A questioner asked the Shaykh to clarify some rumors that were circulated about him.
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: Your Eminence, the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Your Eminence, the Shaykh!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I had previously directed a question to Your Eminence regarding the fabricated letter in which the envious claimed that you had recanted from what was stated in your book, "The Muslim Woman's Hijab." As I understood it, the letter has no basis in truth. What I did not understand was the news of a death sentence being pronounced on the author of "The Muslim Woman's Hijab." I ask for further clarification. May Allah reward you with good, and thank you.
The Shaykh: O Shaykh, may Allah bless you. I said: These liars do not hesitate to pronounce death on a living person. They published in some newspapers that Al-Albani, Shaykh Al-Albani, had died. Then the phones started bothering us with questions about Al-Albani's life. And I said: Praise be to Allah, who gave us life after the envious and jealous had killed us. I am alive and well, in good health and soundness, and I am still proceeding in supporting the Sunnah, distinguishing its authentic from its weak, and refuting the people of innovation and desires. That is what I told you.
The questioner: We, likewise, wish for our honorable Shaykh a long life, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: And may Allah reward you with much good.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: Your Eminence, the Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Your Eminence, the Shaykh!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I had previously directed a question to Your Eminence regarding the fabricated letter in which the envious claimed that you had recanted from what was stated in your book, "The Muslim Woman's Hijab." As I understood it, the letter has no basis in truth. What I did not understand was the news of a death sentence being pronounced on the author of "The Muslim Woman's Hijab." I ask for further clarification. May Allah reward you with good, and thank you.
The Shaykh: O Shaykh, may Allah bless you. I said: These liars do not hesitate to pronounce death on a living person. They published in some newspapers that Al-Albani, Shaykh Al-Albani, had died. Then the phones started bothering us with questions about Al-Albani's life. And I said: Praise be to Allah, who gave us life after the envious and jealous had killed us. I am alive and well, in good health and soundness, and I am still proceeding in supporting the Sunnah, distinguishing its authentic from its weak, and refuting the people of innovation and desires. That is what I told you.
The questioner: We, likewise, wish for our honorable Shaykh a long life, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: And may Allah reward you with much good.
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