The Salafis are accused of frequently attacking their opponents, especially in *Kashf al-Niqab*
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The questioner : We are still dealing with accusations against the Salafis. It is said that the Salafis are accused of frequently attacking their opponents, especially in *Kashf al-Niqab*, and that they frequently engage in personal attacks and do not think well of their opponents. What is the response?
The Shaykh : This question reminds me.
The questioner : I mean, the questioner, I do not think he is influenced by the saying.
The Shaykh : May Allah will it, it reminds me of the jurisprudence of some scholars. They say: If you see a man running after another man, and the runner has a turban in his hand, while the one behind him is catching up to him without a turban on his head, then when you see this, do not accuse the one holding the turban in his hand of stealing the turban of the one chasing him. You see the chaser is bareheaded, with no turban on his head, while the one being chased has his own turban on his head and the other man's turban in his hand. Do not accuse the one who has his own turban on his head and the other man's turban in his hand until you verify the facts, because it is possible that the turban in the man's hand was stolen from him by the one chasing him, and he retrieved it, taking his turban back to himself in this manner and ran, and his inner state says:[Yusuf 12:65] This is also the intended meaning, as I read in some modern magazines regarding a ruling by Sa'd Zaghlul of Egypt, who said: "This nation will remain in distress and misguidance as long as one of them passes by a man who is beating another and joins in with him. If you ask him why he is beating him, he says, 'By Allah, I do not know, but I saw them beating, so I am helping them.'" All of this is intended to convey that it is not permissible for a Muslim to rush to accuse a Muslim until the truth is clarified. So this question, whether it stems directly from the questioner or is a report on behalf of others, as Professor Abdullah hopes, perfectly represents the first scenario. He does not know the reason, or he knows it and ignores it, and the best of them is bitter. What is the reason that led the author of the book "Kashf al-Niqab"—and *Kashf al-Niqab* is a name that fits its description, describing the one being refuted with what is in him—to consider this an insult? They do not study what this refuted person said about the refuter, regarding the many, many, and very many accusations and lies. This is exactly our example. And naturally, it is not appropriate to waste the brothers' time in my personal defenses. But I hope from whoever directs such a question that this "Kashf al-Niqab" is a response to whom? To so-and-so. What did so-and-so do in the response? Then compare, and at that time the saying of the one who said "By its opposites, things become clear" will be true.
The questioner : In the end, we ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to prolong this meeting and to multiply such meetings, and that we all be granted success, as we said, in adhering to this correct path. We ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to keep us alive and to let us die upon this path. Perhaps in what we have heard and what came before it, it will make the person who holds fast to the path of the righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) and walks in this path, make him proud and take pride in the fact that he has not brought anything new, but rather he is following the methodology of the predecessors, the Companions and the Successors. And we ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for guidance and success. May Allah reward you with good, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you likewise.
The Shaykh : This question reminds me.
The questioner : I mean, the questioner, I do not think he is influenced by the saying.
The Shaykh : May Allah will it, it reminds me of the jurisprudence of some scholars. They say: If you see a man running after another man, and the runner has a turban in his hand, while the one behind him is catching up to him without a turban on his head, then when you see this, do not accuse the one holding the turban in his hand of stealing the turban of the one chasing him. You see the chaser is bareheaded, with no turban on his head, while the one being chased has his own turban on his head and the other man's turban in his hand. Do not accuse the one who has his own turban on his head and the other man's turban in his hand until you verify the facts, because it is possible that the turban in the man's hand was stolen from him by the one chasing him, and he retrieved it, taking his turban back to himself in this manner and ran, and his inner state says:
This is our merchandise returned to us
هذه بضاعتنا ردت إليناThe questioner : In the end, we ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to prolong this meeting and to multiply such meetings, and that we all be granted success, as we said, in adhering to this correct path. We ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to keep us alive and to let us die upon this path. Perhaps in what we have heard and what came before it, it will make the person who holds fast to the path of the righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) and walks in this path, make him proud and take pride in the fact that he has not brought anything new, but rather he is following the methodology of the predecessors, the Companions and the Successors. And we ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for guidance and success. May Allah reward you with good, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you likewise.