The student’s remarks on the methodology of Abdullah Azzam and his life story.

The Shaykh : ... .

The questioner : ... I had a meeting with him, a shaykh.

Another questioner : ... on the topic of ... now ... .

The questioner : ... in Peshawar ... .

The Shaykh : ... and where.

The questioner : ... in terms of his distancing of those who are not on the methodology of the Muslim Brotherhood. I am one of those who suffered from this, and some accusations and rumors were leveled against me, saying yes, this is what was conveyed to you, yes, it was conveyed, and it is established. And I mean, I asked him about some issues, and he said, "I used to hate the Wahhabis with a blind hatred when I was in Palestine. So when this dialogue took place between me and him, and when I traveled to al-Azhar, I wished that I would meet a Wahhabi so I could kill him."

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : Yes, by Allah.

Another questioner : ... it is Azzam.

The questioner : ... he tells me this, yes, he says, and this enmity continued in my heart until I performed Hajj in one of the years, and then I addressed myself in the purity of Hajj or something like that, saying, "Why don’t we go to these scholars and dialogue with them?" Yes, he says, so I went and met—may Allah reward you, may Allah bless you—I went and met these scholars and found them to be upon the truth, he said. This proves to us that... but in issues where we differed with him, in issues where some of the innovators do not deny...

The Shaykh : ... no, his call, his style is the style of the Muslim Brotherhood. I mean, perhaps Allah knows best, you will not find a young man who grew up in the Muslim Brotherhood and then became a Salafi afterwards.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : ... so he is upon the creed and upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah).

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : ... and upon the Book and the Sunnah between him and his Lord.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : ... but to be a caller to it, no.

The questioner : ... being arrogant with it.

Another questioner : ... and some reports were conveyed to confirm your words, my shaykh, that he wills his sons to be upon the Salafi belief, this is the will, that they be upon the Salafi belief, which is the truth, this is to confirm your words, but it does not mean there are no bridges between him and the Salafis. Shaykh Jamil refuses to meet him and refuses even the young men who were... yes, I ask Allah to forgive us, but the truth has a place in this matter, that he is an inciter to jihad, unmatched in this century or in this history.

Another questioner: Correct.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... an inciter of the highest degree. I mean, truly in all fields, his style was encouraging regarding jihad, and his presentation of stories was literary. He means he leans toward literary things, yes. As for the aspect... I mean, you have answered regarding his Muslim Brotherhood style, he does not care about these wrongdoings and innovations and amulets, "Conceal the sunnahs and do not display them."

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... this, we ask Allah to overlook me and him. I swear to Allah, O Shaykh, I made du'a' (supplication) for him at 'Arafah because there was a very sharp disagreement between me and him, and this disagreement was for the sake of the Sunnah. And you know that the Salafi brothers are generally overcome by zealous jealousy, they do not give the opponent a chance or do not assume the best of him simply because he is a partisan. And I truly drank from this cup and suffered from it for a period of time. If this man is a partisan, what accusation is permissible against him...

The Shaykh : This is an accident.

The questioner : ... yes, so this is a mistake, truly. At that time, we used to hear from our brothers that Shaykh Abdullah Azzam spoke about al-Hakimiyyah (sovereignty) and spoke about this and spoke about that, and he does not prepare for the matters of da'wah (calling), yes. In this matter, we ask Allah to forgive us and him. As for the truth of his enmity toward Shaykh Jamil, it was partisan enmity. I asked, I said, "Do you know Shaykh Jamil? This talk is from six or seven years ago." He said: "It is said in the language of accusation that I mentioned, it is said that he split the reed, and that he is this and that, obedience, yes, and the one who means..."

The Shaykh : ... split the reed because he is the successor of the Muslims... lawyer.

The questioner : ... Arab affairs.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : ... Arab affairs, what is his name.

The Shaykh : ... no, their leader.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : ... lawyer for Arab affairs... Al-'Awaisheh: ... Abd al-Rahman Khalifa, and he is like his son, my shaykh, in the same way, his son, I mean, the lawyer for judgment by other than what Allah revealed, my shaykh. Abdullah Azzam—may Allah have mercy on him—I used to see him at the University of Jordan on some visits, wearing the thobe, the dishdasha.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... knowing that this is, of course, at the university, you know.

The Shaykh : ... yes, yes, it is rejected. Al-'Awaisheh: Yes, yes, then he would put the bag as a sutrah (barrier) and adhere to it, I mean, there were some matters—may Allah have mercy on him.

The questioner : ... but jurisprudentially, he acts upon weak hadiths, O Shaykh, and opinions based on ra'y (opinion), like the three movements that invalidate the prayer, and such things.

Another questioner : ... he has no knowledge. I heard a tape of him, he is talking about you, deriving from your statement that following the imam, so if he does not move his finger, you do not move it, you are upon the unity of the row, that we must not remain scattered, and this is what Shaykh Al-Albani says, such and such. I mean, he excelled in the time of derivation, I mean.

Another questioner : ... and he cited the letters, which are in the letter of the Shaykh al-Islam regarding concealing some of the sunnahs. Yes, this thing came to my mind.

The Shaykh : ... .

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you.