Reading the books of Sayyid Qutb and citing Ibn Baz’s intercession

The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. There are those who, when we warn them against reading the books of some of the deviants in creed, such as Sayyid Qutb and others, argue that the scholar Ibn Baz interceded for him about forty years ago at the time of his execution.

The Shaykh:
About Ibn Baz.

The questioner:
That Ibn Baz interceded for him about forty years ago at the time of his execution, and that the Quran radio station used to broadcast his tafsir, and that his books were distributed in the schools. So how do we respond to this?

The Shaykh:
This is not his argument. If there is error in it, the error is rejected. And those I mentioned who supported it and did not know what was in it, they did not know what was in it. Yes. As for Ibn Baz interceding for him, that is a good intercession for a Muslim who was facing execution, so it is a good intercession. Yes.