What is your comment on al-Saqaf's book, in which he states that he has tracked down some hadiths in which you may have erred in authenticating or weakening them?

The questioner : Shaykh, there is a book we heard about in Aden. When we went to Aden last time, it was said that a book by al-Saqaf had reached us, in which he states that he has tracked down some hadiths and found that you erred, either in authenticating them or in weakening them. Our brothers in Yemen are asking what your comment is on this book, even though I have not looked at the book?

The Shaykh : In any case, my brother, this al-Saqaf is a wicked, treacherous, ignorant man; a wicked, treacherous, ignorant man. First, he has no knowledge whatsoever. Second, his character is extremely bad. So, as some have nicknamed him instead of al-Saqaf, he is truly a "Sakhaf" (a play on words meaning foolishness). He attacks openly, declaring Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah a disbeliever, without any concealment or hesitation. He accuses all the people of the Sunnah and the people of hadith of being anthropomorphists (tashbih), and says that anthropomorphists are disbelievers. One of his recent publications is that he published the book *Daf' Shubhat li-Tashbih* by Ibn al-Jawzi. Yes, yes. *Daf' Shubhat li-Tashbih* by Ibn al-Jawzi is a book that was printed long ago. He reprinted it anew because Ibn al-Jawzi, despite being one of the great scholars of the Hanbali school and having a strong contribution to hadith, is unfortunately one who engages in figurative interpretation (ta'wil), if not one who denies the divine attributes (ta'til). This book appealed to al-Saqaf's inclinations, so he reprinted it with a very extensive introduction full of ignorance, misguidance, and misleading people. He stuffed the footnotes with very bad comments. I am presenting to you only two examples now, because speaking about this man requires volumes.
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