A Response to Those Who Attempt to Disfigure the Image of Shaykh al-Albani.
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The questioner : They invalidate the prayers of people and declare people open sinners.
The Shaykh : And the plague of news
The questioner : is its narrators.
The Shaykh : is its narrators.
The questioner : And so I wanted to emphasize this issue.
The Shaykh : But I am reminding you of something: if some of them rule that al-Albani is dead while he is alive, then every subsequent accusation becomes easy.
The questioner : This is a possibility, yes, at all times.
The student: Meaning, they say you are dead.
The Shaykh : How many times have they declared us dead?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Well, this is less severe than that, so we have a saying.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We have a saying in Syria when we hear such lies: "Keep your head down, throw it away, do not care or worry."
The student: Ignore it, huh?
The Shaykh : If Allah says to His Messenger:[Fussilat 41:43] then what about us regarding the Messengers?
The questioner : We are not speaking about al-Albani as the person al-Albani; we are speaking about ... al-Albani's methodology. I mean, those who attack al-Albani do not attack al-Albani as a person. They are those who strive to ... distance themselves from sectarian fanaticism. They attack them through the person of al-Albani and say that these people who follow the evidence and strive for it ... [are] sectarian fanatics. These people declare others open sinners, invalidate their prayers, and consider them ignorant people who do not know the religion and do not accept ... This is the reason I raised that issue, and so I raised it to the public authorities. I did not raise it from one side.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : ... And I do not know if your intention is also a second issue, but what I mean is that we need to clarify some concepts for people because they may misunderstand them.
The Shaykh : There is no objection, Professor.
The Shaykh : And the plague of news
The questioner : is its narrators.
The Shaykh : is its narrators.
The questioner : And so I wanted to emphasize this issue.
The Shaykh : But I am reminding you of something: if some of them rule that al-Albani is dead while he is alive, then every subsequent accusation becomes easy.
The questioner : This is a possibility, yes, at all times.
The student: Meaning, they say you are dead.
The Shaykh : How many times have they declared us dead?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Well, this is less severe than that, so we have a saying.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We have a saying in Syria when we hear such lies: "Keep your head down, throw it away, do not care or worry."
The student: Ignore it, huh?
The Shaykh : If Allah says to His Messenger:
Nothing is said to you, [O Muhammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you
ما يقال لك إلا ما قد قيل للرسل من قبلكThe questioner : We are not speaking about al-Albani as the person al-Albani; we are speaking about ... al-Albani's methodology. I mean, those who attack al-Albani do not attack al-Albani as a person. They are those who strive to ... distance themselves from sectarian fanaticism. They attack them through the person of al-Albani and say that these people who follow the evidence and strive for it ... [are] sectarian fanatics. These people declare others open sinners, invalidate their prayers, and consider them ignorant people who do not know the religion and do not accept ... This is the reason I raised that issue, and so I raised it to the public authorities. I did not raise it from one side.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
Actions are only by intentions
إنما الأعمال بالنياتThe questioner : ... And I do not know if your intention is also a second issue, but what I mean is that we need to clarify some concepts for people because they may misunderstand them.
The Shaykh : There is no objection, Professor.