The discussion regarding the situation in Sudan after Omar al-Bashir assumed power.
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The questioner : We hear news and read news about Sudan, meaning it is heading toward applying Islamic law, as we hear. What do you say?
The Shaykh : We do not have clear news on the matter, and we ask Allah to guide them to applying the Shari'ah. In any case, I hope you do not rush to issue judgments or rulings about some countries that experience coups, whether bloody or peaceful. I think those present remember with me that this Qaddafi, who cast Islam aside, and finally wanted to revive Fatimidism, at his first appearance sent some preachers. I met him in Beirut, and he issued a decree to dress women in a unified, legal hijab and to prohibit intoxicants. Look now at how the situation is and how it was. As for Sudan, we hope the situation is improving and that they will hold firm to this improvement and increase in it every day.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Like Afghanistan.
The questioner : The situation in Afghanistan.
The Shaykh : In Afghanistan, Allah knows best. The news that has appeared is not encouraging.
The questioner : There are signs of good, if Allah wills. There is... in Pakistan, and there are people who visited him in his house... they said, "We prayed the midday prayer with him. We went... he brought the food himself; he has no servant, so he served it."
The presenter : Good.
The questioner : And I sat with him. He asked him, "Who cooked the food?" He said, "My wife." He said, "Do you not have a servant?" He said, "I serve myself." Then he said that the entourage around him is like him.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : If it were not for the fact that they insisted on him living in the palace, he wanted to stay in his house... and there are more than one incident. They say he follows up on matters very closely, in memorization, in courses. For example, now, all government employees, of all ranks and ages, are enrolled in courses, like the brothers have with cells and so on. Then they count the Christians. The Christian says, "I am an employee." He said to him, "Are you an employee or not? Go with them." So all of them are employees; go with them. And the Christian himself is sitting, changing, transforming. It is a strange thing. How the Sudanese officer who used to cut off the road... it appears there is some transformation. Even he issued official statements for every female employee, whether employed or not, who wants the hijab, a sum according to their state of poverty and destitution, a sum for a jilbab, and she walks in the best manner, according to what is correct. There are signs, not just one. Many of our brothers mention that he has no rigidity and no fanaticism.
The Shaykh : May Allah strengthen him and increase him.
The questioner : The current attack on him.
The Shaykh : But there was news that Iran would come to support and help him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And nothing happened. Good.
The questioner : People say they offer us help. What help? They offer words. As for the rest, it appears, and Allah knows best, that you mean two birds with one stone, or birds... the blow by the Americans after the events that happened...
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve the truth. The Afghan jihad gave us a very dangerous result after the jihad and its length. Welcome. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Meaning that he appears, and Allah knows best, as we were taught, to memorize the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : He memorizes the Qur'an.
The questioner : This is how I saw it, and from his youth he was known among his peers.
The Shaykh : Religious people.
The questioner : The religious people. So, glory to Allah, he has not succeeded until now. Those around him, the senior officers, do things. Even I heard a statement from him about al-Turabi. He supports all Islamists, but he does not like al-Turabi himself to speak in the name of the government. Once he issued a statement representing himself. Al-Turabi is a man of the Islamic movement. Until now, it appears, and Allah knows best, that he has independence and is also a rejecter.
Another questioner : He says the situation has changed completely. The street was initially very bad regarding zina and...
The questioner : Now, the matter is proceeding completely.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : Then he says that he allows only Islamic groups to speak as they wish, but if the Christians or the communists or so on speak, he does not allow it at all. He says, "These are Muslims; let them speak. But non-Muslims, I do not accept them."
Mashhur : He is finally very upset with the group of Ansaar al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah. Now they are informing the brothers, and they are informing the brothers in the Netherlands. We met with some good, senior brothers in da'wah and knowledge, and they said that most of their centers are now closed. The Ansaar al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah association; most of their centers in Sudan.
The Shaykh : Also, al-Turabi is involved in the matter.
The questioner : He is exactly even.
Mashhur : Our brothers say that al-Turabi leaves the matter to everyone, whereas with the Shi'ah, his connection with the Shi'ah is known. He looks and speaks, and his school is that the difference between us is like the difference of schools of jurisprudence, like the difference between the madhahib; there is no difference.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is al-Turabi's relationship with the rule?
Mashhur : In my opinion, he is the whole in the whole.
The Shaykh : This is the problem. How about Ansaar al-Sunnah?
Mashhur : Al-Turabi has a connection with the rule.
The Shaykh : And Ansaar al-Sunnah?
Mashhur : The rule in Sudan.
The Shaykh : Ah
Mashhur : They have no connection with the rule now.
The Shaykh : You mentioned Ansaar al-Sunnah just now.
Mashhur : They are upset. Their centers were taken. Their centers.
The Shaykh : Like this.
Mashhur : Their largest centers in Sudan were closed.
