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Sixth Wahm: Some people say that Islamic Unity, which aims to implement Sunnah as-Saniyyah, limits freedom and is opposed to the requirements of civilisation.

The Answer: In reality, the mu’mins are truly free. One who is a servant and ‘abd of the Sâni’ of ‘âlam would not stoop to submit to His creatures. It means that the more îmân is strengthened, the stronger freedom becomes.

As for the absolute freedom, it is absolute savagery; it is, in fact, animality. Restrictions on freedom are even necessary from a humanitarian standpoint.

Secondly, since some careless and dissipated individuals do not want to live free, they want to be under the disgraceful slavery of their nafs al-ammarah.

In Short: The freedom outside the bounds of the Sharî’ah is either despotism, or slavery to the nafs, or beastly animality, or savagery. Such careless and zindiqs should know well that they can never make any foreigner with a conscience love them through irreligion and dissipation (safahat), nor can they resemble them because no one loves the dissipated and the unprincipled. And if a man wears a dress that suits a woman — liked by them —, he becomes a laughingstock.

Seventh Wahm: The jamâ’ah of the Islamic Union1 is the cause of sowing division among other groups whose aim is to serve religion. It leads to rivalry and contention.

The Answer: Firstly, there can be no envy, strife, or conflict regarding matters about akhirah. Therefore, if any of those societies attempts to compete or strive against another, it would be akin to committing riyâ and nifâq in ‘ibâdah.

Secondly: We congratulate the jamâ’ahs that were established out of the love of religion and unite with them on two conditions:

The First Condition is to preserve the freedom described in Sharî'ah and the public order.

The Second Condition is to act on love and not to try to give value to themselves by smearing other groups. Anyone who is in error ought to be referred to the council of ‘ulamâ, who are the mufti of the ummah.

Thirdly: A jamâ’ah whose aim is to uphold the Word of Allah (I’lâ Kalimatullah) cannot be the means of any form of hostility. Even if they want to, they cannot be successful, because it is nifâq. The haqq is exalted and cannot be sacrificed for anything. Can the stars of Pleiades be a grass broom or eaten like a bunch of grapes? Anyone who puffs at the sun of haqiqah to extinguish it merely declares his insanity.

O religious newspapers and journals! Our aim:

• The jamâ’ahs that serve the religion should unite in aim.
• It is neither possible for them to unite in their paths and mashrab, nor is it jâiz to await their unity. For it opens up the way of imitation and causes people to say, "What is it to me? Let others think."

Eighth Wahm: Here, the majority of the people of the Islamic Union, who have joined this jamâ’ah both materially and in a ma’nawî manner, are ‘âwam, and the background of some of them is unknown; this might lead to conflict and fitnah.

The Answer: On the contrary, the Islamic Union does not allow enmity. Furthermore, all its endeavours and activities are ‘ibâdah since its aim is unity and upholding the Word of Allah (I’lâ Kalimatullah). In the masjîd of ‘ibâdah, king and beggar are equal; there, equality is the true principle; there is no privilege because the one who has the highest degree of taqwâ is the most honourable. And whoever has the highest degree of taqwâ is the humblest. Consequently, in reality, he will be honoured by joining the haqiqah of the Union in a ma’nawî manner as well as joining this jamâ’ah, the aim of which is âkhirah and which merely serves religion and is a material model of the haqiqah of the Union. Otherwise, he cannot gain any dignity. A single droplet cannot increase the ocean. Furthermore, committing a major sin does not cause a person to lose his îmân, and since the sun has not risen in the west yet, the door of tawbah is open. A jug of impure (najis) water does not make the ocean impure (najis) but itself becomes pure. In the same way, some individuals of unknown backgrounds, who have joined this model of Islamic Unity and who, with firm intention, as far as they can, work to fulfil our conditions, which are reviving the Sunnah of the Prophet (asm), obeying the commands of the Sunnah and refraining from what it has prohibited, and not disturbing public order, will not stain this elevated haqiqah. For even if they themselves are stained, their îmân is sacred, and the bond is îmân.

Staining this sacred title with such pretexts is not knowing the value and sublimity of Islam; one who does that simply proclaims himself to be the most stupid. We reject with all our strength any innuendoes made against our jamâ’ah, which is a model of Islamic Unity, and any effort to smear it by comparing it with worldly societies. If anyone raises objections via asking for information, we are ready to respond. Here is the challenge!

The jamâ’ah of which I have joined is an Islamic Unity, which I have here described in detail. What I have joined is, otherwise, not the imaginary organisation that critics have imagined to be bâtil. With the members of this association that serves the religion, we are together whether they are in the north, south, east, or west.