all reacting to what is the
correct way to get to the bottom of
this.
But in the middle of that, someone said
complicit.
Someone said enabler.
Someone said siding with the hypocrites.
But the point being, very quickly did they
realize that they were wrong.
Very quickly did they realize that they were
offended, personally offended or offended for the sake
of the Prophet ﷺ.
And as a result of that, they had
jumped to a miscalculated conclusion.
They speculated incorrectly.
And so what did they do?
They retraced their steps and their brotherhood resumed.
And we must all do the same.
Our Lord is one.
Our destination is one.
May Allah gather us all in Jannah.
Our enemy is one.
And so our road is one.
We may sometimes take different lanes on that
road, but our road is one.
And if we don't accept as our brothers
and sisters, those whom Allah ﷻ has accepted
as His servants, how can they not be
worthy to be equally your brother and sister?
When Allah has accepted them, regardless of everything
else, as worthy of being Muslim.
If we don't accept that, then our problem
is not with our brothers and sisters anymore.
Our problem is with Allah ﷻ.
Our problem is with the fact that there
is something heavier, something outweighing in our hearts,
weighing heavier than la ilaha illallah because they
have it too.
And so may Allah allow for our piety
to guide our politics.