The Shaykh : How is this?
Mashhur : They have centers and hospitals. A brother told me about several areas.
The questioner : I expect that even if all this is confirmed, the rest of the people, these are Wahhabi, these are so and so, these are so and so, they hate the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Mashhur : Al-Turabi.
The questioner : No, no. As for him, until now he issued a statement. Al-Turabi responded to him. Al-Turabi does not represent anyone but himself. But as it appears, it shows that there is independence. Like what? If many people... I sat in the corner, the doctor was silent. He said to him, "We want to call."The Shaykh : Who said?The Shaykh : He said, "Al-Albani." He said, "My brother, by Allah, they say about him in Iraq that he is a Wahhabi. What is a Wahhabi and what is Wahhabism?" He said to him, "I do not know. They hate the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Meaning, and Allah knows best, that he needs to investigate and verify.
The Shaykh : In any case, we ask Allah that we hear good news about him.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Al-Halabi : Regarding the matter of Sudan, more than one brother from Ansaar al-Sunnah, good brothers, told me. Even a brother from the Netherlands said that now the mosques of Ansaar al-Sunnah and their schools and institutes and hospitals are being confiscated, more than before. Meaning, at first, our schools were open and our mosques were open.
The questioner : Perhaps according to the difference of opinion.
Mashhur : Al-Turabi has a broader chest and his mind is the mind of al-Ghazali, and his chest is broader than the chest of al-Ghazali. He narrows... yes, this is al-Turabi.
Al-Halabi : Our Shaykh wrote, truly, by Allah. Someone next to me gave me a research paper by a Sudanese brother from Ansaar al-Sunnah. He submitted a research paper for the fourth year at the Islamic University on the thought of al-Turabi. It gathers the things. So it is possible, and Allah, O Shaykh, we can take a picture for you to see.
The Shaykh : He has a book... it scares liberation.
Mashhur : The Woman Between Liberation.
The Shaykh : There is deviation, meaning he denies stoning.
Mashhur : The man is rational, meaning it is not easy.
The Shaykh : If he has a connection with the rule, it will be a problem.
Al-Halabi : He is, O Shaykh, the mover, the head planner, truly. You mean Omar al-Bashir.
Mashhur : Omar al-Bashir imprisoned him in his palace to ward off the charge of fundamentalism at the beginning, until he could benefit from him. So he considers Bashir and others as students of al-Turabi.
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah.
Al-Halabi : By Allah, that we are not grieved. There is nothing that comes out but I look at it with troubles.
The Shaykh : Glory to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The Shaykh : We do not have clear news on the matter, and we ask Allah to guide them to applying the Shari'ah. In any case, I hope you do not rush to issue judgments or rulings about some countries that experience coups, whether bloody or peaceful. I think those present remember with me that this Qaddafi, who cast Islam aside, and finally wanted to revive Fatimidism, at his first appearance sent some preachers. I met him in Beirut, and he issued a decree to dress women in a unified, legal hijab and to prohibit intoxicants. Look now at how the situation is and how it was. As for Sudan, we hope the situation is improving and that they will hold firm to this improvement and increase in it every day.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Like Afghanistan.
The questioner : The situation in Afghanistan.
The Shaykh : In Afghanistan, Allah knows best. The news that has appeared is not encouraging.
The questioner : There are signs of good, if Allah wills. There is... in Pakistan, and there are people who visited him in his house... they said, "We prayed the midday prayer with him. We went... he brought the food himself; he has no servant, so he served it."
The presenter : Good.
The questioner : And I sat with him. He asked him, "Who cooked the food?" He said, "My wife." He said, "Do you not have a servant?" He said, "I serve myself." Then he said that the entourage around him is like him.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : If it were not for the fact that they insisted on him living in the palace, he wanted to stay in his house... and there are more than one incident. They say he follows up on matters very closely, in memorization, in courses. For example, now, all government employees, of all ranks and ages, are enrolled in courses, like the brothers have with cells and so on. Then they count the Christians. The Christian says, "I am an employee." He said to him, "Are you an employee or not? Go with them." So all of them are employees; go with them. And the Christian himself is sitting, changing, transforming. It is a strange thing. How the Sudanese officer who used to cut off the road... it appears there is some transformation. Even he issued official statements for every female employee, whether employed or not, who wants the hijab, a sum according to their state of poverty and destitution, a sum for a jilbab, and she walks in the best manner, according to what is correct. There are signs, not just one. Many of our brothers mention that he has no rigidity and no fanaticism.
The Shaykh : May Allah strengthen him and increase him.
The questioner : The current attack on him.
The Shaykh : But there was news that Iran would come to support and help him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And nothing happened. Good.
The questioner : People say they offer us help. What help? They offer words. As for the rest, it appears, and Allah knows best, that you mean two birds with one stone, or birds... the blow by the Americans after the events that happened...
