The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) accepting the apology of a man who apologized to him and asked for his forgiveness, along with providing some guidance and advice to him!!
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The Shaykh : That is what benefits me in my Hereafter and does not harm me in this fleeting worldly life.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If you seek my forgiveness, that is better for you and more lasting, and it is obligatory for me to forgive you and everyone who apologizes as you have.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not care to know your identity.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh, I want to request this service from you?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We are in an isolated area, it is all Sufiyyah, meaning from all the misguided sects, so we want you to make a visit to us—yes, it is coming now.
The Shaykh : How are you in a Sufi area and want me to visit that area, and yet you attack my honor? How do these two things meet?!
The questioner : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Did you not understand?
The questioner : I am speaking.
The Shaykh : Did you not understand?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? My brother, may Allah guide you, you have realized the proverb in you, the common proverb: "He did not raise his hand to hit his wife, he went to his mother-in-law."
The questioner : Yes, oh Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did he do?
The questioner : We need to understand from you.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, do not waste the topic, otherwise I will not forgive you.
The questioner : No, no, that is enough, but we want to visit you.
The Shaykh : There is no room for a visit.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no room for a visit. If I opened the door of visits to the lovers and the haters, my scientific project, which I have spent sixty years serving, namely serving the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), would be disrupted. I have no room for visits.
The questioner : Okay, what do we do now?
The Shaykh : You should first contact our brothers, and secondly: do not treat people except with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded you, which is good character, and thirdly and finally: look into the books of the scholars, both old and new, and do not be influenced by the rabble and those who support the rabble. Have you heard the sermon of Ali al-Faqir?
The questioner : We heard something.
The Shaykh : Okay, what was your position?
The questioner : Me?!
The Shaykh : Nor me?! Nor me, I am asking about me?!
The questioner : No, excuse me, my position means in a little while I will be imprisoned.
The Shaykh : In a little while, what?
The questioner : I will be imprisoned.
The Shaykh : I did not understand!
The questioner : I will be imprisoned, meaning.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I will be imprisoned if I open my mouth with one word.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Why? We previously attended a lesson at the Riyadh al-Sabita mosque, me and two guys, and he came and started commenting on the movement of the finger, this imam started saying Al-Albani and meaning he brought your biography.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So we did not stand up from the gathering, but the guy with me said to him, "You are the Dajjal," so the imam came down and imprisoned him the next day.
The Shaykh : Okay? So do we want you or this friend of yours to use these words?! I am asking you, what is your position regarding the sermon of Ali al-Faqir?
The questioner : I did not attend it, I heard about it.
The Shaykh : You did not attend it?
The questioner : I did not attend it, but I heard about it.
The Shaykh : Okay, since that is the case, what do I care if you attended it or heard about it? The important thing is you heard it. What was your position? Did you support the oppressor and the oppressed within the limits of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 2443. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, this one we support as an oppressed person; how do we support him as an oppressor?" He said: Sahih Ibn Hibban 38:7. Did you say a good word to defend the honor of this Muslim brother to whom you are apologizing now?
The questioner: Many.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : I defended a lot.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I responded to a lot of speech.
The Shaykh : A lot?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good. In summary, may Allah forgive you in this world and the Hereafter, and I command you with the command of Allah, so I say:[Hud 11:112], and peace be upon you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If you seek my forgiveness, that is better for you and more lasting, and it is obligatory for me to forgive you and everyone who apologizes as you have.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not care to know your identity.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh, I want to request this service from you?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We are in an isolated area, it is all Sufiyyah, meaning from all the misguided sects, so we want you to make a visit to us—yes, it is coming now.
The Shaykh : How are you in a Sufi area and want me to visit that area, and yet you attack my honor? How do these two things meet?!
The questioner : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Did you not understand?
The questioner : I am speaking.
The Shaykh : Did you not understand?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? My brother, may Allah guide you, you have realized the proverb in you, the common proverb: "He did not raise his hand to hit his wife, he went to his mother-in-law."
The questioner : Yes, oh Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did he do?
The questioner : We need to understand from you.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, do not waste the topic, otherwise I will not forgive you.
The questioner : No, no, that is enough, but we want to visit you.
The Shaykh : There is no room for a visit.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no room for a visit. If I opened the door of visits to the lovers and the haters, my scientific project, which I have spent sixty years serving, namely serving the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), would be disrupted. I have no room for visits.
The questioner : Okay, what do we do now?
The Shaykh : You should first contact our brothers, and secondly: do not treat people except with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded you, which is good character, and thirdly and finally: look into the books of the scholars, both old and new, and do not be influenced by the rabble and those who support the rabble. Have you heard the sermon of Ali al-Faqir?
The questioner : We heard something.
The Shaykh : Okay, what was your position?
The questioner : Me?!
The Shaykh : Nor me?! Nor me, I am asking about me?!
The questioner : No, excuse me, my position means in a little while I will be imprisoned.
The Shaykh : In a little while, what?
The questioner : I will be imprisoned.
The Shaykh : I did not understand!
The questioner : I will be imprisoned, meaning.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I will be imprisoned if I open my mouth with one word.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Why? We previously attended a lesson at the Riyadh al-Sabita mosque, me and two guys, and he came and started commenting on the movement of the finger, this imam started saying Al-Albani and meaning he brought your biography.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So we did not stand up from the gathering, but the guy with me said to him, "You are the Dajjal," so the imam came down and imprisoned him the next day.
The Shaykh : Okay? So do we want you or this friend of yours to use these words?! I am asking you, what is your position regarding the sermon of Ali al-Faqir?
The questioner : I did not attend it, I heard about it.
The Shaykh : You did not attend it?
The questioner : I did not attend it, but I heard about it.
The Shaykh : Okay, since that is the case, what do I care if you attended it or heard about it? The important thing is you heard it. What was your position? Did you support the oppressor and the oppressed within the limits of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one.
انصُرْ أخاك ظالمًا أو مظلومًاThat you prevent him from oppression; that is your support for him
أن تمنَعَه من الظلم ؛ فذاك نصرُك إيَّاهThe questioner: Many.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : I defended a lot.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I responded to a lot of speech.
The Shaykh : A lot?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good. In summary, may Allah forgive you in this world and the Hereafter, and I command you with the command of Allah, so I say:
So remain on a right course as you have been commanded
فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ
Source
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