Discussion of al-Ghazali’s deletion of Shaykh al-Albani’s introduction and al-Qaradawi’s role in misleading many Muslims.
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The questioner : This is the seventh edition.
The Shaykh : Not the seventh edition.
The questioner : He is indicating, on the basis that he has graded the hadiths.
The Shaykh : He is indicating that there is no introduction, because in the introduction I criticized him for deleting it.
The questioner : In another book ... .
The Shaykh : And in the edition I have, there are also some hadiths he responded to; the goal was not scholarly, but commercial, to promote the book, meaning its publisher was al-Albani. Therefore, he kept this point and removed the introduction.
The questioner : ... My daughter is in school, and the teacher wanted her to do some things related to drawing and pictures. She told her, "This is forbidden ... ." She told her, "No, it is permissible ... ." So she took her a copy of *Adab al-Zafaf* (Etiquette of the Wedding) ... . "Image-making is forbidden," she said to her, "Shaykh al-Albani is a great and noble scholar, and so on, but al-Qaradawi wrote this about image-making, so take this and show it to your father ... ."
The Shaykh : The problem, my brothers, is that Muslims do not have, I mean, a general culture in the principles of the Shari'ah. We are lost, and the cause of our loss is our scholars. They have not instilled in the minds of all Muslims, without exception, that the truth is one and does not multiply, and that this truth is what came in the Book and the Sunnah. Therefore, one of them easily acceptsThe Shaykh : So-and-so said this, yesThe Shaykh : So-and-so said that. It no longer matters to them whether they know if this statement contradicts that one, which is correct, and then how can one reach the truth, or what is the path to knowing the truth? Muslims have absolutely no such awareness. Therefore, they are like livestock, or even more astray in path.
The questioner : I have heard from several sources that al-Albani is the authority on hadith, but in fiqh, these religious women who are studying here in some schools use *Umdat al-Fiqh* as the authority, but in fiqh.
The Shaykh : Did you see what he told me?
The questioner : ... .
Al-Halabi : He visited me once at home; he was pursuing a master's degree and inquiring about some things and so on. Now, if I ask him, he will pray with me. He says, "I have changed, and I don't know what it is." He has many connections with Dr. Hammam and Dr. Abbas.
The Shaykh : This indicates that he has a readiness to accept the truth, even if it contradicts the madhhab. Now, let us pray.
The Shaykh : Not the seventh edition.
The questioner : He is indicating, on the basis that he has graded the hadiths.
The Shaykh : He is indicating that there is no introduction, because in the introduction I criticized him for deleting it.
The questioner : In another book ... .
The Shaykh : And in the edition I have, there are also some hadiths he responded to; the goal was not scholarly, but commercial, to promote the book, meaning its publisher was al-Albani. Therefore, he kept this point and removed the introduction.
The questioner : ... My daughter is in school, and the teacher wanted her to do some things related to drawing and pictures. She told her, "This is forbidden ... ." She told her, "No, it is permissible ... ." So she took her a copy of *Adab al-Zafaf* (Etiquette of the Wedding) ... . "Image-making is forbidden," she said to her, "Shaykh al-Albani is a great and noble scholar, and so on, but al-Qaradawi wrote this about image-making, so take this and show it to your father ... ."
The Shaykh : The problem, my brothers, is that Muslims do not have, I mean, a general culture in the principles of the Shari'ah. We are lost, and the cause of our loss is our scholars. They have not instilled in the minds of all Muslims, without exception, that the truth is one and does not multiply, and that this truth is what came in the Book and the Sunnah. Therefore, one of them easily acceptsThe Shaykh : So-and-so said this, yesThe Shaykh : So-and-so said that. It no longer matters to them whether they know if this statement contradicts that one, which is correct, and then how can one reach the truth, or what is the path to knowing the truth? Muslims have absolutely no such awareness. Therefore, they are like livestock, or even more astray in path.
The questioner : I have heard from several sources that al-Albani is the authority on hadith, but in fiqh, these religious women who are studying here in some schools use *Umdat al-Fiqh* as the authority, but in fiqh.
The Shaykh : Did you see what he told me?
The questioner : ... .
Al-Halabi : He visited me once at home; he was pursuing a master's degree and inquiring about some things and so on. Now, if I ask him, he will pray with me. He says, "I have changed, and I don't know what it is." He has many connections with Dr. Hammam and Dr. Abbas.
The Shaykh : This indicates that he has a readiness to accept the truth, even if it contradicts the madhhab. Now, let us pray.
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