A dialogue with the Shaykh regarding some of the actions of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Shaykh : Yesterday, a young woman came out with me and told me, "My sister, may Allah guide her, was from the Muslim Brotherhood. She was living in a state of extreme distress because it became clear to her that she had been fabricating lies and spreading falsehoods and lies against Al-Albani. She realized that all these things were planted against Al-Albani. When she repented to Allah, turned back to Him, adopted the Salafi methodology, and disavowed the methodology of the Muslim Brotherhood, she no longer finds life or sleep pleasant, and so on. How can she rid herself of the sin of these words she used to attribute to Al-Albani?" I told the questioner, "Tell her that it is sufficient for us that Allah has guided her to the truth and the right path. As for what she said about Al-Albani in the past, there is no blame on you today; He forgives you. And it is sufficient for us that she has been guided. Therefore, let her start a new life, and it does not matter what she said in her former misguidance." Then this woman returned to ask questions that truly indicate an interest in knowing the rulings of Islamic law with precision. Among them was: "Is it permissible for one woman to delegate another to perform the prayer for guidance (istikharah) on her behalf?" Of course, I answered her: "It is not permissible for one person to pray on behalf of another." Yes, and then she asked a second question: "It is known that a menstruating woman does not pray, but if she has a matter for which she wants to seek guidance, what does she do? She cannot pray." I told her, "I have two answers to this question. The first answer is that I do not think that seeking guidance (istikharah) ... I imagine this is a very, very rare situation. So we order her to be patient until she becomes pure, prays two units, and makes the prescribed supplication. If it is said, 'No, the matter is urgent and there is no room for patience,' the answer is that she should limit herself to supplication only. The discussion ended with this — I was late for Umm al-Fadl."The Shaykh : By Allah, O our Shaykh, we see among these women of the Brotherhood, glory be to Allah, O our Shaykh, that they have a strange hatred. Indeed, one of them came a while ago and cursed Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. Of course, the Wahhabis, to the extent that she intended Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, it would be lighter, O our Shaykh, than intending the Wahhabis as a complete methodology. From what? And I seek refuge in Allah.

The questioner : They are loaded, loaded with falsehoods.The Shaykh : A while ago, someone, O our Shaykh, disrupted us. Brother 'Ali was present in one of the mosques; there was a lesson for 'Ali there, and a conflicting lesson came up, meaning it was not as usual, but we were visitors there. So they presented Brother 'Ali and he spoke. This young man was present, and I know him well; in fact, on one day he worked for me. He was surrounded by children, as is their custom, gathering children.The Shaykh : The important thing is that they disrupted us. "You do this, you do that." Of course, they were sitting at the back of the mosque, but the voice had an echo. So one of the young men went and said to us, "O brothers, they did not respond to me." I said, "Perhaps the person is shy of me; I am his teacher in some ... he is there visiting his family." I said to him, "O 'Abd Allah, this will not happen. We are not sitting every day, so if possible, postpone this gathering that is there, and we are visitors." He said, "Just a little, we will finish," meaning he was not even shy. And indeed, after a little while, he left. So the important thing is that I called him on the phone and said, "I want you. I wanted to see what he is doing. This is not cleverness or skill for you to sit and ruin a gathering of knowledge, and all the talk in it is 'Allah said' and 'the Messenger said,' just for some things in your heart and desire. You are in something important, something that came to you is more important than the gathering of knowledge, and the first thing is that we learn. But he was not willing to come."

The Shaykh : Loaded, loaded with falsehoods.

The questioner : A while back, one of you, Shaykh, caused us some disruption. My brother 'Ali was present in one of the mosques; there was a lesson for 'Ali there, and a conflicting lesson came up—meaning, it was not the usual one, but we were visitors there. So they presented Brother 'Ali to speak. This young man was present, and I know him well enough that on one occasion he worked for me. As is their custom, he gathered children around him.

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.

The questioner : The point is, they disrupted us, telling you to do this and you to do that. Of course, we were sitting at the back of the mosque, but the sound had an echo. So one of the young men came and said to us, "My brothers, they did not respond to me." I said, "Perhaps the person is shy of me; I am his teacher in some... He is there visiting his family." I said to him, "O 'Abd Allah, this is not going to happen. We are not sitting here every day, so if possible, postpone that gathering that is there, and we are visitors." He said, "Just a little while and we will finish," meaning he was not even shy. And indeed, after a little while, he left. So, in any case, I called him on the phone and said, "I want to see you. I wanted to see what he is doing. This is not cleverness or skill for you to sit there and ruin a session of knowledge, and all the talk in it is 'Allah said' and 'the Messenger said,' just for some things in your heart and desire. You are in something important, something more important came to you, a session of knowledge, and the first thing is that we learn, but he was not willing to come."

The Shaykh : May Allah guide them.

The questioner: Amen.