We have recently heard that Shaykh Abdullah al-Sabt disparages and attacks some of the callers to the path of the people of the Sunnah because they differ with him in opinion. Is this true?

The questioner: Our dear Shaykh, we have recently heard that our brother, Shaykh Abdullah al-Sabt, disparages and exaggerates in attacking some of the callers, or the people of the Sunnah and Hadith, and so on, in our time.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: Because they differ with him in opinion or something similar. Is there any truth to this? Or has it reached you?

The Shaykh: By Allah, I have no accurate information about this man except fragments of news, and Allah knows their truth. The last thing that reached me was that he says about the Tabligh group that they are upon the Sunnah, yes. And then I heard a tape of his; I heard a tape of his and I did not like his speech; it seemed as if he is not the one we know.
The student: Glory be to Allah!

The Shaykh: Yes, do you know that he is from the group of Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq? Yes. He was in Kuwait, and now he is settled in the Emirates, and there he seems to be acting as a Shaykh in his own right, with a group gathered around him. The bottom line is: I do not have a collection of statements that we can say he said this or that, except as reported by some of them, so Allah knows best.
The student: By Allah, Shaykh, his speech regarding purification and upbringing is good.

The Shaykh: How.
The student: I say that Shaykh Abdullah has good speech regarding purification, upbringing, the Salafi methodology, and refuting the activists... and I heard a tape of his that was good and fine, and the truth is I did not know before that he was Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq.