Sheikh Abdullah al-Janabi
“Sheikh Abdullah Al Janaabi is a Sufi with whom we differ, and we do not agree with him. And despite this, Sheikh Abu Anas Ash Shami, may Allah have mercy upon him, would kiss his head. And we used to hope good for him and we used to wish that we bring him to the path of the Salaf. And Sheikh Abu Anas had given him one of the books of Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah. So what would we need from this man if he was raising the banner of Jihad and calling to fight the enemies of the Muslims? By Allah, we consider him to be better than those who discourage and sit back from Jihad…. So oh my brother, bring to me a Sufi who has innovations who fights in the path of Allah, I will kiss his feet, and he is better for me than the one who sits back even if he claims to have the correct Aqeedah. So as long as a man remains as a Muslim and a Mujahid, then he is upon goodness, and he is better that the one who sits back whatever it may be. However his Jihad does not prevent me from repudiating his innovation, and this does not make me abandon supporting him…. As for the innovator, we show patience over him and we preach to him and we fight alongside him and we do not leave him in his mistakes or flatter him, and we continue giving him Da’wah until he returns to the Sunnah.64
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