Did it come to you that you described Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi as having dangerous thought?
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The questioner: O Shaykh, one of the brothers mentioned to me that you have a tape in which you spoke about Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi and said — I have not heard the tape, but one of the brothers said he heard the tape — and you said that he has dangerous thought.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Of course, there is no doubt that, well, the truth is that the fatwas of the Shaykh — may Allah forgive us and him — have actually affected the Qatari society a lot, but we have not seen any response from you to him, O Shaykh, in the issues in which he has fallen.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you, I am not also fully available to respond to everyone who errs in one issue or many issues, because the person, as the Lord of mankind said:[An-Nisa 4:28], but I do not recall that I said, well, what did I say? Dangerous, what?
The questioner: By Allah, one of the brothers told me, I will get you the tape, you mentioned that he has dangerous thought or a dangerous methodology of this type.
The Shaykh: I will tell you, I do not recall that I said this, but I know that al-Qaradawi is a contemporary of al-Ghazali.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And one of them greets the other despite the difference between them, and they both graduated from the same school, which is the school of al-Azhar and the school of opinion, and therefore they judge the texts of the Book and the Sunnah by their opinions, as for the Book, they interpret it with an interpretation other than the interpretation of the Salaf, and as for the hadiths, they take from them what they wish and leave what does not agree with their fatwas, and since you have known the danger that you referred to in your country, "the witness sees what the absent one does not see."
The questioner: Well, O Shaykh, but some of the committed brothers or the students of knowledge say that we have not heard the Shaykh al-Albani, even in his lessons, speak about them or refute their claims.
The Shaykh: And so, where did you hear this dangerous news, is it not from the tape?
The questioner: This is one tape, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Well, and have you gone through all the tapes? Say no.
The questioner: No, by Allah, I have not, actually.
The Shaykh: Even a small part of them. How many tapes do you have, I mean, exaggerate in the number, how many tapes do you have?
The questioner: Of your tapes, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Ah, of course, of my tapes, because you are talking about my tapes.
The questioner: Yes, by Allah, I do not know, maybe 40 tapes, perhaps.
The Shaykh: 40 tapes, and what is your opinion that there are 4,000 tapes? Well, so do you have another question to treat us with?
The questioner: No, may Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh, may Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may the same be for you.
The questioner: I see you are in good health, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: And you are well.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Of course, there is no doubt that, well, the truth is that the fatwas of the Shaykh — may Allah forgive us and him — have actually affected the Qatari society a lot, but we have not seen any response from you to him, O Shaykh, in the issues in which he has fallen.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you, I am not also fully available to respond to everyone who errs in one issue or many issues, because the person, as the Lord of mankind said:
mankind was created weak.
خُلِقَ الْإِنْسَانُ ضَعِيفًاThe questioner: By Allah, one of the brothers told me, I will get you the tape, you mentioned that he has dangerous thought or a dangerous methodology of this type.
The Shaykh: I will tell you, I do not recall that I said this, but I know that al-Qaradawi is a contemporary of al-Ghazali.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And one of them greets the other despite the difference between them, and they both graduated from the same school, which is the school of al-Azhar and the school of opinion, and therefore they judge the texts of the Book and the Sunnah by their opinions, as for the Book, they interpret it with an interpretation other than the interpretation of the Salaf, and as for the hadiths, they take from them what they wish and leave what does not agree with their fatwas, and since you have known the danger that you referred to in your country, "the witness sees what the absent one does not see."
The questioner: Well, O Shaykh, but some of the committed brothers or the students of knowledge say that we have not heard the Shaykh al-Albani, even in his lessons, speak about them or refute their claims.
The Shaykh: And so, where did you hear this dangerous news, is it not from the tape?
The questioner: This is one tape, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Well, and have you gone through all the tapes? Say no.
The questioner: No, by Allah, I have not, actually.
The Shaykh: Even a small part of them. How many tapes do you have, I mean, exaggerate in the number, how many tapes do you have?
The questioner: Of your tapes, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Ah, of course, of my tapes, because you are talking about my tapes.
The questioner: Yes, by Allah, I do not know, maybe 40 tapes, perhaps.
The Shaykh: 40 tapes, and what is your opinion that there are 4,000 tapes? Well, so do you have another question to treat us with?
The questioner: No, may Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh, may Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may the same be for you.
The questioner: I see you are in good health, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: And you are well.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Source
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