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Legal Verdict
Regarding Sayyid Qutb
Ibn Jibreen
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Office of the Presidency of Islamic Research and Legal
Verdicts
Question:
Some youth call Shaykh Sayyid Qutb a heretic and prohibit the reading of
his books, and they say a similar statement regarding Hasan al-Banna, as
they also say regarding some of the scholars that they are Khawarij.
Their argument is that [they do this] in order to 'expose the errors [of
these men] to the people,'. even though [these youth] are until now
[only] students [of knowledge]. I hope for a response so that doubt may
be removed from us and others, [and] so that this [phenomenon] will not
spread.
Response:
All praise belongs to Allah alone. To proceed: It is impermissible to
[unjustly] call the Muslims heretics or wicked as is evidenced by the
statement of the Prophet SAW "Whoever says to his brother 'O enemy of
Allah,' and he is not such but that it returns back to him." While in
[another] hadith 'Whoever calls a Muslim an infidel it returns back to
one of them.' While in another hadith: "A man passed by another while he
was doing a sin and he said to him, 'By Allah, Allah will not forgive
you.' So [Allah] said: 'Who is he who can pass judgment on my behalf
that I will not forgive so and so, I have forgiven him and have
nullified your deeds.'"
With this I say, Sayyid Qutb and Hasan
al-Banna are among the scholars of the Muslims and among the people of
da'wa. Allah has brought benefit by them and through them He has guided
many people. They both have efforts [for Islam] which should not be
denied. For this reason Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz interceded on behalf
of Sayyid Qutb when the order for his execution was given. [Ibn Baz] was
gentle in his intercession, but President Gamal [Abdel Nasser] did not
accept [Ibn Baz's] intercession, may Allah send upon him [i.e. Abdel
Nasser] what he deserves.
When both men [i.e Hasan al-Banna &
Sayyid Qutb] were killed, each was referred to as a martyr, as each was
killed unjustly. This is borne witness to by those close [to them] as
well as by the general public. As it was widely spread in the papers and
books without anyone ever objecting. Moreover, the scholars have
received their books [with acceptance]. No one has attacked them for
more than the [last] twenty years.
If some [heresy proceeded] from them,
then [these mistakes] are similar to an-Nawawi, as-Suyuti, Ibn al-Jawzi,
Ibn 'Atiyah, al-Khatabi, al-Qastalani and the likes of many of them. I
have read what Shaikh Rabi al-Madkhali has written in his refutation of
Sayyid Qutb and I found that he has placed statements where they do not
exist.
For this reason Shaikh Bakr Abu Zaid,
may Allah perserve him, refuted him. Likewise, [al-Madkhali's] unjust
attacks of Shaikh 'Abdur-Rahman ['Abdul-Khaaliq] and his [twisting 'Abdur-Rahman
'Abdul-Khaaliq's words] in order to find errors which would make ['Abdur-Rahman
'Abdul-Khaaliq appear] misguided, even though [Shaikh Rabi] befriended
him for a lengthy period of time and he never found any such errors [in
the past].
And the eye of pleasure sees every
fault insignificant,
But the eye of hatred always finds fault.
Dictated by
Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman ibn Jibreen
26/2/1417 AH
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