The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) clarifying some of the insults Ali al-Faqir made in his sermon regarding the ruling on emigration, and clarifying some of his ignorance among the brothers?
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The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, and I suggest that you truly listen to the tape of al-Faqir.
The questioner: And by Allah, truly, yes, yes.
The Shaykh: This al-Faqir, with the calamities he preaches to the people, and on Friday it is something that is hardly believable.
The questioner: O Shaykh, this is madness, by Allah who has no god but Him—and I do not cut off your words, my Shaykh, allow me—my first meeting with this al-Faqir was in the Holy City of Madinah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And my aunt came to Madinah for 'Umrah, and I was looking for her in Madinah, so Allah guided us to a hotel where there was a group of Jordanians, and their leader, I mean their commander, was al-Faqir during the 'Umrah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Imagine a gathering in the hotel, in the hotel courtyard, there is a hall, I mean a large hall.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I started listening, I said who is this?! They said this is the Shaykh Ali al-Faqir, I had heard of him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Because at that time I was not mixing with them while I was a teacher in Jordan.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, he brought "for every occasion, a word."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Most of these people do not know what 'Umrah is, or its rituals, or what invalidates it, so he is delving into matters far, far removed from this matter, and about rulers, he does not allow a ruler, he does not allow this, he does not allow that!! So I took exception and said to him, O my brother, you came for 'Umrah, are you not here for this?! Ask them, are you... leaving their families, their wealth, and their lands, and they return, and their 'Umrah is not accepted if they do not comply?! He may have mentioned "for every occasion there is a speech" or something like that.
The Shaykh : You are correct.
The questioner: By Allah, he did not enter my heart from the first moment, and by Allah who has no god but Him, O Shaykh, this is one of Allah's blessings upon me, and I make my intention between me and Allah that I do not hate al-Faqir or anyone else, and I do not dislike any person, thus I seek forgiveness from Allah, even people say about me that you are foolish at times.
The Shaykh: Yes, hmm.
The questioner: If I am foolish, I will not fall into the error of hating a person or disliking him, lest Satan sow discord between me and him, but I say if a person makes a mistake, I, if I see a mistake from him, I go to his house, between me and him, I say to him, O my brother, I am more ignorant than you and you are more knowledgeable than me, it appears to me that you made a mistake, is this a mistake or not, and I have no proof from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, and this was how it was between me and the brothers and between me and all people, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, I do not find a person who hates me, I mean I am like this, it appears to me that it is obligatory for a person, from both the Salafi brothers or the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Sufis, I did not mix with them, and I hope Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will guide them, such and such.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The questioner: The Ansar al-Sunnah group in Egypt, or for example the Syrian group, or the group of our brothers in the people of Najd, all of them, I mean like this, Allah created me and fashioned me, not by my wealth or my righteousness, but by the blessings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah will that you see nothing but good, and may Allah will that if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wills good for them and they see the truth and the proof, may Allah will that it be with our manner and with our hearts which we direct to Allah to be sound, and they do not doubt that they have a great reward and recompense if they see themselves in error or that they have slandered the honor of a scholar or a Muslim brother from their brothers, so that they apologize for that, and if they refuse and if they refuse, then we say, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs," and sufficient for them is Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and by Allah it is better for you, better for you, because you are more knowledgeable than him and you are...
The Shaykh : Pardon me.
The questioner: Do you know how the scholars used to meet and who were better than us in the previous eras, and so on, I mean.
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, but I am still drawing your attention to the necessity that you distinguish between these and those, reminding you of the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):[Al-Qalam 68:35] Are the Muslims like the criminals?! Al-Faqir says in the Friday sermon: "O Mufti of Misguidance."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Do not think well of this one, O my brother Abdul Aziz.
The questioner: This is him, unless he is in a psychiatric or mental hospital.
The Shaykh : Ah, the intention is to insist that you read his tape, listen to his tape, so that you know how to establish the argument against him in your own style.
The questioner: And a second stance that did not enter my heart when I was on this trip in Ramadan, far away with our professor Abu Malik, to Kamal Sharif, a social worker, for an iftar at the Al-Quds Hotel.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Scholars and Shaykhs and old friends, praise be to Allah, I mean, He facilitated for us to meet them after years of separation, so al-Faqir, I mean, by Allah, I mean this is something that should not be for a person who wears a turban in front of people, I mean, they think he is a scholar.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And he introduces himself without anyone introducing him.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner: And there are those who are more versed in the Qur'an than him and more knowledgeable in fiqh, such and such, so I said: Where is the Sunnah?!
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: This is not befitting, I ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to expand our chests, I mean, all of us.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The questioner: To the truth, I mean (Mighty and Majestic), and we, I mean, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) I mean looks at our intentions, and may Allah will that this al-Faqir, I consider him in the second category that I referred to, I mean, and perhaps there are people behind him like him, and may Allah will that our Lord is the one who inspires us to show us these people and make us know them, may Allah will.
