The Shaykh’s remarks regarding what happened to him with one of al-Saqaf’s followers.

The Shaykh : Yesterday, a man, apparently from al-Saqaf’s group, or perhaps driven by blind enthusiasm, said to me, “What do you say? What is your opinion about them saying that you said about Ibn Taymiyyah?” I told him, “Ask about what matters to you in your religion, what is forbidden and what is lawful. What do you want with all this gossip?” I left after a while. He came back and asked the same question, and a third time. Where does this end? Then we tell our grandchild, “What is this voice?” It turns out it is him. We have silenced him. It turns out it is someone else. He answers us, and so on. Glory be to Allah. We are telling him, “We have reminded you of the hadith about this, the second or third time: no gossip, excessive questioning, and wasting wealth.” What is your concern? He said, “They are saying…” And what do you want with “they are saying”? They are saying, “Repent to Allah,” and so on.
The student : Come, our Shaykh... In the name of Allah.

The Shaykh: Come on.