The Shaykh Ali Hasan’s explanation of the Shaykh Ibn Baz’s fatwas regarding the Tabligh Jama'ah, and the Shaykh Al-Albani’s praise of the Shaykh Ibn Baz.

Al-Halabi: By the word of the Saudi brother, this is by his word, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you.The Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz, in matters that are not Sharia-based, if I seek a ruling, I mean, I do not know except what is said to him, so they convey to him the situation thus and so. Therefore, I have three fatwas from the Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), each one negating the other. One of them says about them: "These people distort the texts of the Shari'ah."

The Shaykh: By Allah, he spoke the truth.
Al-Halabi: Yes, he said: "These people distort the texts of the Shari'ah, and joining them is not permissible in the religion of Allah, and so on and so on." This was when the full reality was described to him. But when Ibrahim ibn Husayn came, may Allah correct him, he distorted it for him.

The Shaykh: May Allah be with him by His help. The reality is that his position is delicate.The Shaykh : Ibn Baz, may Allah mention him with good.
Al-Halabi : Amen.

The Shaykh: Here the importance of the inner circle, or the good inner circle and the bad inner circle, becomes apparent, especially in cases likeThe Shaykh : May Allah reward him with good. I mean, his condition and his weakness, he needs his inner circle to be as good as possible.

The questioner: I said to the judge, I said: O our Shaykh,The Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz does not read himself; rather, it is read to him.

The Shaykh: This is the problem.

The questioner: And the one who takes charge of reading to him, if he is not trustworthy, changes the fatwa.The Shaykh .

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
Al-Halabi: My teacher, in this last instance, this is the first time I metThe Shaykh : Ibn Baz. We sat down and I said to him, I mean, regarding the letter of allegiance that I had sent to you and so on, I did not finish, and thenThe Shaykh : Ibn Husayn said: "You distorted the words of Ibn Taymiyyah, you turned them thus and so. My brotherThe Shaykh : Salih and I saw it and so on. Allahu Akbar, he raised a great commotion...

The Shaykh : That is it.The Shaykh : This is his style.

The questioner: I said: Fear Allah, there is nothing in it.
Al-Halabi: And he began to become agitated and so on. So I said to the Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz: Did the letter not reach you? He said: The letter did not reach me. I said: Subhan Allah,The Shaykh : a person... it seems that they mean...

The Shaykh: Yes, this is a repeated news, I mean, not all the letters reach him.
Al-Halabi: Yes, they do not want to deliver it...

The questioner: Some of the brothers visited us to honor him, on the basis that we would win him over, as he is from the Tabligh Jama'ah. The brother Salih was with him, Salih was... We found the coldness inside his house to the extent that he spoke to me and said to me: "You have declared the Tabligh Jama'ah disbelievers."

The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.

The questioner: I said: O my brother, we are speaking normally, and it is not permissible for us to declare a person a disbeliever, for the people of the Sunnah and the community do not assert for anyone from the people of the Qiblah Paradise or Hellfire...