Shoes bearing the Name of the Exalted
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The questioner:
And another says: Praise be to Allah for the safety of your arrival here in Riyadh. We have asked Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to bless you and to keep you safe. You always mention Islam and the Muslims. After that, the aggression against our Islamic world in general, and against the Kingdom, the site of the revelation, in particular, is fierce and dangerous, coming from communism, Judaism, and Crusaderism. Recently, we saw shoes being sold in the markets, distributed, and bearing the Name of the Exalted on their soles and on the heels. These come from China and other places. A picture of a shoe is attached. It is as if they are saying to us, or rather executing this: your God is under the sandals, trample on Him with your feet. There is no power nor strength except with Allah. Attached to Your Eminence is a picture that clearly illustrates this. Does the matter stop at this limit? No, we have seen in magazines distributed and sold inside the Kingdom people who mock and attack the law of Allah without shame or fear, but rather with sarcasm and lewdness. This is exposed, O our Shaykh, in the Lebanese weekly magazine Al-Mustaqbal, which is published in Paris, in its issue number 411, dated January 5, 1985. In it, the wicked writer named Ibrahim Salama mocks the application of the law of Allah in the land of Sudan. He says that the people will turn into cripples, with their legs and arms amputated, and that on the shoulders of these people the renaissance of Sudan will be built, and you will see the streets full and covered with these and those, and so on with this speech. The book was published, and the picture of the shoe is written clearly with the name of the indication on it.
The Shaykh:
Welcome.
The questioner:
As for what concerns the shoe.
The Shaykh:
This has reached us, and it has been written to the responsible authorities, informing them of what is obligatory: the confiscation of these shoes, the punishment of those who imported them, and the severing of ties with the companies that did this. We hope that they will pay attention to this, if Allah wills, and not delay it. It has been written to them regarding this, and they have looked into it. We ask Allah to help them with full execution.
And another says: Praise be to Allah for the safety of your arrival here in Riyadh. We have asked Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to bless you and to keep you safe. You always mention Islam and the Muslims. After that, the aggression against our Islamic world in general, and against the Kingdom, the site of the revelation, in particular, is fierce and dangerous, coming from communism, Judaism, and Crusaderism. Recently, we saw shoes being sold in the markets, distributed, and bearing the Name of the Exalted on their soles and on the heels. These come from China and other places. A picture of a shoe is attached. It is as if they are saying to us, or rather executing this: your God is under the sandals, trample on Him with your feet. There is no power nor strength except with Allah. Attached to Your Eminence is a picture that clearly illustrates this. Does the matter stop at this limit? No, we have seen in magazines distributed and sold inside the Kingdom people who mock and attack the law of Allah without shame or fear, but rather with sarcasm and lewdness. This is exposed, O our Shaykh, in the Lebanese weekly magazine Al-Mustaqbal, which is published in Paris, in its issue number 411, dated January 5, 1985. In it, the wicked writer named Ibrahim Salama mocks the application of the law of Allah in the land of Sudan. He says that the people will turn into cripples, with their legs and arms amputated, and that on the shoulders of these people the renaissance of Sudan will be built, and you will see the streets full and covered with these and those, and so on with this speech. The book was published, and the picture of the shoe is written clearly with the name of the indication on it.
The Shaykh:
Welcome.
The questioner:
As for what concerns the shoe.
The Shaykh:
This has reached us, and it has been written to the responsible authorities, informing them of what is obligatory: the confiscation of these shoes, the punishment of those who imported them, and the severing of ties with the companies that did this. We hope that they will pay attention to this, if Allah wills, and not delay it. It has been written to them regarding this, and they have looked into it. We ask Allah to help them with full execution.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 57 — archive.org (16:24)
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