• We do not agree to call to arms nor do we participate with those who call to it in this times, whoever they may be.

• We do not propagate sedition orally in the form of public ‘oral defamation’ or participate in the war and conflicts leading to bloodshed.

• We call upon every group and faction to return to Allāh with wisdom (Hikmah) and by giving good advice in accordance with the way set by Allah: “Repel (evil) by that which is better; then behold! The one between him and you there was enmity (will become) as though he was an intimate friend”.

• We do not side with any group in their fight for power, nor do we stand in solidarity with any group or party who desires power and control.

• We call upon everyone – the governing and the governed – to fear Allah and to ask from Him a good ending in safety and peace, and we enjoin goodness and forbid wrongdoing to the best of our abilities.

• We do not engage in partisanship nor do we call upon it, as we do not consider it as a solution to reform the situation of the Ummah, but rather we see partisanship as part of the problem in the reality today. However, we respect individuals, scholars, and intellectuals within the parties and groups. We practice discussion and mutual exchange of ideas with them for the interest of the Ummah, the safety of religion, and the upholding  of responsibility. “And for everyone is a direction towards which he turns”.

• We do not nullify the obligation of jihad for the sake of Allah, nor do we deny its existence in the world today, but we do not participate with those who perform it upon political grounds and are themselves disunited. We do believe in the importance of Jihad and its necessity to retrieve stolen rights, and that it is an everlasting promise of Allah that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “The Jihad will remain from the time Allah has sent me until the time which the last of my Ummah fights the Dajjal. It will not be invalidated by the crime/corruption of the corrupt one nor by the justice of the just one.” But it has to be done in a manner that the divine text has prescribed, not in the manner that brings about divisions especially along political lines.

Extracted from ‘Risalah syakhsiyyah’, essay of Al-Habib Abu Bakr Al-Adni Bin Ali Al-Masyhur (May Allah preserve him and make us benefit from his knowledge)