The sale of al-Qaradawi’s book, *Al-Halal wa al-Haram*

The questioner:
May Allah guide you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Al-Qaradawi’s book, *Al-Halal wa al-Haram*, is sold extensively in bookstores, especially in Islamic bookstores and publishing houses. What is your opinion on that?

The Shaykh:
Our view is that it must be prohibited because of the clear errors it contains. Now, he has gone further in his program on Al-Jazeera channel; he has added to this matter and stated what he holds, and what is in *Al-Halal wa al-Haram* has become trivial when he now says, "There is no power or might except with Allah." It is obligatory for the student of knowledge to warn against these matters and to warn against the callers to misguidance, and to ask Allah for steadfastness and guidance to the truth.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
And I see that the questioner, may Allah reward him with good, should write a letter about this book to His Eminence the Mufti, and present it, if Allah wills, and see what is appropriate regarding it.