Commentary on the saying of "Muhammad 'Abduh": "But a religion you sought to reform *** I fear the turbans will put an end to it."

The Shaykh : And so I believe that the saying of "Muhammad 'Abduh" has a large share of truth, yes, that is right. What did he say about the turbans?

Another questioner : "But a religion you sought to reform *** I fear the turbans will put an end to it."

The Shaykh : "I fear the turbans will put an end to it."
What do the turbans mean? It means the scholars who wear the white turbans, the symbol of scholars, who are not scholars in knowledge at all. We also do not want to backbite people, but whoever wants to know should ask the people of Makkah, "The people of Makkah know their valleys best." You have here in the middle of Aleppo—also—a man from the senior, well-known scholars and muftis who passed away recently or long ago, I do not know. He used to speak and present evidence against some of those who do not believe in the miracles (karamat) of the awliya (close friends of Allah). Here I have a question: Did the Messenger have prophetic miracles (mu'jizat)? And what were they? And what were the miracles of the Companions?
The questioner does not distinguish between karamat and mu'jizat. The Messenger has mu'jizat without a doubt, and the awliya have karamat without a doubt. But if the karamat are verified, as soon as we imagine something like the karamah of the Shaykh al-Mufti that I will tell you about, or someone else from your city who knows the story better than I do, tell us, Professor Muhammad, where? Where is Nasser? All right.

Those present : [Everyone laughs!]

Another questioner : That is the karamah of the Shaykh!

The Shaykh : Look, poor things, how much of a difference there is!! How much of a difference there is between us and the others, we... some of us do not see, where?