How to respond to those who misuse your fatwas regarding the emigration of Palestinians from Palestine?
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The questioner : The second question, which is about your fatwa on emigration and what emigration is.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I mean, we have heard a lot of talk from people. What is your opinion on how to respond to them?
The Shaykh : It is as clear as what you are speaking.
The questioner : I know that.
The Shaykh : So then.
The questioner : But my point is, for example, when people speak, what is the response to them, for example?
The Shaykh : You will see the response to them soon.
The questioner : What is emigration?
The Shaykh : The message.
The questioner : Emigration from Palestine.
The Shaykh : You will see this message today or tomorrow.
The questioner : It will be printed, if Allah wills.
The student : Because frankly, we have heard from people...
The Shaykh : People today do not fear Allah.
The questioner : I mean... he was cursing you and so on and so on...
The Shaykh : Yes, if you want to know that people do not fear Allah, read in some of the newspapers. And here you are, and the noble father, our Lord, has written that you must meet with the old Shaykh and listen to his speech and words. So what is your opinion of the one who wrote in the newspaper that I issued a fatwa on the obligation of emigration? This is explicitly stated in the Qur'an:[An-Nisa 4:97] apart from the many hadiths, some of which will be mentioned in this message. Because I issued this fatwa and it was exploited politically for the upcoming elections. Now they want to win the votes of our Palestinian brothers, so they rose up against Al-Albani, saying that he wants to divide Palestine and hand it over to the Jews, as if I were a state. And, unfortunately, the Arab states are not able to do anything. The point is, he wrote what his desire wished him to write, with extreme ignorance from the scientific and Sharia perspective. But what is your opinion that he concluded his article by claiming, and here I am asking you, have you seen in this short journey of yours to me, and in this pleasant session, if Allah wills, his claim that the Shaykh has reached the age of old age, the age of senility?
The questioner : Not at all.
The student : Young men, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : What is your opinion of that?
The questioner : ... the Shaykh is senile and old, and I don't know how. I heard it on the pulpit. I am the one who heard this.
The Shaykh : Ah, so now you know that these people do not proceed from knowledge, first, and then they do not proceed from sincerity, second, and finally from desire. This desire is as he (peace be upon him) said: This is the followed desire that blinded his insight, so it led him to testify about this man because he has reached extreme old age, so he no longer feels what comes out of his mouth. And I said to some of them who called me on the phone, I spoke with him for half an hour, "Have you seen any signs of senility?" He said, "Glory be to Allah." Well, these who write this word, do they find the truth? And this is our neighbor here, his name is, you will hear about him, perhaps the poor Shaykh Ali.
The questioner : Yes, the poor Ali.
The Shaykh : He delivered a very fiery sermon to thousands of worshippers and accused me of being a Jew and the Shaykh of the Dajjals and the Dajjal of the Dajjals, and so on. This is a preacher. He accuses a Muslim brother, the least that can be said is, grant him that he is ignorant, grant him that he is illiterate, cannot read or write, but he said that emigration is dominant, and you must hear what is happening in Palestine of houses being bombed and people and women sleeping.
The questioner : What prompted you to write what you hear and see?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : What prompted you, I mean, the reason that prompted you to write?
The Shaykh : The reason is that a new deputy is going to come out in the parliament.
The questioner : No, the reason.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : This fatwa is old.
The Shaykh : It is old, from four or five years ago.
The questioner : And what stirred it up?
The Shaykh : It is this writer, but in some sessions this issue is raised. The important thing is they are fishing in muddy waters, although there is nothing but a book that says Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said, and this message, if Allah wills, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow will be in your hands.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I mean, we have heard a lot of talk from people. What is your opinion on how to respond to them?
The Shaykh : It is as clear as what you are speaking.
The questioner : I know that.
The Shaykh : So then.
The questioner : But my point is, for example, when people speak, what is the response to them, for example?
The Shaykh : You will see the response to them soon.
The questioner : What is emigration?
The Shaykh : The message.
The questioner : Emigration from Palestine.
The Shaykh : You will see this message today or tomorrow.
The questioner : It will be printed, if Allah wills.
The student : Because frankly, we have heard from people...
The Shaykh : People today do not fear Allah.
The questioner : I mean... he was cursing you and so on and so on...
The Shaykh : Yes, if you want to know that people do not fear Allah, read in some of the newspapers. And here you are, and the noble father, our Lord, has written that you must meet with the old Shaykh and listen to his speech and words. So what is your opinion of the one who wrote in the newspaper that I issued a fatwa on the obligation of emigration? This is explicitly stated in the Qur'an:
Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?
أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَاThe questioner : Not at all.
The student : Young men, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : What is your opinion of that?
The questioner : ... the Shaykh is senile and old, and I don't know how. I heard it on the pulpit. I am the one who heard this.
The Shaykh : Ah, so now you know that these people do not proceed from knowledge, first, and then they do not proceed from sincerity, second, and finally from desire. This desire is as he (peace be upon him) said:
Three destructive things: an obeyed stinginess, a followed desire, and the self-admiration of every person with an opinion of his opinion.
ثلاث مهلكات : شحٌّ مطاع ، وهوًى متَّبع ؟ وإعجاب كلِّ ذي رأيٍ برأيهThe questioner : Yes, the poor Ali.
The Shaykh : He delivered a very fiery sermon to thousands of worshippers and accused me of being a Jew and the Shaykh of the Dajjals and the Dajjal of the Dajjals, and so on. This is a preacher. He accuses a Muslim brother, the least that can be said is, grant him that he is ignorant, grant him that he is illiterate, cannot read or write, but he said that emigration is dominant, and you must hear what is happening in Palestine of houses being bombed and people and women sleeping.
The questioner : What prompted you to write what you hear and see?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : What prompted you, I mean, the reason that prompted you to write?
The Shaykh : The reason is that a new deputy is going to come out in the parliament.
The questioner : No, the reason.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : This fatwa is old.
The Shaykh : It is old, from four or five years ago.
The questioner : And what stirred it up?
The Shaykh : It is this writer, but in some sessions this issue is raised. The important thing is they are fishing in muddy waters, although there is nothing but a book that says Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said, and this message, if Allah wills, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow will be in your hands.
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