Regarding the Al-Athari Network

Question:
This person is asking about a website on the internet called the Al-Athari Network. They mention to Your Eminence some fatwas that you support, which they use to back up their methodology. They say that they are people of extremism who use pseudonyms and stir up trouble among the scholars, specifically Shaykh Rabee' al-Madkhali. Do you have any comment? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Answer: Lying is very common today. There is a lot of lying about me and about others. Therefore, anyone who attributes a statement or a fatwa to someone must present it in the mufti's handwriting or in his voice, either in his handwriting or in his voice. As for absolute attribution, such as saying "So-and-so said this" or "So-and-so issued this fatwa," this is not accepted, because lying is very common today, and false attribution is very common regarding the scholars and the rulers; indeed, regarding people in general. False attribution to them, lying about them, and stirring some of them up against others, all of this is from evil. Yes.