Discussions interspersed with talk about al-Ghamari and some of his writings.
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The questioner : So there was a doctor... who wrote, "We have no refuge but you, O Messenger of Allah, except for your intercession, O Messenger of Allah." He spoke the truth; the man is a modern figure, and his specialization is English literature.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : ... they drown in...
The questioner : But the man, to be fair, when I read his article, it was all of this mixed-up talk, and... and a lack of clarity, and these generalizations that those writers who claim to be protecting the call to Islam produce.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I actually found it an opportunity and said, of course, this is an opportunity... regarding intercession.
The Shaykh : What is the opportunity?
The questioner : To write on this topic. So I replied to him, yes, we have no refuge except for the intercession of the Messenger of Allah. Yes, and I began to elaborate and speak about intercession, and I spoke and... and I pointed out to him. Of course, he replied politely. I wanted to clarify that this... there was something in his speech...
...
The questioner : I have it... I have it.
Another questioner: I am not asking about this.
Another questioner: No, he came and asked me about it.
The questioner : No, I have this, but I...
Another questioner: ...
The questioner : I don't know, but...
The questioner : No, no, no, I have it in the office. As for him... he asks about this in... not in defense of the Salafiyyah, but rather in defense of it. The point is, this is a reply, a reply.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... and overstepping.
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : There is a newspaper.
The Shaykh : The same newspaper.
The questioner : The same newspaper, but in a different section, not the usual place where the article is published. So the article... a special page where one can write and it is referenced on the first page in the article. So his argument against the one who replied to him was a long reply, a solid scholarly one, tracing all his deals and mistakes. It is, of course, up to the good reader who knows the truth from falsehood to judge it as soon as he reads the article. However, Ali was very precise and extracted all his points in this short article he wrote, and he wrote a reply... perhaps twenty pages, but...
Another questioner: The newspaper.
The questioner : ... the newspaper.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : And then he started writing a small book... I could not write less than this in... the article, which is the way... written for the general public, and these are actually special... So the point is, this young man, who is Hatim al-Saffar, is now between the Ghamariyyah and the Habashiyah. He gathered around some... young men coming from Lebanon... living... and he went and stayed with al-Ghamari in Morocco for about two weeks, as I learned. He came to Professor Ahmad Abu Munir... this talk...
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : No, no, no, he came for the purpose of causing confusion. He is an empty-headed boy. One of the things the professor told him was, "By Allah, it is actually good... to be a student of knowledge, and there is no objection to there being a coalition." He told him, "This is the nature of things, that there is a coalition among students of knowledge, but it is absolutely not a sin for there to be foolishness... among students of knowledge, speaking about..."
The questioner : This is quoted...
Another questioner: ... this is true, he needs a beating!
The Shaykh : This seems to be that he... took support from Abdullah al-Ghamari and...
The questioner : As if.
The Shaykh : And his love of showing off.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is what he benefited me with.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, he called this "The Veiling Dawn for the Rulings of the Traveler's Prayer" a book that is not less than fifty pages in medium size. The speech is very contradictory; what he affirms in one place he negates in another, and he does not know or feel it. He came to the verse of Allah the Exalted[An-Nisa 4:101] He claimed that the original prayer of travel, as previously explained, was made obligatory in full, then shortening came. And the hadith of Aisha says, as we know, that it was made obligatory as two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, then it was increased in travel and confirmed in residence. He claims that the verse contradicts the hadith of Lady Aisha. I told him in my reply that the verse establishes shortening, but when did this shortening occur? The verse does not address it. Lady Aisha clarifies that the original prayer was made obligatory as two rak'ahs, and then it was increased in travel. This increase is what the Quran referred to as shortening. So how are you striking the hadith of Aisha with such a verse? The speech is a strange and very odd contradiction. Likewise, he strikes the hadith of Lady Aisha with the hadith saying the hadith of Aisha is against this hadith, and this hadith is authentic. Where is the contradiction? Aisha says This increase, this increase that was added, was shortened in the text of the hadith and the verse. And she says in a narration in Sahih al-Bukhari that the Messenger of Allah continued to pray two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, in travel and in residence until he came to Madinah, where it was increased in the prayer of residence. This increase, which was added to the prayer of residence after thirteen years, as is known, the verse of shortening came down afterwards because this was revealed in Madinah. So there is absolutely no contradiction between the verse and the hadith on one hand, and between them and the hadith of Aisha on the other hand.
The questioner : Contradiction.
The Shaykh : Brain.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : A rotten brain. Subhan Allah, and how many examples like this he has. Subhan Allah, and then he is sharp-tongued, especially against Ibn Taymiyyah and the scholars in general, but to varying degrees...
The questioner : That is... this is Ibn Taymiyyah, Subhan Allah... upon him are these people!
