The Shaykh’s remarks on 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah and his methodology.

The questioner : The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah, at times, is like a small child who does not speak, not at all; he is like a student. After he leaves,The Shaykh : he goes up on the pulpit and starts speaking and making jokes. Once, when we were at a relative’s house, I said to him: Why, when he comesThe Shaykh : to our place, if you are sincere and truthful and you want the truth, why don’t you come and gather withThe Shaykh : ? WhenThe Shaykh : is present, you never speak at all. After he leaves,The Shaykh : you go up on the pulpit and start speaking and denouncingThe Shaykh : and so on. This indicates a lack of sincerity. I spoke to him in very harsh terms...
Al-Halabi: Unfortunately, thisThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah has a very big name, but in reality, glory be to Allah, he has nothing in the craft of hadith scholars. Only in the theoretical matters he took from al-Raf' wa al-Takmil and the rules of divination, and these books he edited. Otherwise, there is nothing, our Shaykh... ?

The Shaykh: That is it, certainly he is the man. And then, his attachment to writing in hadith, with its defects and errors, in recent times.
Al-Halabi: I heard, our Shaykh, that 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah was dismissed from the university. Did you know this or hear about it?

The Shaykh: No.
Al-Halabi: Because whenThe Shaykh : Abu Bakr was bringing the news... withThe Shaykh : al-Sabbagh and these people, it means that they dismissed him. And perhaps the biggest impact was the thesis ofThe Shaykh : Bakr Abu Zayd, our Shaykh, on the exoneration of the people of the Sunnah. Have you read it, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Al-Halabi: It is strong, despite its brevity.The Shaykh : Ibn Baz has an introduction in the second edition that is stronger: "The Exoneration of the People of the Sunnah from Slandering the Scholars of the Ummah."The Shaykh : Bakr Abu Zayd wrote it, andThe Shaykh : Ibn Baz, glory be to Allah, and more than fifty thousand copies were printed, our Shaykh. It means they distributed it, may Allah reward them with good.

The Shaykh: What Allah willed. He means he remained there longer than he should have.
Al-Halabi: Of course, there is no doubt.

The Shaykh: But he was supported by the Syrian group who have centers there. Otherwise, the Shaykhs had rejected him long ago, like spitting out a pomegranate seed. But there were two directions: a political direction and a religious direction.
Al-Halabi : 'Abd Allah al-Turki, the head of the university, was the one who was putting all his weight behind him, and al-Duwaylibi, of course. Our Shaykh, have you read al-Duwaylibi’s research on riba and these issues?

The Shaykh: No, I do not remember reading anything of that. Is the research new or old?
Al-Halabi: I saw it two or three years ago, or perhaps even longer. But recently, the same research was published in the Jordanian newspaper al-Liwaa under the name of another doctor, claiming to be from Saudi scholars and so on. It is a pseudonym with no basis, and I am certain it is al-Duwaylibi himself, because I compared them.

The Shaykh: Al-Duwaylibi has no knowledge of the Shari'ah at all. His study is in history, and he has a law degree. He is a Syrian from Aleppo.
Al-Halabi : ...