What is your opinion regarding the dispute that occurred between Shaykh Abu Malik and Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq?

The questioner : What is your opinion, O our Shaykh, regarding the dispute between Shaykh Abu Malik (may Allah bless him) and our brother, Shaykh Abd al-Rahman? Is his name Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq?

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq.

The questioner : What is your opinion, I mean?

The Shaykh : My opinion is that Abd al-Rahman is our brother, our friend, and our beloved, but his pen ran away with him, and he said words about his Muslim brother, about his Muslim brother—pay attention to this goat, for it is truly a goat—he said about his Muslim brother what is not permissible and not befitting. Perhaps he admitted that he was hasty, but he did not follow up on his admission.

The questioner : I heard the last tapes, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Did you hear his last four tapes?

The Shaykh : No, by Allah, he sent them to me and I put them on the table until I could free myself to listen to them, but the sons of haram came and ransacked the house, as you know.
The student : They took them.

The Shaykh : They took all the tapes.
The student: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.

The Shaykh : And they took about sixty books.
The student: Allahu Akbar.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Yes, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I said to the investigator...
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : I told him, by Allah, you have brought the distant close to me. I did not imagine that I had all these letters from various countries. So if it is possible, I will take copies, I will take photos, if the law permits, because you have brought the distant close. Of course, he smiled and understood what was behind the words.
The student : Let us hear, O our Shaykh, give them time to search.

The Shaykh : From nine-thirty to five.
The student: Allahu Akbar.
Another student: May Allah give them what they deserve.

The Shaykh : They did not leave a paper without taking it, perhaps sticking it to something or leaving it aside.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : So I will use it a second time.
The student : O Shaykh, by Allah, I do not think this is from... May Allah fight him, may Allah fight him, O Shaykh. I ask Allah to show us days of [clarity/relief].

The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The student : Black.

The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The student : But the matter is over now, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Which matter?
The student: This.

The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah, I do not know. They are supposed to return to me everything they did not take before the conversation.
The student: Yes.