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He did what the Messenger of Allah did with the disbelievers: he called them to the truth, but they refused and he fought them. I met Abdullah once in Tangier, and some of our brothers who were previously among our brothers, the brothers of al-Ghamari, schemed against him until they gathered us in a session and wanted him to...
The questioner : ... a debate.
The Shaykh : In the Shami expression, "They hung it between us" They said, "This is not what you came for," but he refused to enter into a discussion or a debate!
The questioner : Why are they getting involved?
Another questioner: Shorten it.
The Shaykh : Something strange. I said it once from near and once from far. Contradictions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : ... they drown in...
The questioner : But the man, to be fair, when I read his article, it was all of this mixed-up talk, and... and a lack of clarity, and these generalizations that those writers who claim to be protecting the call to Islam produce.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I actually found it an opportunity and said, of course, this is an opportunity... regarding intercession.
The Shaykh : What is the opportunity?
The questioner : To write on this topic. So I replied to him, yes, we have no refuge except for the intercession of the Messenger of Allah. Yes, and I began to elaborate and speak about intercession, and I spoke and... and I pointed out to him. Of course, he replied politely. I wanted to clarify that this... there was something in his speech...
...
The questioner : I have it... I have it.
Another questioner: I am not asking about this.
Another questioner: No, he came and asked me about it.
The questioner : No, I have this, but I...
Another questioner: ...
The questioner : I don't know, but...
The questioner : No, no, no, I have it in the office. As for him... he asks about this in... not in defense of the Salafiyyah, but rather in defense of it. The point is, this is a reply, a reply.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... and overstepping.
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : There is a newspaper.
The Shaykh : The same newspaper.
The questioner : The same newspaper, but in a different section, not the usual place where the article is published. So the article... a special page where one can write and it is referenced on the first page in the article. So his argument against the one who replied to him was a long reply, a solid scholarly one, tracing all his deals and mistakes. It is, of course, up to the good reader who knows the truth from falsehood to judge it as soon as he reads the article. However, Ali was very precise and extracted all his points in this short article he wrote, and he wrote a reply... perhaps twenty pages, but...
Another questioner: The newspaper.
The questioner : ... the newspaper.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : And then he started writing a small book... I could not write less than this in... the article, which is the way... written for the general public, and these are actually special... So the point is, this young man, who is Hatim al-Saffar, is now between the Ghamariyyah and the Habashiyah. He gathered around some... young men coming from Lebanon... living... and he went and stayed with al-Ghamari in Morocco for about two weeks, as I learned. He came to Professor Ahmad Abu Munir... this talk...
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : No, no, no, he came for the purpose of causing confusion. He is an empty-headed boy. One of the things the professor told him was, "By Allah, it is actually good... to be a student of knowledge, and there is no objection to there being a coalition." He told him, "This is the nature of things, that there is a coalition among students of knowledge, but it is absolutely not a sin for there to be foolishness... among students of knowledge, speaking about..."
The questioner : This is quoted...
Another questioner: ... this is true, he needs a beating!
The Shaykh : This seems to be that he... took support from Abdullah al-Ghamari and...
The questioner : As if.
The Shaykh : And his love of showing off.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is what he benefited me with.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, he called this "The Veiling Dawn for the Rulings of the Traveler's Prayer" a book that is not less than fifty pages in medium size. The speech is very contradictory; what he affirms in one place he negates in another, and he does not know or feel it. He came to the verse of Allah the Exalted
And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt
وإذا ضربتم في الأرض فليس عليكم جناح أن تقصروا من الصلاة إن خفتم أن يفتنكم الذين كفرواIndeed, Allah has relaxed the fasting and half of the prayer for the traveler.
إن الله وضع الصيام وشطر الصلاة عن المسافرThe prayer of the traveler was made obligatory as two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and it was increased in travel.
فرضت صلاة المسافر ركعتين ركعتين زيدت في السفرThe questioner : Contradiction.
The Shaykh : Brain.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : A rotten brain. Subhan Allah, and how many examples like this he has. Subhan Allah, and then he is sharp-tongued, especially against Ibn Taymiyyah and the scholars in general, but to varying degrees...
The questioner : That is... this is Ibn Taymiyyah, Subhan Allah... upon him are these people!
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He did what the Messenger of Allah did with the disbelievers: he called them to the truth, but they refused and he fought them. I met Abdullah once in Tangier, and some of our brothers who were previously among our brothers, the brothers of al-Ghamari, schemed against him until they gathered us in a session and wanted him to...
The questioner : ... a debate.
The Shaykh : In the Shami expression, "They hung it between us" They said, "This is not what you came for," but he refused to enter into a discussion or a debate!
The questioner : Why are they getting involved?
Another questioner: Shorten it.
The Shaykh : Something strange. I said it once from near and once from far. Contradictions.