The Muslim Brotherhood's stance toward their Salafi brothers.

The Shaykh : But I wished the author had received the news. The Muslim Brotherhood here in Jordan, and their stance toward the Salafi da'wah, and their decision to boycottThe Shaykh : Al-Albani and his followers, and how they expelled two of them simply for attending the lessons ofThe Shaykh : , and how they contacted him, or more precisely, how they sent one of their leaders to them, wanting them to cut their ties withThe Shaykh : Al-Albani. So their answer, as is the reality of the da'wah, was thatThe Shaykh : Al-Albani has no party affiliation, and he has no da'wah except to the Book and the Sunnah. You claim that you are upon the Book and the Sunnah, but what we gain from attending the gatherings ofThe Shaykh : , we find nothing of it with you. So we see no obstacle to our remaining with the Muslim Brotherhood and sitting with Shaykh Al-Albani. They debated them at length, and finally they said to them: A Muslim Brotherhood member cannot have two loyalties, a loyalty to the Brotherhood and a loyalty to the Shaykh. Rather, the loyalty must be to the Muslim Brotherhood only. And we warn you—I do not know if the period was six months—and this is the last meeting. If you continue, you are now suspended, according to their expression.

The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!

The Shaykh : If you continue, you are expelled. They said, "We cannot leave the gatherings of knowledge. Do what you wish." And indeed, they expelled them. They have a letter from them. If this letter were published in this book, it would be a conclusive proof against the Muslim Brotherhood, and their fanaticism for their party, and their treatment of other Muslims, contrary to what they quote from Hasan al-Banna, who said: "We cooperate on what we agree upon, and we excuse one another in what we differ upon." So the true story is something that the book should not lack.
Abu Layla: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.

The questioner : The letter, O Shaykh, the one for them, give it to them, because you were expelled from the Muslim Brotherhood because of sitting with the honorableThe Shaykh : Nasser Al-Albani?

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.

The questioner : Is this written?

The questioner : And this letter is an official matter with them.

The Shaykh : I swear by Allah, I do not know the details of this case now. It is an official matter, or not, and the one who used to frequent them
Abu Layla : Abu Ahmad

The Shaykh : The one from your town who used to frequent them, Abu Ahmad and Bilal, what is his name?
Abu Layla : Izzat

The Shaykh : The Muslim Brotherhood with you used to attend...

The Shaykh : Abu Layla : O Shaykh, Dhib

The Shaykh : Dhib Anis
Abu Layla : Yes.

The Shaykh : He was one of the prominent ones among them.

The questioner : We want to print about twenty thousand copies. That is, no one has distributed a book in the Kingdom except Dar al-Hijrah, by the grace of Allah. Everyone is afraid of the book.

The Shaykh : Afraid!

The questioner : Everyone is afraid of the book. They say the book might close the bookstore. The book creates relationships, and we do not want that... They went to the bookstores and said to me, "There is no need for this book. It will ignite a fitnah and bring about harm." So I said, "The book brings nothing but truths."

The Shaykh : Truths.

The questioner : Yes, and we are now informing you that ten thousand copies have been distributed, and now we are printing twenty thousand copies in Beirut.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.

The questioner : And the letter you mentioned, can we obtain it and put it in the third edition? It would be a good thing.

The Shaykh : Look, if we have a copy.
Abu Layla : If Allah wills.

The questioner : ... Comments ... Jassim ... tawassul ...

The Shaykh : Yes, meaning the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood member named Jassim tried to exploit a word of mine to take from it that I say the issue of tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) is an innovation. It is one of the secondary issues, so he refuted him and gave the best response.

The questioner : Regarding the evaluation of the book, and your eminence, did you read the book completely or did you read half of the book regarding the book in general?

The Shaykh : It filled a void, and it should have been done long ago. So, in fact, the book is very beneficial, and it clarifies things for people. Most people, perhaps at least some of the Muslim Brotherhood, are ignorant of these truths. Because most people are followers of every caller, meaning they do not hold fast or seek the truths. There is a phrase in Syria: "Give me your hand and walk." Just to where? To Paradise? To the Fire? They do not ask. So many of the Muslim Brotherhood, especially when they are deceived by flashy phrases, as Jassim did, claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood are Salafis, and with such a phrase, some Salafis may be deceived by them and walk with them. But the outcome will be that the truth becomes clear to him and he separates from them. So you know, in reality, it filled a void, and may Allah reward him who wrote it.

The questioner : Drink some tea.

The Shaykh : Welcome.

The questioner : Meaning, the distribution of the book is good? The distribution of the book?

The Shaykh : Even if some harm occurs, it must be published; because this is withholding knowledge. Today, unfortunately, the policy of accommodating reality prevails over all groups, except for those who are firmly established in knowledge among them. As for speaking the truth and declaring it openly, it is very rare, as you mentioned just now, that it will stir up fitnah and stir up such and such. While the others do not think this way, they speak about the Salafis, until some of them hint at them with the label "Sufaliyyin" (lowly people) instead of Salafis. Sufaliyyin, lowly people. This Dr. al-Bouti, who is with us in Syria, wrote this phrase in some of his works. So if these people speak out with their falsehood, it is more fitting for us to speak out with the truth by which we declare our faith in Allah. Yes, indeed.