The Response to What Was Mentioned in a Book Regarding the Accusation of Shaykh Muhammad 'Iyd 'Abbasi and Shaykh Al-Albani and the Fabrication Against Them.

The questioner : Through the speech that ... regarding the topic of the "Trends in Contemporary Islamic Thought" seminar, and the speech you mentioned ... regarding what was reported about you in this book ... the clear question that means you should answer is: Is the response mentioned in this seminar from your eminence, meaning is it fabricated against you, or is it a response through tapes that reached some officials in the Arab Office for Education, and thus they published it, regarding the speech that was mentioned aboutThe Shaykh : Muhammad 'Iyd al-'Abbasi, it was mentioned in the introduction - in the book's introduction - that he did not attend the discussion, and that you - also - did not attend the discussion, and that.

The Shaykh: Who attends what?

The questioner: No one from the Salafi trend attended, and therefore the ... was included, they placed the thesis for Shaykh MuhammadEid Abbasi : and the response you mentioned, your eminence, for such a book, this is so that it is understood that we are distributing this book, and we are distributing books of the Arab Office for the Gulf States, ... this means it is considered a lie against you? That we do not do this distribution? Especially since we know the main reason for the office's books is the books you graciously provided, such as "Sahih Sunan Ibn Majah" and the rest ... and may Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
First, if they quoted from tapes - Allah knows best about them - time has passed over them and they have been consumed, and they published them under the title of this book, ... the attendees; what is the title of this book?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Well, when any reader reads in this book the speech of the brother the prisoner, a few years before this seminar was held, what does the reader understand? Does he understand that he was present in the session? Or was this quoted from a tape? Be fair to me.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Listen, listen, my brother - may Allah be pleased with you - answer my question, I am asking you; and every question has an answer, and you do not open the book, and you do not get excited about the book, I am asking about the one who reads this speech attributed to our brother MuhammadEid Abbasi : , and my speech which is a comment on it, is it understood that this is quoted from a tape? Perhaps time has passed over it and it has been consumed, perhaps it was played with by some hands - Allah knows best about it - , but the important thing in this question is the first matter, is it understood from presenting my speech and the man's speech that he was in the seminar with the other people of the seminar, or was this quoted from a tape?

The questioner: It is understood from the book's introduction that Muhammad 'Iyd al-'Abbasi did not attend, but what was raised, I emphasized this, you are right in this; because they did not mention the method by which the book was published in the response to Muhammad 'Iyd al-'Abbasi.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: But MuhammadEid Abbasi : they mentioned that he did not attend the discussion, but rather.

The Shaykh: Look at this.

The questioner: This says: And we included ... our brother on the Salafi da'wah and its position towards the other movements from 'Iyd al-'Abbasi's book, despite not discussing it in the seminar; due to the non-participation of a representative of this Salafi trend in the seminar's works.

The Shaykh: Well, why did they not invite him?

The questioner : It is known.

The Shaykh : It is known.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Why did they not invite me? Well, it is known!! .

The questioner: It was said that they did not, meaning in the introduction: due to the non-participation of a representative of the Salafi trend, due to the non-implementation by one of the officials of this trend and his non-attendance, and that they informed a type of people who did not attend the seminar!

The Shaykh: A type of people?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Am I from that type?

The questioner : Allah knows best.

The Shaykh: Allah knows best. Well, I know if I was invited or not?

The questioner : Allah knows best.

The Shaykh: ... O Shaykh, may Allah guide you! . O Shaykh.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: O Shaykh - may Allah be pleased with you - ; listen, listen, my brother, we have a bad opinion - frankly! - , we do not have a bad opinion of every person who has a connection to this topic, but we have a bad opinion of some of them whom we know or do not know, first of all, meaning - unfortunately - what should I say?! If it is said, who is the Salafi da'iyah in Syria? Is itEid Abbasi : or his Shaykh Al-Albani who he was afflicted with? What do you know? WellThe Shaykh : Al-Albani; do you think the student is invited and theThe Shaykh : is ignored? Knowing that the student is a prisoner and cannot be invited! AndThe Shaykh- and praise be to Allah - is free and can be invited? Do you not wonder why they did not invite thisThe Shaykh ؟
the answer is with everyone who knows the partisan hostility ... I am speaking now that one of the misfortunes of these partisan groupings is the division of the Muslim community! I was not invited because I am a Salafi da'iyah for the sake of Allah - Blessed and Exalted is He - and they know this, this is one thing, the other. Yes?

Another questioner: Even if they did not invite those who are your students!

The Shaykh: The ones present, and the earth is inhabited - as they say! - ; meaning there are people from our brothers who are present and close to the area where that seminar was held, this is one thing. Second: when they mentioned the comment ofThe Shaykh : Al-Albani on the speech of the brotherEid Abbasi : ; why did they not say this is a tape we have so that the reader is clear about the matter?! For a matter plotted in the night!! My brother, we cannot have a good opinion more than what is necessary, otherwise we would fall into what we warn people against, which is the Sufism that deviates from Islam, because it came in some of what is narrated from some of the ignorant Sufis with pure hearts; that he passed on the road one day and wept, his companion said to him: What is wrong with you, my brother, you are weeping? He said: Look at these two, the man is having intercourse with his wife on the side of the road, so I weep with regret that they did not find a shelter, they did not find a shelter for them to fulfill their desire in!!
This paradox in having a good opinion is not of good opinion, but here we say - and a hadith is narrated, and it is a weak hadith, and it is only narrated from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and this is from his policy and his cunning: "Prudence is having a bad opinion of people", and we - unfortunately - live in a very detestable partisan society, we have a Salafi imam who has been there for years, and he spread knowledge to the small children, he teaches them the Qur'an, he teaches them tajwid, and his wife teaches the women and the small children, and there became a very active, effective movement, but its flaw is that it is Salafi! So they kept at him and kept at him until they removed him from the mosque, why? Because he is Salafi, and why? Because there is a mosque for a group from those groups; so they do not want to compete with him in what? In their atmosphere, this is the division; .