SCHOLARS: A LETTER FROM SHAYKH BIN BAAZ رحمه الله
HUMILITY OF SHAYKH BIN BAAZرحمه الله AND STATUS OF SHAYKH RABI حفظه الله ورعاه 'A LETTER FROM SHAYKH BIN BAAZ رحمه الله'
From 'Abdul-'Aziz bin Baaz to my dear noble brother the virtuous shaykh Rabi bin Haadee Madkhalee the teacher in Al-Jaamiyyah Al-Islamiyyah. May Allaah guide him.
As Salaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Baarakaatuhu.. to precede:
It has reached me, that your virtue(term of respect) has written something about al-Ustadh(1) Abi Al-'Ala Al-Mawdudi and I wish to be provided with the text with what you wrote about that.. I ask Allaah that He guides me and you to what He loves and is pleased with, and that He assist all upon every good. Indeed, He is the best of those who are asked.. As Salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu...
الرئيس العام
لادارات البحوث العلمية والافتاء والدعوة والارشاد
Source: http://www.rabee.net/ar/papers.php?id=14
Translator: Abu 'Abdil-Haadee Khaleel Davis
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(1) During this time, Al-Mawdudi's condition was not know to the Shaykhرحمه الله . So the shaykh رحمه الله thought he (Al-Mawdudi) was upon good, due to the popularity that Abi Al-'Ala Al-Mawdudi enjoyed during that time. This is why, when the Shaykhرحمه الله had heard that Shaykh Rabi حفظه الله ورعاه leveled criticism against him, he wanted to benefit from that criticism. This shows the humility of the scholars, and specifically Ash-Shaykh Bin Baazرحمه الله, due to writing his student shaykh Rabi' حفظه الله ورعاه to benefit from him . It also shows you the level of knowledge that Shaykh Rabi' حفظه الله ورعاه was, and is upon, and that he has always been known as a (legitimate) criticizer of men, and the flag carrier of the science of Al-Jarh Wat-Ta'deel (Praise and Criticism) As Ash-Shaykh Al-Albaanee رحمه الله called him. Unlike the critics from Ahlul Bid'ah claim, and those who have hatred for the sunnah, and the scholars who carry it. That Shaykh Rabi' حفظه الله ورعاه is a nobody and unknown to some of the major scholars.
