A dialogue between the Shaykh and some attendees from Saudi Arabia regarding Shaykh al-Tuwajiri’s response to Shaykh al-Albani.
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The Shaykh : No problem, but where is the edition that al-Tuwajiri himself printed?
The questioner : By Allah, I did not think it was a new one...
The Shaykh : Yes, I do not blame you, may Allah reward you, but I ask where is your printed edition?
The questioner : I am going to askThe Shaykh : him as soon as possible, and I will send it to you by express mail if it is available.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : The Syrian made some changes to the wordingThe Shaykh : by deleting some things.
The Shaykh : This is a problem.
The questioner : He even mentioned this in the introduction, saying that he made some changes to the wordingThe Shaykh : by deleting some things.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I read the introduction, but...
The questioner : Then, this is a responseThe Shaykh : from a very long time ago, before he knew about you and before your books became widespread, praise be to Allah. But now, he praises you highly and prays for you, by Allah. He said to convey my greetings to him, and if Allah wills, there is nothing between me and him.
The Shaykh : But here he is declaring me a disbeliever.
The questioner : He says this is his response to the people of tabarruj (display of adornment) in his time.
The Shaykh : No, no, no problem, he used my name.
The questioner : O Shaykh, you burned the abaya at that time, the problems that occurred...
The Shaykh : O my brother, by my name, may Allah be pleased with you.
The questioner : I know.
The Shaykh : I mean, the effort in ta'wil (figurative interpretation), listen, let me tell you a little. This does not accept ta'wil at all. Tell him, al-Albani says to you: you must repent to Allah for what you said about him. Al-Albani wrote a book on the hijab of the Muslim woman and set conditions for this hijab. To this day, no one has preceded me, as far as I know, in collecting them. And among the wonders of these people, in the time when they respond to me, they quote from my book the conditions I collected and quote from my book the hadiths indicating them, and yet this Shaykh of yours comes and throws the charge of "baq'ah" at me. Do you know what "baq'ah" is?
The questioner: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The Shaykh : How is that, people? By Allah, I do not know...
The questioner : It is old, O Shaykh, this is old, I mean.
The Shaykh : Ah, but you are saying he means those who call for exposing the hair...?
The questioner : He mentioned you correctly, but the beginning of the book and the original purpose of the book was written about these people.
The Shaykh : I do not care about the original purpose of the book.
The questioner : You put him in the second person, and this was long ago, O Shaykh, in the seventies, before I was even born, glory be to Allah, where?
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except in Allah; in any case, you are now quoting fromThe Shaykh : what brings joy to every Muslim.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, and this is expected. Even I said to the Shaykh, some people say there is enmity between you and him. He said this is a lie. I even said, some people quote from you that you say aboutThe Shaykh : al-Albani that he is a Jahmi. He said this is a lie and false. Rather, he is one of the Salafis, and his writings indicate this, and his creed, praise be to Allah. As for him making a mistake, how many scholars have made mistakes in many issues.
The Shaykh : We are all fallible, yes, indeed.
The questioner : And this does not indicate that, rather he has books of knowledge and publishing the Sunnah, and he has been praising you a lot, praise be to Allah. He says, although I have not seen him, but praise be to Allah, we ask Allah to be with him among those who are on facing couches.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : He wanted you to visit him, so when you came, I mentioned it to him, and he invited me more than once. He said to me, if you seeThe Shaykh : him, tell him thatThe Shaykh : he is inviting you to come to him, but the multitude of your affairs prevented you.
The Shaykh : Tell him, he says to youThe Shaykh : that you are not making room to come to you.
The questioner : The Shaykh : Al-Tuwajiri says that you come to his house in Riyadh.
The Shaykh : But it is forbidden for him to.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, he honors you, values you, and holds you in high esteem...
The Shaykh : ...Imam al-Albani, in his interpretation of the verse from Surat al-Ahzab and the possibility he presented therein, no one from the Companions or the Tabi'un preceded him in this. And he contradicted what came from the scholar of the Ummah and others of the great Tabi'un in interpreting the noble verse. So he is thus one who deviates in the verses and distorts the words from their places, and accordingly, his refutation and rejection of its author is necessary.
The questioner : I read this, O Shaykh, but his saying "deviation" was without intent, O Shaykh, meaning it happened in his opinion, meaning that you fell into this, and this is deviation, but you do not intend this and do not want it...
The Shaykh : Why did he not say so? And what does the reader gain when he reads this phrase?
The questioner : Emphasis and such, as the Companions used to say "you lied" to their fellow Companion, saying to him "you lied" when they meant "you made a mistake."
The Shaykh : He means this. Is there a linguistic aspect in the Arabic language that this is the meaning?
The questioner : It has an aspect, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Fine, but this has no meaning.
The questioner : Fine, O Shaykh, those who interpret the attributes, do they not deviate in the names of Allah? ... They disbelieve, as the Khawarij disbelieved, or they disbelieved...
The Shaykh : I am going to bring you a phrase more terrible than this...
The questioner : I read phrases from it, O Shaykh, I...