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve the truth. The Afghan jihad gave us a very dangerous result after the jihad and its length. Welcome. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Meaning that he appears, and Allah knows best, as we were taught, to memorize the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : He memorizes the Qur'an.
The questioner : This is how I saw it, and from his youth he was known among his peers.
The Shaykh : Religious people.
The questioner : The religious people. So, glory to Allah, he has not succeeded until now. Those around him, the senior officers, do things. Even I heard a statement from him about al-Turabi. He supports all Islamists, but he does not like al-Turabi himself to speak in the name of the government. Once he issued a statement representing himself. Al-Turabi is a man of the Islamic movement. Until now, it appears, and Allah knows best, that he has independence and is also a rejecter.
Another questioner : He says the situation has changed completely. The street was initially very bad regarding zina and...
The questioner : Now, the matter is proceeding completely.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : Then he says that he allows only Islamic groups to speak as they wish, but if the Christians or the communists or so on speak, he does not allow it at all. He says, "These are Muslims; let them speak. But non-Muslims, I do not accept them."
Mashhur : He is finally very upset with the group of Ansaar al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah. Now they are informing the brothers, and they are informing the brothers in the Netherlands. We met with some good, senior brothers in da'wah and knowledge, and they said that most of their centers are now closed. The Ansaar al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah association; most of their centers in Sudan.
The Shaykh : Also, al-Turabi is involved in the matter.
The questioner : He is exactly even.
Mashhur : Our brothers say that al-Turabi leaves the matter to everyone, whereas with the Shi'ah, his connection with the Shi'ah is known. He looks and speaks, and his school is that the difference between us is like the difference of schools of jurisprudence, like the difference between the madhahib; there is no difference.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is al-Turabi's relationship with the rule?
Mashhur : In my opinion, he is the whole in the whole.
The Shaykh : This is the problem. How about Ansaar al-Sunnah?
Mashhur : Al-Turabi has a connection with the rule.
The Shaykh : And Ansaar al-Sunnah?
Mashhur : The rule in Sudan.
The Shaykh : Ah
Mashhur : They have no connection with the rule now.
The Shaykh : You mentioned Ansaar al-Sunnah just now.
Mashhur : They are upset. Their centers were taken. Their centers.
The Shaykh : Like this.
Mashhur : Their largest centers in Sudan were closed.
The Shaykh : How is this?
Mashhur : They have centers and hospitals. A brother told me about several areas.
The questioner : I expect that even if all this is confirmed, the rest of the people, these are Wahhabi, these are so and so, these are so and so, they hate the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Mashhur : Al-Turabi.
The questioner : No, no. As for him, until now he issued a statement. Al-Turabi responded to him. Al-Turabi does not represent anyone but himself. But as it appears, it shows that there is independence. Like what? If many people... I sat in the corner, the doctor was silent. He said to him, "We want to call."The Shaykh : Who said?The Shaykh : He said, "Al-Albani." He said, "My brother, by Allah, they say about him in Iraq that he is a Wahhabi. What is a Wahhabi and what is Wahhabism?" He said to him, "I do not know. They hate the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Meaning, and Allah knows best, that he needs to investigate and verify.
The Shaykh : In any case, we ask Allah that we hear good news about him.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Al-Halabi : Regarding the matter of Sudan, more than one brother from Ansaar al-Sunnah, good brothers, told me. Even a brother from the Netherlands said that now the mosques of Ansaar al-Sunnah and their schools and institutes and hospitals are being confiscated, more than before. Meaning, at first, our schools were open and our mosques were open.
The questioner : Perhaps according to the difference of opinion.
Mashhur : Al-Turabi has a broader chest and his mind is the mind of al-Ghazali, and his chest is broader than the chest of al-Ghazali. He narrows... yes, this is al-Turabi.
Al-Halabi : Our Shaykh wrote, truly, by Allah. Someone next to me gave me a research paper by a Sudanese brother from Ansaar al-Sunnah. He submitted a research paper for the fourth year at the Islamic University on the thought of al-Turabi. It gathers the things. So it is possible, and Allah, O Shaykh, we can take a picture for you to see.
The Shaykh : He has a book... it scares liberation.
Mashhur : The Woman Between Liberation.
The Shaykh : There is deviation, meaning he denies stoning.
Mashhur : The man is rational, meaning it is not easy.
The Shaykh : If he has a connection with the rule, it will be a problem.
Al-Halabi : He is, O Shaykh, the mover, the head planner, truly. You mean Omar al-Bashir.
Mashhur : Omar al-Bashir imprisoned him in his palace to ward off the charge of fundamentalism at the beginning, until he could benefit from him. So he considers Bashir and others as students of al-Turabi.
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except by Allah.
Al-Halabi : By Allah, that we are not grieved. There is nothing that comes out but I look at it with troubles.
The Shaykh : Glory to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
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