What is your opinion of those who respond to you, such as the author of (Alerting the Muslim to Al-Albani’s Transgression Against Sahih Muslim)? Is it hatred, or is it a defense of the Sunnah as they claim?
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The questioner : The second question states: I have read many of your letters, but there are many responses to you, and the worst of them is "Alerting the Muslim to Al-Albani’s Transgression Against Sahih Muslim". They did not respond to al-Daraqutni, but they focused their response on you. What is the motive behind these responses from such people? Is it ... or a victory for the Sunnah as they claim?
The Shaykh : The answer is: In reality, Allah knows their intentions best, but some of them appear to be as the poet said:
"They envied the youth because they did not attain his effort, *** And all are his enemies and opponents" "And a beautiful woman, they said of her face, *** Out of envy and malice, that it is ugly"
Some of them may have good intentions, but their situation is like mine when I authored "Al-Rawd al-Nadhir"; that is, they have not yet matured in this field. As for the author of "Alerting the Muslim", he is undoubtedly one of the hateful, envious people. I took it upon myself to respond to him on some aspects of this book in some of the introductions to my books that are being printed recently. This may include some of the last parts of the series of authentic and weak hadiths. The point is that this man, as I mentioned in my response to him, had sent me a letter. He is of Egyptian origin, and I do not know him. In this letter, he states that when I went to Egypt, I visited him twice or more and delivered many lectures there. He says that he benefited greatly from these lectures and that they were the reason he connected himself to the Sunnah and studied the books of the Sunnah. Some shaykhs even accused him of being a Wahhabi and an Albani. This person wrote this letter to me many years ago, and I kept the letter. Because ... Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), when the time came to respond to this person in some of the aforementioned introductions, it required me to review some of the old letters I had. I came across this letter by coincidence. I said, "Subhan Allah, how ..."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How our Lord facilitated for us the return to this book, and I was not thinking about it; I did not know that this author was that writer. So I mentioned a summary of this book that he had sent me in the introduction of my response to clarify that he is not a well-wisher, but rather an envious person. Then the cover was lifted later when we learned that he is from the group of Shaykh Abdullah al-Ghumari and his Moroccan brothers. So at that point, as it is said, when the cause is known, the wonder ceases. In any case, we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for those among them who are not sincere that Allah purify their hearts and make their work pure for the sake of knowledge, and not as revenge for the self that commands evil. As for those among them who are sincere, I ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to increase them in knowledge along with their concern for the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : The answer is: In reality, Allah knows their intentions best, but some of them appear to be as the poet said:
"They envied the youth because they did not attain his effort, *** And all are his enemies and opponents" "And a beautiful woman, they said of her face, *** Out of envy and malice, that it is ugly"
Some of them may have good intentions, but their situation is like mine when I authored "Al-Rawd al-Nadhir"; that is, they have not yet matured in this field. As for the author of "Alerting the Muslim", he is undoubtedly one of the hateful, envious people. I took it upon myself to respond to him on some aspects of this book in some of the introductions to my books that are being printed recently. This may include some of the last parts of the series of authentic and weak hadiths. The point is that this man, as I mentioned in my response to him, had sent me a letter. He is of Egyptian origin, and I do not know him. In this letter, he states that when I went to Egypt, I visited him twice or more and delivered many lectures there. He says that he benefited greatly from these lectures and that they were the reason he connected himself to the Sunnah and studied the books of the Sunnah. Some shaykhs even accused him of being a Wahhabi and an Albani. This person wrote this letter to me many years ago, and I kept the letter. Because ... Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), when the time came to respond to this person in some of the aforementioned introductions, it required me to review some of the old letters I had. I came across this letter by coincidence. I said, "Subhan Allah, how ..."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How our Lord facilitated for us the return to this book, and I was not thinking about it; I did not know that this author was that writer. So I mentioned a summary of this book that he had sent me in the introduction of my response to clarify that he is not a well-wisher, but rather an envious person. Then the cover was lifted later when we learned that he is from the group of Shaykh Abdullah al-Ghumari and his Moroccan brothers. So at that point, as it is said, when the cause is known, the wonder ceases. In any case, we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for those among them who are not sincere that Allah purify their hearts and make their work pure for the sake of knowledge, and not as revenge for the self that commands evil. As for those among them who are sincere, I ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to increase them in knowledge along with their concern for the Sunnah.