The Shaykh Al-Albani’s rebuke of the Kuwaiti student for questioning his position on correcting Shaykh Abu Malik Shuqara and describing the Shaykh’s words and those of Abd al-Rahman as involving bad intentions
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The Shaykh : I say that you are following our brother Abd al-Rahman in having bad intentions about your Muslim brother Abu Malik. Because I will now ask you a question: What do you think of a scholar of knowledge, not a student of knowledge like Abu Malik, at least? I do not say he is a scholar, but he is at least a strong student of knowledge. What do you imagine his position to be regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 141a Do you think he denies this hadith?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student : Of course not.
The Shaykh : Of course not. So, is the denial of jihad that is in your mind more dangerous, or this jihad that you denied could happen in the case of Abu Malik? Which is more dangerous?
The student : I mean, the first one is more dangerous.
The Shaykh : So, how do you think he denies this jihad? This is a misunderstanding on your part, my brother. And I may find an excuse for you, just as I find an excuse for our brother Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq, that in many cases the writer is unable or neglects to clarify and cover the issue with precise expression, such that he mentions what is in its favor and what is against it from all angles, thereby closing the door to suspicion with what he does not intend. I think you will agree with me that the greatest writer in the world may fall into such a thing, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
He who died in protecting his property is a martyr.
مَن قُتِلَ دون ماله فهو شهيدThe student: No.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student : Of course not.
The Shaykh : Of course not. So, is the denial of jihad that is in your mind more dangerous, or this jihad that you denied could happen in the case of Abu Malik? Which is more dangerous?
The student : I mean, the first one is more dangerous.
The Shaykh : So, how do you think he denies this jihad? This is a misunderstanding on your part, my brother. And I may find an excuse for you, just as I find an excuse for our brother Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq, that in many cases the writer is unable or neglects to clarify and cover the issue with precise expression, such that he mentions what is in its favor and what is against it from all angles, thereby closing the door to suspicion with what he does not intend. I think you will agree with me that the greatest writer in the world may fall into such a thing, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
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