such as a particular party, for example. There are many groups with different names and appearances, yet they are one and the same in reality: all are at war with Islam and its people. Therefore, the people of Islam must be one community.

It deeply saddens us to find within the Muslim Ummah a group that differs over matters in which disagreement is permissible, yet makes such disagreement a cause for division of hearts. Differences existed within the Ummah even in the time of the Companions, yet their hearts remained united. Young people in particular, and all those who are upright, must be united as one hand and present a single front, for they have enemies lying in wait for misfortune to befall them.

We all know that division is the greatest weapon for fragmenting the Ummah and shattering its unity. Among the well-known principles is this: if you wish to overcome a group, strive to divide them, for once they differ, they become weapons against themselves. No one is infallible. But if someone differs with you in an opinion concerning a verse or hadith in a matter open to independent legal reasoning, then you must bear that disagreement. Indeed, I believe that if a man differs with you on the basis of the evidence he holds, rather than out of stubbornness, your love for him should increase, because one who differs with you on the basis of evidence is neither flattering nor currying favor with you; rather, he is forthright, just as you are forthright. As for the stubborn man, he does not seek the truth.

THE REPEATING OF A CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER IS NOT DISLIKED IN ANY MOSQUE OTHER THAN THE MOSQUES OF MECCA AND MEDINA …

His statement: “The repeating of a congregational prayer is not disliked.”

That is, if the regular imam has led the congregational prayer, and then another group comes to pray in the same mosque, is this repetition of the congregational prayer disliked, or is it not disliked?