The Shaykh's commentary on al-Bouti's attack on his Salafi brothers in his two books (Salafiyyah and Non-Sectarianism).
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The questioner : Regarding the Shaykh's book, "Salafiyyah: The Followers of al-Bouti"
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : What do you say about it?
The Shaykh : It is a bad book... It has a title that is from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, but the title is very dangerous. It makes veiled attacks and sarcasm against the Salafis. This was a message he issued in Syria, in which he described the Salafis as... how shall I put it? Do you know when dirty, filthy water flows into drains, we call them in the Levant "balalayic" (sewers).
The questioner : Yes, they are called "balalayic" in Egypt.
The Shaykh : Also
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Good, so he says that these people need to be drained into the sewers, away from the Salafis.
The questioner : Does he say this in a book or...?
The Shaykh : In a book, in a message. Do you know the Shaykh al-Ma'sumi? Or do you know anything of his works?
The questioner : I have heard of him.
The Shaykh : Ah, this was when it was granted to me for the first time, the Hajj to the House of Allah the Exalted, so I visited him at his home... They have written useful messages, all concerning some aspects of Salafiyyah. One of them was a message on combating taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence). What was its title? It has slipped my mind, but it went to the land of Japan, meaning Japan. So we in Syria saw it in the interest of the da'wah (calling others to Islam) to print, meaning a popular, cheap edition as they say today.
Abu Layla: Our Shaykh, this speech is mentioned for me in some tapes, if you would like that... that you are tired, you have tired us greatly, may Allah know, that is enough, our Shaykh...
The Shaykh : We are ending this. We printed it in a popular edition under a new title "Is the Muslim obligated to follow a specific madhhab (school of jurisprudence)?" The message was published and Allah made it beneficial, and the taqlid followers, including al-Bouti, raised a commotion. So he wrote a message responding to it... Its title is very dangerous. I do not remember the title well now, but its meaning is that there is no sectarianism.
The questioner : Al-Bouti's non-sectarianism
The Shaykh : So among what the poor man wrote was that this is a small message, but it is for al-Ma'sumi.
The questioner : The non-sectarianism of Shaykh al-Ma'sumi.
The Shaykh : No, Shaykh al-Ma'sumi's message is a response to what we published... He responded to it, and among what he said in the introduction was that this message was written by Shaykh al-Albani and some of his companions, and it is not for al-Ma'sumi, meaning as an example of this man's aggression and recklessness in what he writes. And the message is with me, in Shaykh al-Ma'sumi's handwriting, as a gift, meaning how do they write here.
Abu Layla: Meaning like manuscripts, meaning.
The Shaykh : It is printed, meaning like this handwriting, that this author is in handwriting. Despite that, he claimed that we attributed this message to the man and made a gross error in it. He wrote a response to it in a message... So it is al-Bouti's response to Shaykh al-Ma'sumi's message. This is what I wanted to clarify.
Abu Layla: May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : What do you say about it?
The Shaykh : It is a bad book... It has a title that is from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, but the title is very dangerous. It makes veiled attacks and sarcasm against the Salafis. This was a message he issued in Syria, in which he described the Salafis as... how shall I put it? Do you know when dirty, filthy water flows into drains, we call them in the Levant "balalayic" (sewers).
The questioner : Yes, they are called "balalayic" in Egypt.
The Shaykh : Also
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Good, so he says that these people need to be drained into the sewers, away from the Salafis.
The questioner : Does he say this in a book or...?
The Shaykh : In a book, in a message. Do you know the Shaykh al-Ma'sumi? Or do you know anything of his works?
The questioner : I have heard of him.
The Shaykh : Ah, this was when it was granted to me for the first time, the Hajj to the House of Allah the Exalted, so I visited him at his home... They have written useful messages, all concerning some aspects of Salafiyyah. One of them was a message on combating taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence). What was its title? It has slipped my mind, but it went to the land of Japan, meaning Japan. So we in Syria saw it in the interest of the da'wah (calling others to Islam) to print, meaning a popular, cheap edition as they say today.
Abu Layla: Our Shaykh, this speech is mentioned for me in some tapes, if you would like that... that you are tired, you have tired us greatly, may Allah know, that is enough, our Shaykh...
The Shaykh : We are ending this. We printed it in a popular edition under a new title "Is the Muslim obligated to follow a specific madhhab (school of jurisprudence)?" The message was published and Allah made it beneficial, and the taqlid followers, including al-Bouti, raised a commotion. So he wrote a message responding to it... Its title is very dangerous. I do not remember the title well now, but its meaning is that there is no sectarianism.
The questioner : Al-Bouti's non-sectarianism
The Shaykh : So among what the poor man wrote was that this is a small message, but it is for al-Ma'sumi.
The questioner : The non-sectarianism of Shaykh al-Ma'sumi.
The Shaykh : No, Shaykh al-Ma'sumi's message is a response to what we published... He responded to it, and among what he said in the introduction was that this message was written by Shaykh al-Albani and some of his companions, and it is not for al-Ma'sumi, meaning as an example of this man's aggression and recklessness in what he writes. And the message is with me, in Shaykh al-Ma'sumi's handwriting, as a gift, meaning how do they write here.
Abu Layla: Meaning like manuscripts, meaning.
The Shaykh : It is printed, meaning like this handwriting, that this author is in handwriting. Despite that, he claimed that we attributed this message to the man and made a gross error in it. He wrote a response to it in a message... So it is al-Bouti's response to Shaykh al-Ma'sumi's message. This is what I wanted to clarify.
Abu Layla: May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.