We request clarification regarding the status, conditions, and lineage of al-Saqaf and similar matters, and may Allah reward you with good?
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The questioner: All right, Shaykh, it is clear that these people are Shi'ah?
The Shaykh: These are the broad outlines of Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib. Of course, this is old; it was printed at the expense of Muhammad Nasif, may Allah reward him with good. It is an old treatise I have: a conclusion by Muhammad Nasif in which he says: "We ask Allah that if my intention is to publish what some scholars of al-Azhar wrote as advice to the Shaykh of al-Azhar not to get involved in supporting the Ja'fari Imami madhhab, and that it is not possible to bring about rapprochement between the people of the Sunnah and the Ja'fari Shi'ah, and it has reached them from some of the envoys of the university and al-Azhar in Syria and Lebanon that the Shi'ah there are still in their old state, and are far removed from Arab nationalism and Islam, and that reconciliation with them is not possible, and may Allah bless the advising scholars, the professors, Shaykh Muhammad 'Arafah, a member of the senior scholars, andThe Shaykh : Taha Muhammad al-Saqqat, may Allah not silence his voice in truth, andThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-Latif al-Sabki, and an article published in the magazine Rayat al-Islam, which is issued in Riyadh, by the professor Shaykh Ibrahim al-Jibhan in his country Kuwait, and others. I will publish their advice in a separate book. And it was mentioned in the poetry collection of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Saqaf." This is what I know exactly: is he his grandfather, or his uncle, or what is his relation? Is Hasan al-Saqaf's father's name in any book around here?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: I used to wonder why these Yemenis keep coming here in the tens. What are they bringing from Yemen?! The secret was revealed by these scandals.
The questioner: Subhan Allah, how many times has this been printed, our Shaykh? How many years has it been in print?
The Shaykh: It has been a long time, perhaps thirty or forty years.
The questioner: Allahu Akbar!!
The Shaykh: But unfortunately, in the old style.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: They are not writing it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib died in the year 1389, but unfortunately they are not writing it.
The questioner: But it is indicated on the book, meaning it was presented long ago.
The Shaykh: Yes, this is Muhammad Bahjat al-Bitar. The important thing!
The questioner: I do not remember anyone other than Hasan al-Saqaf.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. This Hasan al-Saqaf, what did Hasan al-Saqaf give us?
The questioner: The rest, I mean...
The Shaykh: Is his book correct, "Sifat al-Salah"?
The student: This is Hasan ibn 'Ali.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Inside, inside, it is sometimes forged.
The Shaykh: Yes, Hasan ibn 'Ali is good.
The student: Here it is Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Saqaf.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: It appears to be by the pen of Hasan ibn 'Ali.
The Shaykh: Look, in the introduction: "Refuting the Objection of Likeness," perhaps he wrote a biography of himself!
The student: The author's lineage is here.
The Shaykh: About what?
The student: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd.
The Shaykh: 'Ubayd..., "And it was mentioned in the poetry collection of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Saqaf, whom his friends call the Mufti of Hadramawt, and the collection was printed with commentary by his son, Sayyid Hasan al-Saqaf." So who is this son? We do not know! He would be the grandfather of this one or someone else. "And the collection contains poems of shirk, and the one who corrected the collection was Shaykh Hasanin Makhluf."
The student : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: -The neighbors' car came out...-
The Shaykh: Read it to yourself.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: The relationship between al-Saqaf who authored the collection and Hasan al-Saqaf, whom people are afflicted with today.
The student: By Allah, this, our Shaykh, we will give it to Murad. He knows genealogies, Murad!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Murad means he has knowledge of genealogies and such things!
The Shaykh: It is possible.
The student: We will let him see if he can!
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: Ah, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh: What year?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: 1380.
The questioner: Yes, thirty, thirty-four years approximately.
The Shaykh: Thirty years plus.
The questioner: Thirty-four, yes.
The Shaykh: This is what I estimated, thirty years.
The Shaykh: These are the broad outlines of Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib. Of course, this is old; it was printed at the expense of Muhammad Nasif, may Allah reward him with good. It is an old treatise I have: a conclusion by Muhammad Nasif in which he says: "We ask Allah that if my intention is to publish what some scholars of al-Azhar wrote as advice to the Shaykh of al-Azhar not to get involved in supporting the Ja'fari Imami madhhab, and that it is not possible to bring about rapprochement between the people of the Sunnah and the Ja'fari Shi'ah, and it has reached them from some of the envoys of the university and al-Azhar in Syria and Lebanon that the Shi'ah there are still in their old state, and are far removed from Arab nationalism and Islam, and that reconciliation with them is not possible, and may Allah bless the advising scholars, the professors, Shaykh Muhammad 'Arafah, a member of the senior scholars, andThe Shaykh : Taha Muhammad al-Saqqat, may Allah not silence his voice in truth, andThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-Latif al-Sabki, and an article published in the magazine Rayat al-Islam, which is issued in Riyadh, by the professor Shaykh Ibrahim al-Jibhan in his country Kuwait, and others. I will publish their advice in a separate book. And it was mentioned in the poetry collection of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Saqaf." This is what I know exactly: is he his grandfather, or his uncle, or what is his relation? Is Hasan al-Saqaf's father's name in any book around here?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: I used to wonder why these Yemenis keep coming here in the tens. What are they bringing from Yemen?! The secret was revealed by these scandals.
The questioner: Subhan Allah, how many times has this been printed, our Shaykh? How many years has it been in print?
The Shaykh: It has been a long time, perhaps thirty or forty years.
The questioner: Allahu Akbar!!
The Shaykh: But unfortunately, in the old style.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: They are not writing it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib died in the year 1389, but unfortunately they are not writing it.
The questioner: But it is indicated on the book, meaning it was presented long ago.
The Shaykh: Yes, this is Muhammad Bahjat al-Bitar. The important thing!
The questioner: I do not remember anyone other than Hasan al-Saqaf.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. This Hasan al-Saqaf, what did Hasan al-Saqaf give us?
The questioner: The rest, I mean...
The Shaykh: Is his book correct, "Sifat al-Salah"?
The student: This is Hasan ibn 'Ali.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Inside, inside, it is sometimes forged.
The Shaykh: Yes, Hasan ibn 'Ali is good.
The student: Here it is Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Saqaf.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: It appears to be by the pen of Hasan ibn 'Ali.
The Shaykh: Look, in the introduction: "Refuting the Objection of Likeness," perhaps he wrote a biography of himself!
The student: The author's lineage is here.
The Shaykh: About what?
The student: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd.
The Shaykh: 'Ubayd..., "And it was mentioned in the poetry collection of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Saqaf, whom his friends call the Mufti of Hadramawt, and the collection was printed with commentary by his son, Sayyid Hasan al-Saqaf." So who is this son? We do not know! He would be the grandfather of this one or someone else. "And the collection contains poems of shirk, and the one who corrected the collection was Shaykh Hasanin Makhluf."
The student : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: -The neighbors' car came out...-
The Shaykh: Read it to yourself.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: The relationship between al-Saqaf who authored the collection and Hasan al-Saqaf, whom people are afflicted with today.
The student: By Allah, this, our Shaykh, we will give it to Murad. He knows genealogies, Murad!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Murad means he has knowledge of genealogies and such things!
The Shaykh: It is possible.
The student: We will let him see if he can!
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: Ah, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh: What year?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: 1380.
The questioner: Yes, thirty, thirty-four years approximately.
The Shaykh: Thirty years plus.
The questioner: Thirty-four, yes.
The Shaykh: This is what I estimated, thirty years.
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