The Shaykh : Enough, since you read it, enough.
Another questioner : We are speaking toThe Shaykh : and he is excusing himself for this.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : By Allah, I did not think it was a new one...
The Shaykh : Yes, I do not blame you, may Allah reward you, but I ask where is your printed edition?
The questioner : I am going to askThe Shaykh : him as soon as possible, and I will send it to you by express mail if it is available.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : The Syrian made some changes to the wordingThe Shaykh : by deleting some things.
The Shaykh : This is a problem.
The questioner : He even mentioned this in the introduction, saying that he made some changes to the wordingThe Shaykh : by deleting some things.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I read the introduction, but...
The questioner : Then, this is a responseThe Shaykh : from a very long time ago, before he knew about you and before your books became widespread, praise be to Allah. But now, he praises you highly and prays for you, by Allah. He said to convey my greetings to him, and if Allah wills, there is nothing between me and him.
The Shaykh : But here he is declaring me a disbeliever.
The questioner : He says this is his response to the people of tabarruj (display of adornment) in his time.
The Shaykh : No, no, no problem, he used my name.
The questioner : O Shaykh, you burned the abaya at that time, the problems that occurred...
The Shaykh : O my brother, by my name, may Allah be pleased with you.
The questioner : I know.
The Shaykh : I mean, the effort in ta'wil (figurative interpretation), listen, let me tell you a little. This does not accept ta'wil at all. Tell him, al-Albani says to you: you must repent to Allah for what you said about him. Al-Albani wrote a book on the hijab of the Muslim woman and set conditions for this hijab. To this day, no one has preceded me, as far as I know, in collecting them. And among the wonders of these people, in the time when they respond to me, they quote from my book the conditions I collected and quote from my book the hadiths indicating them, and yet this Shaykh of yours comes and throws the charge of "baq'ah" at me. Do you know what "baq'ah" is?
The questioner: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The Shaykh : How is that, people? By Allah, I do not know...
The questioner : It is old, O Shaykh, this is old, I mean.
The Shaykh : Ah, but you are saying he means those who call for exposing the hair...?
The questioner : He mentioned you correctly, but the beginning of the book and the original purpose of the book was written about these people.
The Shaykh : I do not care about the original purpose of the book.
The questioner : You put him in the second person, and this was long ago, O Shaykh, in the seventies, before I was even born, glory be to Allah, where?
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except in Allah; in any case, you are now quoting fromThe Shaykh : what brings joy to every Muslim.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, and this is expected. Even I said to the Shaykh, some people say there is enmity between you and him. He said this is a lie. I even said, some people quote from you that you say aboutThe Shaykh : al-Albani that he is a Jahmi. He said this is a lie and false. Rather, he is one of the Salafis, and his writings indicate this, and his creed, praise be to Allah. As for him making a mistake, how many scholars have made mistakes in many issues.
The Shaykh : We are all fallible, yes, indeed.
The questioner : And this does not indicate that, rather he has books of knowledge and publishing the Sunnah, and he has been praising you a lot, praise be to Allah. He says, although I have not seen him, but praise be to Allah, we ask Allah to be with him among those who are on facing couches.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : He wanted you to visit him, so when you came, I mentioned it to him, and he invited me more than once. He said to me, if you seeThe Shaykh : him, tell him thatThe Shaykh : he is inviting you to come to him, but the multitude of your affairs prevented you.
The Shaykh : Tell him, he says to youThe Shaykh : that you are not making room to come to you.
The questioner : The Shaykh : Al-Tuwajiri says that you come to his house in Riyadh.
The Shaykh : But it is forbidden for him to.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, he honors you, values you, and holds you in high esteem...
The Shaykh : ...Imam al-Albani, in his interpretation of the verse from Surat al-Ahzab and the possibility he presented therein, no one from the Companions or the Tabi'un preceded him in this. And he contradicted what came from the scholar of the Ummah and others of the great Tabi'un in interpreting the noble verse. So he is thus one who deviates in the verses and distorts the words from their places, and accordingly, his refutation and rejection of its author is necessary.
The questioner : I read this, O Shaykh, but his saying "deviation" was without intent, O Shaykh, meaning it happened in his opinion, meaning that you fell into this, and this is deviation, but you do not intend this and do not want it...
The Shaykh : Why did he not say so? And what does the reader gain when he reads this phrase?
The questioner : Emphasis and such, as the Companions used to say "you lied" to their fellow Companion, saying to him "you lied" when they meant "you made a mistake."
The Shaykh : He means this. Is there a linguistic aspect in the Arabic language that this is the meaning?
The questioner : It has an aspect, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Fine, but this has no meaning.
The questioner : Fine, O Shaykh, those who interpret the attributes, do they not deviate in the names of Allah? ... They disbelieve, as the Khawarij disbelieved, or they disbelieved...
The Shaykh : I am going to bring you a phrase more terrible than this...
The questioner : I read phrases from it, O Shaykh, I...
The Shaykh : Enough, since you read it, enough.
Another questioner : We are speaking toThe Shaykh : and he is excusing himself for this.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
www.al-albany.com
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