A Statement on Those Described as Having Departed from the Community and the Attribution of a Fatwa to Shaykh Ibn Baz
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I hope you will read the question to the Honorable Shaykh exactly as I wrote it, otherwise, by Allah, you have not absolved me, and I will be your adversary before Allah the Exalted. The question is: Honorable Shaykh, what is our position, and we are...
The Shaykh:
This is between you and me.
The questioner:
I read it because many questions, may Allah preserve you, come to me in this form, and some issue them saying, "I ask you by the Great Allah to present this question to the Honorable Shaykh." I read it intentionally to see whether I am obligated to read such questions or not?
The Shaykh:
Read what you see to be in the interest of the listeners, for the listeners you read it, and what you see has no benefit, you leave it. Or if informing the people about it is not appropriate.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Are al-Masri, al-Faqih, and Osama bin Laden considered among those who have departed from the community? And what is your view of the one who says that Shaykh Ibn Baz did not speak about Osama bin Laden and that the fatwa attributed to the Shaykh is a lie against him, and he frequently argues with this statement?
The Shaykh:
As for al-Faqih and Osama al-Azhari, you praise them for their actions and words. You praise them for their actions and words, and they are present. Do not lie about them, and do not spend on them based on the conduct that has appeared from them. And as for the claim that the fatwa is a lie against the Shaykh, that is the lie. The liar is the one who says it is a lie. It is not a lie, and we heard it from the Shaykh. We heard it from the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him). And it was written in a compilation and in his fatwas. And it was read to him while he was alive. And the fatwas were read to the shaykhs after his death. And they praised it. Indeed, the one who says it is a lie is the liar. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I hope you will read the question to the Honorable Shaykh exactly as I wrote it, otherwise, by Allah, you have not absolved me, and I will be your adversary before Allah the Exalted. The question is: Honorable Shaykh, what is our position, and we are...
The Shaykh:
This is between you and me.
The questioner:
I read it because many questions, may Allah preserve you, come to me in this form, and some issue them saying, "I ask you by the Great Allah to present this question to the Honorable Shaykh." I read it intentionally to see whether I am obligated to read such questions or not?
The Shaykh:
Read what you see to be in the interest of the listeners, for the listeners you read it, and what you see has no benefit, you leave it. Or if informing the people about it is not appropriate.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Are al-Masri, al-Faqih, and Osama bin Laden considered among those who have departed from the community? And what is your view of the one who says that Shaykh Ibn Baz did not speak about Osama bin Laden and that the fatwa attributed to the Shaykh is a lie against him, and he frequently argues with this statement?
The Shaykh:
As for al-Faqih and Osama al-Azhari, you praise them for their actions and words. You praise them for their actions and words, and they are present. Do not lie about them, and do not spend on them based on the conduct that has appeared from them. And as for the claim that the fatwa is a lie against the Shaykh, that is the lie. The liar is the one who says it is a lie. It is not a lie, and we heard it from the Shaykh. We heard it from the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him). And it was written in a compilation and in his fatwas. And it was read to him while he was alive. And the fatwas were read to the shaykhs after his death. And they praised it. Indeed, the one who says it is a lie is the liar. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1 من 5/شرح رسالة فضل الإسلام/الخروج عن دعوى الإسلام/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:54)
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