The false accusation that Shaykh Al-Albani declared Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever.
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The Shaykh : May Allah forgive him and this is one of the effects of the partisan spirit of the Muslim Brotherhood. The group stirred him up and they went and paid him to write three consecutive articles in the magazine al-Mujtam, which is published in your country, claiming that Al-Albani declares Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever.
Al-Halabi : In that sense, my Shaykh, not in those exact words.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
Al-Halabi : What? Does Al-Albani say that Sayyid Qutb believes in the unity of existence? As for the word "disbeliever," I say they did not mention it, our teacher.
The Shaykh : No, it is not present. How did I meet them?
Al-Halabi : Even though his speechThe Shaykh : contains a very clear apology for Sayyid, but, glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : No matter how complete a person is, he is still deficient.
Al-Halabi : It seems, my Shaykh, he was writing an encyclopedia about Sayyid Qutb, meaning out of his excessive love for him, or out of the subject he was writing about, this response came out, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, it is not just that, because when I discussed it with him, I understood from him that the Muslim Brotherhood stirred him up at my brother-in-law's house when Nasser was here, and he was with Ali Satri. After the Muslim Brotherhood decided to boycott me and our Muslim Brotherhood brothers, they made a decision to boycott Al-Albani and anyone who belongs to him, includingThe Shaykh : Dr. Abdullah 'Azam. After they heard... a decision, of course, an unjust decision. It came and did not find me at the house where I am now, so he went toThe Shaykh : Ahmad, and they told the Shaykh, "We did not find him."The Shaykh : Nasser said, "Maybe he is at his brother-in-law's house." Nasser knocked on the door, and he and Ali Satri were there. "Welcome." After a long period of boycott, he said, "We came to your house and did not find you. We were told you might be here. Welcome." He said, "We want to visit you and meet with you and benefit from you. I have questions." For the first time, I heard a new tone from him. I said to him, "I have no objection, but every question is a journey." He said, "Why?" I said to him, "Unless you come and write articles that Al-Albani declares Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever, and you know that Al-Albani's lessons show that he has more caution and restraint in not declaring a Muslim a disbeliever than the other Shaykhs we meet in tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Those people, meaning, are generous in issuing the word of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the like. But I am stingy. Do you know this fact or not?" He said, "Yes." I said to him, "Then how did you go ahead and write these articles?" He said, "By Allah, some of our young brothers came to us and said to us thatThe Shaykh : Al-Albani is declaring Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever." I said to him, "Glory be to Allah, where are you from His saying, the Exalted,[Al-Hujurat 49:6] and so on, and His saying, peace and blessings be upon him, Riyad as-Salihin 1547 And we got into a discussion with him. Later, days passed and days came, and we met with him at Abu al-Filadah's house. Abu al-Filadah invited me to iftar (breaking the fast) in Ramadan. He said to me, "I haveThe Shaykh : Dr. Abdullah 'Azam." I said to him, "I have no objection, but with one condition." He said to me, "What is it?" I said to him, "Let me discuss this and that topic with him." And so it was. I discussed the topic with him, and the man promised me that he would write an article to correct the position. But it seems circumstances got in the way—at Abu al-Filadah's house—we ask Allah to forgive us and him.
Al-Halabi : When he says he wants to write and correct now, many of the young people thatThe Shaykh : Nasser says that Sayyid Qutb believes in the unity of existence, and some of them exaggerate and say he declares Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever, and so on. By Allah, a few days ago, one person asked me, "My brother, the record is ten years old. Glory be to Allah, we have not finished with it." Shaykh Nasser, at the end of his book "The Hadith is a Proof in Itself," quoted several narrators from the book "Ma'alim fi al-Tariq" (Milestones on the Path). And in the introduction to "Mukhtasar al-'Ulu" (Summary of the Oneness of Allah), he quoted at length from Sayyid Qutb, the professor and caller to Allah, may Allah have mercy on him and forgive him, in his noble book. He was one of the first to become aware of the creed, and so on. Do you remember, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh : How could she not?
Al-Halabi : Oh, glory be to Allah, because you are quoting words and not researching.
The Shaykh : My lord, desires are dominant. There is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah.
Al-Halabi : In that sense, my Shaykh, not in those exact words.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
Al-Halabi : What? Does Al-Albani say that Sayyid Qutb believes in the unity of existence? As for the word "disbeliever," I say they did not mention it, our teacher.
The Shaykh : No, it is not present. How did I meet them?
Al-Halabi : Even though his speechThe Shaykh : contains a very clear apology for Sayyid, but, glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : No matter how complete a person is, he is still deficient.
Al-Halabi : It seems, my Shaykh, he was writing an encyclopedia about Sayyid Qutb, meaning out of his excessive love for him, or out of the subject he was writing about, this response came out, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, it is not just that, because when I discussed it with him, I understood from him that the Muslim Brotherhood stirred him up at my brother-in-law's house when Nasser was here, and he was with Ali Satri. After the Muslim Brotherhood decided to boycott me and our Muslim Brotherhood brothers, they made a decision to boycott Al-Albani and anyone who belongs to him, includingThe Shaykh : Dr. Abdullah 'Azam. After they heard... a decision, of course, an unjust decision. It came and did not find me at the house where I am now, so he went toThe Shaykh : Ahmad, and they told the Shaykh, "We did not find him."The Shaykh : Nasser said, "Maybe he is at his brother-in-law's house." Nasser knocked on the door, and he and Ali Satri were there. "Welcome." After a long period of boycott, he said, "We came to your house and did not find you. We were told you might be here. Welcome." He said, "We want to visit you and meet with you and benefit from you. I have questions." For the first time, I heard a new tone from him. I said to him, "I have no objection, but every question is a journey." He said, "Why?" I said to him, "Unless you come and write articles that Al-Albani declares Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever, and you know that Al-Albani's lessons show that he has more caution and restraint in not declaring a Muslim a disbeliever than the other Shaykhs we meet in tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Those people, meaning, are generous in issuing the word of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the like. But I am stingy. Do you know this fact or not?" He said, "Yes." I said to him, "Then how did you go ahead and write these articles?" He said, "By Allah, some of our young brothers came to us and said to us thatThe Shaykh : Al-Albani is declaring Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever." I said to him, "Glory be to Allah, where are you from His saying, the Exalted,
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُواIt is enough for a man to prove himself a liar when he goes on narrating whatever he hears.
كفى المرء كذبا أن يحدث بكل ما سمعAl-Halabi : When he says he wants to write and correct now, many of the young people thatThe Shaykh : Nasser says that Sayyid Qutb believes in the unity of existence, and some of them exaggerate and say he declares Sayyid Qutb a disbeliever, and so on. By Allah, a few days ago, one person asked me, "My brother, the record is ten years old. Glory be to Allah, we have not finished with it." Shaykh Nasser, at the end of his book "The Hadith is a Proof in Itself," quoted several narrators from the book "Ma'alim fi al-Tariq" (Milestones on the Path). And in the introduction to "Mukhtasar al-'Ulu" (Summary of the Oneness of Allah), he quoted at length from Sayyid Qutb, the professor and caller to Allah, may Allah have mercy on him and forgive him, in his noble book. He was one of the first to become aware of the creed, and so on. Do you remember, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh : How could she not?
Al-Halabi : Oh, glory be to Allah, because you are quoting words and not researching.
The Shaykh : My lord, desires are dominant. There is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah.
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