"It is an obligation on Muslim scholars everywhere to advise the Muslims and exert efforts in guiding them to the means of salvation, and also to remind them of things against which Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) and the Messenger (peace be upon him) warned them, that is of the adverse consequences of disobedience to Allah,

neglect of His Commands, and judgment by other than His Shari`ah (Law). They should also remind them that (true) happiness, salvation, and safety could by no means be achieved for them except through their holding fast ­ all of them together ­ to the Rope of Allah, their helping one another in righteousness and piety, their standing together against their enemies, their maintenance of Allah's Command and their recourse for judgment to Allah's Shari`ah. This is the unswerving way and the straight path where lies their salvation, their glory, and their happiness in worldly life and in the Hereafter.