The Shaykh: I hope for you complete success, O Abdul Aziz.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Please, please, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: And by Allah, truly, yes, yes.
The Shaykh: This al-Faqir, with the calamities he preaches to the people, and on Friday it is something that is hardly believable.
The questioner: O Shaykh, this is madness, by Allah who has no god but Him—and I do not cut off your words, my Shaykh, allow me—my first meeting with this al-Faqir was in the Holy City of Madinah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And my aunt came to Madinah for 'Umrah, and I was looking for her in Madinah, so Allah guided us to a hotel where there was a group of Jordanians, and their leader, I mean their commander, was al-Faqir during the 'Umrah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Imagine a gathering in the hotel, in the hotel courtyard, there is a hall, I mean a large hall.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I started listening, I said who is this?! They said this is the Shaykh Ali al-Faqir, I had heard of him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Because at that time I was not mixing with them while I was a teacher in Jordan.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, he brought "for every occasion, a word."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Most of these people do not know what 'Umrah is, or its rituals, or what invalidates it, so he is delving into matters far, far removed from this matter, and about rulers, he does not allow a ruler, he does not allow this, he does not allow that!! So I took exception and said to him, O my brother, you came for 'Umrah, are you not here for this?! Ask them, are you... leaving their families, their wealth, and their lands, and they return, and their 'Umrah is not accepted if they do not comply?! He may have mentioned "for every occasion there is a speech" or something like that.
The Shaykh : You are correct.
The questioner: By Allah, he did not enter my heart from the first moment, and by Allah who has no god but Him, O Shaykh, this is one of Allah's blessings upon me, and I make my intention between me and Allah that I do not hate al-Faqir or anyone else, and I do not dislike any person, thus I seek forgiveness from Allah, even people say about me that you are foolish at times.
The Shaykh: Yes, hmm.
The questioner: If I am foolish, I will not fall into the error of hating a person or disliking him, lest Satan sow discord between me and him, but I say if a person makes a mistake, I, if I see a mistake from him, I go to his house, between me and him, I say to him, O my brother, I am more ignorant than you and you are more knowledgeable than me, it appears to me that you made a mistake, is this a mistake or not, and I have no proof from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, and this was how it was between me and the brothers and between me and all people, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, I do not find a person who hates me, I mean I am like this, it appears to me that it is obligatory for a person, from both the Salafi brothers or the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Sufis, I did not mix with them, and I hope Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will guide them, such and such.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The questioner: The Ansar al-Sunnah group in Egypt, or for example the Syrian group, or the group of our brothers in the people of Najd, all of them, I mean like this, Allah created me and fashioned me, not by my wealth or my righteousness, but by the blessings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah will that you see nothing but good, and may Allah will that if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wills good for them and they see the truth and the proof, may Allah will that it be with our manner and with our hearts which we direct to Allah to be sound, and they do not doubt that they have a great reward and recompense if they see themselves in error or that they have slandered the honor of a scholar or a Muslim brother from their brothers, so that they apologize for that, and if they refuse and if they refuse, then we say, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs," and sufficient for them is Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and by Allah it is better for you, better for you, because you are more knowledgeable than him and you are...
The Shaykh : Pardon me.
The questioner: Do you know how the scholars used to meet and who were better than us in the previous eras, and so on, I mean.
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, but I am still drawing your attention to the necessity that you distinguish between these and those, reminding you of the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Do not think well of this one, O my brother Abdul Aziz.
The questioner: This is him, unless he is in a psychiatric or mental hospital.
The Shaykh : Ah, the intention is to insist that you read his tape, listen to his tape, so that you know how to establish the argument against him in your own style.
The questioner: And a second stance that did not enter my heart when I was on this trip in Ramadan, far away with our professor Abu Malik, to Kamal Sharif, a social worker, for an iftar at the Al-Quds Hotel.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Scholars and Shaykhs and old friends, praise be to Allah, I mean, He facilitated for us to meet them after years of separation, so al-Faqir, I mean, by Allah, I mean this is something that should not be for a person who wears a turban in front of people, I mean, they think he is a scholar.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And he introduces himself without anyone introducing him.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner: And there are those who are more versed in the Qur'an than him and more knowledgeable in fiqh, such and such, so I said: Where is the Sunnah?!
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: This is not befitting, I ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to expand our chests, I mean, all of us.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The questioner: To the truth, I mean (Mighty and Majestic), and we, I mean, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) I mean looks at our intentions, and may Allah will that this al-Faqir, I consider him in the second category that I referred to, I mean, and perhaps there are people behind him like him, and may Allah will that our Lord is the one who inspires us to show us these people and make us know them, may Allah will.
The Shaykh: I hope for you complete success, O Abdul Aziz.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Please, please, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
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