The reason the Muslim Brotherhood prevented their supporters from attending the lessons of Shaykh al-Albani
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Is it possible to say something about the topic?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: My first Shaykh, our Shaykh, confronted some of the Muslim Brotherhood regarding their boycott of you. He said that when the Shaykh came to Zarqa and we welcomed him, and he was teaching at our place, one of the people asked in front of the crowd, "What is your opinion of the Muslim Brotherhood?" They claimed that you said their Islam is a weak Islam, so they announced a boycott. That is the first thing. And as for the second: I heard from some of our Shuyukh about one of their great leaders that when some people left the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood, he asked the Guide, "Should we consider them apostates?" He reminded me of the hadith of my brother Mashhur when he asked about the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2863Sahih (Darussalam) I told him, "Let us discuss this hadith."
The Shaykh: Yes, as for the hadith regarding this, the time has passed. But as for my saying that the Islam of the Muslim Brotherhood is a weak Islam, this is what I testify to before Allah. But I say: I did not deliver more than one lesson at the Muslim Brotherhood center, and after that, naturally, and since I am experienced in life and in dealing with people, it is not possible that I would strike them in their own home and at the core of their belief; that is impossible. But I used to visit Zarqa at the house of our brother Abu Ahmad, and Abu Bilal were in what they call the Ansar district.
The questioner: Ah, the Ansar Hill.
The Shaykh: The Ansar Hill, yes. So the young men used to gather there and I would teach, and the young men began to understand this call. Therefore, they did not open the headquarters to me again. But I say, in Damascus and here, the call of the Muslim Brotherhood is undoubtedly a weak Islam, because, as we said earlier, they do not interpret Islam with a jurisprudential interpretation and according to the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih. Then, their collective life, which I often describe, as you have heard from me repeatedly and repeatedly, the methodology of the Muslim Brotherhood regarding their relationship with all Muslims is: first a mass, then education, then nothing of the education. Our call is: first the heart, completely, then education, then a mass. This is how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began; he began with one, two, five, fifteen, and so on, until the group was found who began to support the Messenger, and the Messenger, before he migrated from Makkah, was the Ansar, and the story is known. So the Muslim Brotherhood is a mass; they do not distinguish between a Salafi and a Khalafi; the important thing is the mass that increases their voices so that they can win in the path of success in the non-Islamic parliament, and they claim that they educate, meaning they have some sermons and some lectures, but they do not fatten nor satisfy from hunger. The Muslim Brotherhood has been about seventy years since the establishment of their group, and their culture has not changed at all as a group. As for whether there are individuals among them whose culture has changed, that is for themselves, because their methodology prevents calling to the Book and the Sunnah, especially with the restriction of the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih. So I say the Islam of the Muslim Brotherhood is a weak Islam, and their call is a call of massing without guidance, and the goal is success in the parliament by the number of votes. Hassan al-Banna (may Allah have mercy on him) had in his board of directors, as we read, some Shi'ites, and it was very normal. When Khomeini came out here in Iran, some of the heads of the Muslim Brotherhood supported him and went to him because he raised the banner of Islam. What kind of Islam, you fools? What kind of Islam? An Islam that declares the great Companions disbelievers? They do not know what Islam is; they do not know the Islam that was revealed in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Do they know the belief of the Shi'ites and the Khawarij? They do not study it. Therefore, their call never succeeds. So I congratulate you that you have taken a form among them and that you call to them, that you call them to the truth of Islam. We ask Allah to make you beneficial.
The questioner: There is a note regarding his wife, meaning only Muhammad.
The questioner: Is it possible to say something about the topic?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: My first Shaykh, our Shaykh, confronted some of the Muslim Brotherhood regarding their boycott of you. He said that when the Shaykh came to Zarqa and we welcomed him, and he was teaching at our place, one of the people asked in front of the crowd, "What is your opinion of the Muslim Brotherhood?" They claimed that you said their Islam is a weak Islam, so they announced a boycott. That is the first thing. And as for the second: I heard from some of our Shuyukh about one of their great leaders that when some people left the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood, he asked the Guide, "Should we consider them apostates?" He reminded me of the hadith of my brother Mashhur when he asked about the hadith:
whoever parts from the Jama'ah the measure of a hand-span
مَن فارَقَ الجماعةَ قيدَ أنملةٍThe Shaykh: Yes, as for the hadith regarding this, the time has passed. But as for my saying that the Islam of the Muslim Brotherhood is a weak Islam, this is what I testify to before Allah. But I say: I did not deliver more than one lesson at the Muslim Brotherhood center, and after that, naturally, and since I am experienced in life and in dealing with people, it is not possible that I would strike them in their own home and at the core of their belief; that is impossible. But I used to visit Zarqa at the house of our brother Abu Ahmad, and Abu Bilal were in what they call the Ansar district.
The questioner: Ah, the Ansar Hill.
The Shaykh: The Ansar Hill, yes. So the young men used to gather there and I would teach, and the young men began to understand this call. Therefore, they did not open the headquarters to me again. But I say, in Damascus and here, the call of the Muslim Brotherhood is undoubtedly a weak Islam, because, as we said earlier, they do not interpret Islam with a jurisprudential interpretation and according to the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih. Then, their collective life, which I often describe, as you have heard from me repeatedly and repeatedly, the methodology of the Muslim Brotherhood regarding their relationship with all Muslims is: first a mass, then education, then nothing of the education. Our call is: first the heart, completely, then education, then a mass. This is how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began; he began with one, two, five, fifteen, and so on, until the group was found who began to support the Messenger, and the Messenger, before he migrated from Makkah, was the Ansar, and the story is known. So the Muslim Brotherhood is a mass; they do not distinguish between a Salafi and a Khalafi; the important thing is the mass that increases their voices so that they can win in the path of success in the non-Islamic parliament, and they claim that they educate, meaning they have some sermons and some lectures, but they do not fatten nor satisfy from hunger. The Muslim Brotherhood has been about seventy years since the establishment of their group, and their culture has not changed at all as a group. As for whether there are individuals among them whose culture has changed, that is for themselves, because their methodology prevents calling to the Book and the Sunnah, especially with the restriction of the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih. So I say the Islam of the Muslim Brotherhood is a weak Islam, and their call is a call of massing without guidance, and the goal is success in the parliament by the number of votes. Hassan al-Banna (may Allah have mercy on him) had in his board of directors, as we read, some Shi'ites, and it was very normal. When Khomeini came out here in Iran, some of the heads of the Muslim Brotherhood supported him and went to him because he raised the banner of Islam. What kind of Islam, you fools? What kind of Islam? An Islam that declares the great Companions disbelievers? They do not know what Islam is; they do not know the Islam that was revealed in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Do they know the belief of the Shi'ites and the Khawarij? They do not study it. Therefore, their call never succeeds. So I congratulate you that you have taken a form among them and that you call to them, that you call them to the truth of Islam. We ask Allah to make you beneficial.
The questioner: There is a note regarding his wife, meaning only Muhammad.
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.