What is your opinion of the words of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq in his book *Principles of Collective Action*?
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The student : No, I am telling you this so that you do not act unjustly...
The Shaykh : ...why is he placing himself in a position of suspicion?
The student : Yes, or no.
The Shaykh : Why is he placing himself in a position of suspicion?
The student : I... do you know why? Because I feel that I am falling short, Shaykh. Truly, by Allah, I feel that I am falling short, and I am not... the matter, but the young men insisted that I must... go to the Shaykh and discuss these matters and sit withThe Shaykh : and clarify, and by Allah...
The Shaykh : And I gave you an appointment and received you specifically, and I had an appointment tonight which I told you about.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Nevertheless, I canceled it so that you could have your freedom. I had an appointment with Dr. Taysir.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Well, now he has wasted our time without any benefit.
The student : No, if Allah wills, we will make good use of the time.
The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see.
The student : Of course, O Shaykh, of course, O Shaykh Salman, I am leaving all matters to you now, and if Allah wills, you are at your ease and whenever you wish, in whatever way you wish, meaning for your sake, because I am speaking to you, meaning regarding the methodology and creed, perhaps if Allah wills, something has returned to you, a month, a week, if Allah willsAbu Layla : If Allah wills, it will reach you. Is that settled?
The Shaykh : As you wish. We in Sham, in Syria, say, "If you do not come to them, go to them."
The student : By Allah, you are right.
The Shaykh : ...
The student : "My companion wept when he saw the road between him and his goal." We have all memorized this, O Shaykh, from your tongue. May Allah, if He wills, raise your status, and by Allah, O Shaykh, one by one, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : But, O Shaykh, we are deeply sorry for a noble Shaykh of ours,The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq.
The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.
The questioner : I mean, I am going to read you some texts. Do you want me to mention his name? Do you not want this? This is... for the sake of...
The Shaykh : How?
The student : I am mentioning his name, meaning, mention it, it is normal, the matter is not secret now. Perhaps he has received the tape we recorded last time. It appears he heard it. He saw me the day before yesterday and said to me, "You are so-and-so." I said, "Yes." He said to me, "You have a long session with me."
The Shaykh : He said, "You have."
The student : He says to me, "You have a long session with me." I said, "If Allah wills." I mean, O Shaykh, he said in this book, which is *Principles of Collective Action*, he said: "If the Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab had remained a teacher in the manner of my teachers today, and a Shaykh in his hometown of Harimla or al-Dar'iyyah, to which he moved, and had been content to be a Shaykh in a mosque and a teacher in a circle, the Islamic world today would have been engulfed in ruin, destruction, shirk (associating partners with Allah), and desolation. Look carefully at history and read history carefully to know the tremendous leap by which the call of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab carried the Islamic world from a complete pre-Islamic age of ignorance to another Islamic reality." Until he said: "And I was most astonished that some of the students of thisThe Shaykh : great man, and those who were illuminated by the light of his call and became monotheists by the grace of Allah and then by the grace of his jihad, would deny the way of their teacher and Shaykh and say, as the enemies of his call say, that everyone who establishes a group for the call and jihad is a Khariji and a Mu'tazili, and that the system is not from the religion of Allah, and that partisanship is not from Islam. And the greatest astonishment is that some of these students have given to the contemporary rulers rights that were not given to al-Siddiq or al-Farouq, and that the Muslims did not know in all their history, and that no reliable scholar has recorded in any of the books of knowledge, which is that it is not permissible to enjoin good and forbid evil except with the permission of the Imam, and it is not permissible to repel aggression against the abodes of Islam except with the permission of the Sultan. And these, unfortunately, have attributed to the ruler the attributes of the Lord - (Glorified and Exalted is He) -."
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh : ...why is he placing himself in a position of suspicion?
The student : Yes, or no.
The Shaykh : Why is he placing himself in a position of suspicion?
The student : I... do you know why? Because I feel that I am falling short, Shaykh. Truly, by Allah, I feel that I am falling short, and I am not... the matter, but the young men insisted that I must... go to the Shaykh and discuss these matters and sit withThe Shaykh : and clarify, and by Allah...
The Shaykh : And I gave you an appointment and received you specifically, and I had an appointment tonight which I told you about.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Nevertheless, I canceled it so that you could have your freedom. I had an appointment with Dr. Taysir.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Well, now he has wasted our time without any benefit.
The student : No, if Allah wills, we will make good use of the time.
The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see.
The student : Of course, O Shaykh, of course, O Shaykh Salman, I am leaving all matters to you now, and if Allah wills, you are at your ease and whenever you wish, in whatever way you wish, meaning for your sake, because I am speaking to you, meaning regarding the methodology and creed, perhaps if Allah wills, something has returned to you, a month, a week, if Allah willsAbu Layla : If Allah wills, it will reach you. Is that settled?
The Shaykh : As you wish. We in Sham, in Syria, say, "If you do not come to them, go to them."
The student : By Allah, you are right.
The Shaykh : ...
The student : "My companion wept when he saw the road between him and his goal." We have all memorized this, O Shaykh, from your tongue. May Allah, if He wills, raise your status, and by Allah, O Shaykh, one by one, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : But, O Shaykh, we are deeply sorry for a noble Shaykh of ours,The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khaliq.
The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.
The questioner : I mean, I am going to read you some texts. Do you want me to mention his name? Do you not want this? This is... for the sake of...
The Shaykh : How?
The student : I am mentioning his name, meaning, mention it, it is normal, the matter is not secret now. Perhaps he has received the tape we recorded last time. It appears he heard it. He saw me the day before yesterday and said to me, "You are so-and-so." I said, "Yes." He said to me, "You have a long session with me."
The Shaykh : He said, "You have."
The student : He says to me, "You have a long session with me." I said, "If Allah wills." I mean, O Shaykh, he said in this book, which is *Principles of Collective Action*, he said: "If the Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab had remained a teacher in the manner of my teachers today, and a Shaykh in his hometown of Harimla or al-Dar'iyyah, to which he moved, and had been content to be a Shaykh in a mosque and a teacher in a circle, the Islamic world today would have been engulfed in ruin, destruction, shirk (associating partners with Allah), and desolation. Look carefully at history and read history carefully to know the tremendous leap by which the call of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab carried the Islamic world from a complete pre-Islamic age of ignorance to another Islamic reality." Until he said: "And I was most astonished that some of the students of thisThe Shaykh : great man, and those who were illuminated by the light of his call and became monotheists by the grace of Allah and then by the grace of his jihad, would deny the way of their teacher and Shaykh and say, as the enemies of his call say, that everyone who establishes a group for the call and jihad is a Khariji and a Mu'tazili, and that the system is not from the religion of Allah, and that partisanship is not from Islam. And the greatest astonishment is that some of these students have given to the contemporary rulers rights that were not given to al-Siddiq or al-Farouq, and that the Muslims did not know in all their history, and that no reliable scholar has recorded in any of the books of knowledge, which is that it is not permissible to enjoin good and forbid evil except with the permission of the Imam, and it is not permissible to repel aggression against the abodes of Islam except with the permission of the Sultan. And these, unfortunately, have attributed to the ruler the attributes of the Lord - (Glorified and Exalted is He) -."
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
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