Do you recommend reading the books of the following individuals? And what are the beliefs of these people: al-Ghazali, al-Sha'rawi, al-Sabuni, and al-Tantawi?
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The questioner : He says: Do you recommend reading the books of the following individuals, and what are the beliefs of these people: al-Ghazali, al-Sha'rawi, al-Sabuni, and al-Tantawi?
The Shaykh : I advise, and I do not advise. I do not advise the general public to read these books because of the many deviations in them from much of the evidence of the Sunnah and from the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih in general. This is my advice to the general public.
As for the specific people who have been given knowledge that helps them distinguish the truth from the falsehood in these books, I advise them to read them; indeed, it is obligatory for them to read them so that they may clarify the confusion and deviation in them and warn people from falling into such things. For some of these people, at least, their means of conveying their opinions and deviations to people is not writing only, but they may also be given the opportunity to speak to the whole world via the radio. Therefore, it is necessary for some of the people of knowledge to read these books and clarify the deviation in them.
The Shaykh : I advise, and I do not advise. I do not advise the general public to read these books because of the many deviations in them from much of the evidence of the Sunnah and from the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih in general. This is my advice to the general public.
As for the specific people who have been given knowledge that helps them distinguish the truth from the falsehood in these books, I advise them to read them; indeed, it is obligatory for them to read them so that they may clarify the confusion and deviation in them and warn people from falling into such things. For some of these people, at least, their means of conveying their opinions and deviations to people is not writing only, but they may also be given the opportunity to speak to the whole world via the radio. Therefore, it is necessary for some of the people of knowledge to read these books and clarify the deviation in them.