What is your opinion of Salman al-Oudah praising al-Turabi?
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The questioner : To be specific, Shaykh, I have a tape.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In it, he speaks about Hassan al-Turabi. The one who speaks about Hassan al-Turabi and praises Hassan al-Turabi did not speak the truth as he should have. He released some tapes about what happened in Algeria. No doubt, I mean him specifically; if I can name him for you, I will name him. The tape is with me. He spoke about Hassan al-Turabi and his citations. Also, the owner of this tape did not release any independent, standalone tape in which he speaks about the beliefs of the parties in Afghanistan, nor did he clarify the belief, for example, of the Mujaddidiyyah, the least of the matters regarding belief. These are the ones who spoke about the fitnah of the Gulf and stirred things up with their words, but they did not speak about Afghanistan. Rather, whenever a personality comes along whom they know well, they defend them. And the personalities who are originally on our methodology and our belief do not get a share of what the others got from the people. If you wish...
The Shaykh : ... Abu Yusuf.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If we asked you, is it not sufficient to know the methodology of the one who praises al-Turabi well? Is it not sufficient for us to know that this one who praises this man well is not on the methodology?
The questioner : It is sufficient.
The Shaykh : Fine, you have his words.
The questioner : His words regarding al-Turabi are available. His words regarding al-Turabi are available.
The Shaykh : They are available. And we mentioned earlier that disparagement is not backbiting in six cases. So is there any obstacle to you naming for us this person who praises al-Turabi?
The questioner : This is Salman al-Oudah.
The Shaykh : What does Salman al-Oudah say?
The questioner : He says, for example, about al-Turabi that he shines in his speech. That the division among several paths, and he considers the middle faction to be the one that, in the general tenor of his speech, attempts the democratic style and may concede some things in Islam, but it does not concede in the future.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, the word "democratic" is a mispronunciation.
The questioner : He did not pronounce it; rather, he means by it the dialogical.
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : The intended meaning is dialogue. The intended, the intended—may Allah reward you—dialogue. Then he took a witness from this speech that there was a Christian journalist in Sudan. This journalist spoke about the traditionalists, then took up the personality of Hassan al-Turabi, saying that he is a person who loves dialogue and that he is an Islamic person who wants to apply the Islamic Shari'ah. And that this man concedes some things and does not concede some things for the sake of applying the Islamic Shari'ah. So the question here is that... then he mentioned at the end of his speech that this is a testimony from this journalist that the traditionalists, and among them al-Turabi, are able to dialogue, and so on...
The Shaykh : Do you have this tape?
The questioner : Yes, it is available. It is with me in the car, and if you wish...
The Shaykh : In the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I want to look at it. In truth, we are far away here.
The questioner : With Allah's permission, yes.
The Shaykh : We hear very contradictory words about some personalities. But I will say what I said before. You seem to be following this man and his words. Do you believe that he is on the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and the Salaf al-Salih, or not?
The questioner : It appears to be so, my brother, but his reality is contrary.
The Shaykh : I, Abu Yusuf, tell you a word. When you say "his appearance," your saying frightens me. It frightens me because if I asked you...The Shaykh : Ibn Baz, meaning he is with us on the line, on the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and on the methodology of the Salaf, you would not say "his appearance."
The questioner : I say yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In it, he speaks about Hassan al-Turabi. The one who speaks about Hassan al-Turabi and praises Hassan al-Turabi did not speak the truth as he should have. He released some tapes about what happened in Algeria. No doubt, I mean him specifically; if I can name him for you, I will name him. The tape is with me. He spoke about Hassan al-Turabi and his citations. Also, the owner of this tape did not release any independent, standalone tape in which he speaks about the beliefs of the parties in Afghanistan, nor did he clarify the belief, for example, of the Mujaddidiyyah, the least of the matters regarding belief. These are the ones who spoke about the fitnah of the Gulf and stirred things up with their words, but they did not speak about Afghanistan. Rather, whenever a personality comes along whom they know well, they defend them. And the personalities who are originally on our methodology and our belief do not get a share of what the others got from the people. If you wish...
The Shaykh : ... Abu Yusuf.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If we asked you, is it not sufficient to know the methodology of the one who praises al-Turabi well? Is it not sufficient for us to know that this one who praises this man well is not on the methodology?
The questioner : It is sufficient.
The Shaykh : Fine, you have his words.
The questioner : His words regarding al-Turabi are available. His words regarding al-Turabi are available.
The Shaykh : They are available. And we mentioned earlier that disparagement is not backbiting in six cases. So is there any obstacle to you naming for us this person who praises al-Turabi?
The questioner : This is Salman al-Oudah.
The Shaykh : What does Salman al-Oudah say?
The questioner : He says, for example, about al-Turabi that he shines in his speech. That the division among several paths, and he considers the middle faction to be the one that, in the general tenor of his speech, attempts the democratic style and may concede some things in Islam, but it does not concede in the future.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, the word "democratic" is a mispronunciation.
The questioner : He did not pronounce it; rather, he means by it the dialogical.
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : The intended meaning is dialogue. The intended, the intended—may Allah reward you—dialogue. Then he took a witness from this speech that there was a Christian journalist in Sudan. This journalist spoke about the traditionalists, then took up the personality of Hassan al-Turabi, saying that he is a person who loves dialogue and that he is an Islamic person who wants to apply the Islamic Shari'ah. And that this man concedes some things and does not concede some things for the sake of applying the Islamic Shari'ah. So the question here is that... then he mentioned at the end of his speech that this is a testimony from this journalist that the traditionalists, and among them al-Turabi, are able to dialogue, and so on...
The Shaykh : Do you have this tape?
The questioner : Yes, it is available. It is with me in the car, and if you wish...
The Shaykh : In the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I want to look at it. In truth, we are far away here.
The questioner : With Allah's permission, yes.
The Shaykh : We hear very contradictory words about some personalities. But I will say what I said before. You seem to be following this man and his words. Do you believe that he is on the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and the Salaf al-Salih, or not?
The questioner : It appears to be so, my brother, but his reality is contrary.
The Shaykh : I, Abu Yusuf, tell you a word. When you say "his appearance," your saying frightens me. It frightens me because if I asked you...The Shaykh : Ibn Baz, meaning he is with us on the line, on the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and on the methodology of the Salaf, you would not say "his appearance."
The questioner : I say yes.
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