What is your overall opinion regarding the books of Sayyid Qutb and H

[bamalli]

Question: Question: What is your overall opinion regarding the books of Sayyid Qutb
and Hasan al-Bannaa?[1]

Response: The books of the authors, Hasan al-Bannaa and Sayyid Qutb, are
those which stir the hearts, and there is no harm for those well-versed in
knowledge and who know (and understand) the 'aqeedah of Ahlus-Sunnah to read
them.

As for the ignorant one (who lacks sound knowledge), then he should leave
this distraction as they (the authors) both say:

"Our da'wah is Salafi-Soofi"

So when did the Salafi da'wah become one with the Soofi da'wah? Because the
Soofi's (in one of their poems) say:

And the dog and the pig is nothing other than our deity[2],

((æ ãÇ ÇáßáÈ æ ÇáÎäÒíÑ ÅáÇ ÅáåäÇ))

nor is Allaah other than a monk in a church

((æ ãÇ Çááå ÅáÇ ÑÇåÈñ Ýí ßäíÓÉ))

...whilst the Salafis (are those who) adhere to the path of the Prophet
(sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and the Companions; They declare the Soofis
to be innovators and some from amongst them (go as far as to) declare them
to be upon disbelief (kufr), (just as) as-San'aanee in his poem declares Ibn
'Arabi[3] to be the most disbelieving (ÃßÝÑ) of mankind.

And likewise, Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, among others from the scholars
of the Salaf[4], clarified what the Soofis are upon (in terms of their
beliefs and practices), so don't offer us any contradictions O Hasan
al-Bannaa!

Shaykh Muqbil ibn Haadee

Ghaaratul-Ashritah 'alaa Ahlil-Jahli was-Safsatah - Volume 2, Page 406-407

Translator's Footnotes:

[1] This translation is only part of a longer fatwa issued by the Shaykh.

[2] Worthy of worship.

[3] He was Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Taa'i al-Andalusi (died
1240AD), and should not be mistaken for the famous scholar of Maaliki
jurisprudence Ibn al-'Arabi (died 1148AD).

[4] Taqi ad-Deen al-Faasi mentions in "'Aqeedah Ibn 'Arabi wa Hayaatuhu":

Page 39: "Ibn Hajar said: Some confusing words of Ibn 'Arabi were mentioned
to our master Shaykh al-Islaam Siraaj ad-Deen al-Balqeeni, and he was asked
about Ibn 'Arabi. Our Shaykh al-Balqeeni said: He is a kaafir."

Page 41: "Ibn Khaldoon said: Among these Soofis are: Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn
Saba'een, Ibn Barrajaan and their followers who follow their path and their
religion. They have many books in circulation that are filled with blatant
kufr and repugnant bid'ahs, trying to interpret clear texts in very
far-fetched and repugnant ways, such that the reader is astounded that
anyone could attribute such things to Islaam."

Page 55: "As-Subki said: These later Soofis, such as Ibn 'Arabi and his
followers, are misguided and ignorant and beyond the pale of Islaam; Those
among them who have knowledge are even worse."

Response: The books of the authors, Hasan al-Bannaa and Sayyid Qutb, are
those which stir the hearts, and there is no harm for those well-versed in
knowledge and who know (and understand) the 'aqeedah of Ahlus-Sunnah to read
them.

As for the ignorant one (who lacks sound knowledge), then he should leave
this distraction as they (the authors) both say:

"Our da'wah is Salafi-Soofi"

So when did the Salafi da'wah become one with the Soofi da'wah? Because the
Soofi's (in one of their poems) say:

And the dog and the pig is nothing other than our deity[2],

((æ ãÇ ÇáßáÈ æ ÇáÎäÒíÑ ÅáÇ ÅáåäÇ))

nor is Allaah other than a monk in a church

((æ ãÇ Çááå ÅáÇ ÑÇåÈñ Ýí ßäíÓÉ))

...whilst the Salafis (are those who) adhere to the path of the Prophet
(sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and the Companions; They declare the Soofis
to be innovators and some from amongst them (go as far as to) declare them
to be upon disbelief (kufr), (just as) as-San'aanee in his poem declares Ibn
'Arabi[3] to be the most disbelieving (ÃßÝÑ) of mankind.

And likewise, Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, among others from the scholars
of the Salaf[4], clarified what the Soofis are upon (in terms of their
beliefs and practices), so don't offer us any contradictions O Hasan
al-Bannaa!

Shaykh Muqbil ibn Haadee

Ghaaratul-Ashritah 'alaa Ahlil-Jahli was-Safsatah - Volume 2, Page 406-407

Translator's Footnotes:

[1] This translation is only part of a longer fatwa issued by the Shaykh.

[2] Worthy of worship.

[3] He was Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Taa'i al-Andalusi (died
1240AD), and should not be mistaken for the famous scholar of Maaliki
jurisprudence Ibn al-'Arabi (died 1148AD).

[4] Taqi ad-Deen al-Faasi mentions in "'Aqeedah Ibn 'Arabi wa Hayaatuhu":

Page 39: "Ibn Hajar said: Some confusing words of Ibn 'Arabi were mentioned
to our master Shaykh al-Islaam Siraaj ad-Deen al-Balqeeni, and he was asked
about Ibn 'Arabi. Our Shaykh al-Balqeeni said: He is a kaafir."

Page 41: "Ibn Khaldoon said: Among these Soofis are: Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn
Saba'een, Ibn Barrajaan and their followers who follow their path and their
religion. They have many books in circulation that are filled with blatant
kufr and repugnant bid'ahs, trying to interpret clear texts in very
far-fetched and repugnant ways, such that the reader is astounded that
anyone could attribute such things to Islaam."

Page 55: "As-Subki said: These later Soofis, such as Ibn 'Arabi and his
followers, are misguided and ignorant and beyond the pale of Islaam; Those
among them who have knowledge are even worse."