The declarations made about Sayyid Qutb – rahimahullah – have greatly increased, some say he is innocent of any mistakes and some qualify him at the same level as the fornicators among the disbelievers, so where is the truth in this matter?
The reply (of the Shaykh):
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds and all the prayers be unto the Last Prophet, to continue:
Indeed, the political thinker Sayyid Qutb – rahimahullah – has a great number of enemies, who differ in their method of criticism and its purposes, and who also share common interests. But before I expose the accusations directed towards Sayyid – rahimahullah – I would like to clarify the reason why Sayyid Qutb is being targeted specifically.
Sayyid – rahimahullah – was considered in his era as a science amongst the knowledge of the people who’s curriculum was to fight the oppressors and declare them as disbelievers. He was also one of the unique preachers who called on people to worship their Lord and who preached the unification of all laws to none other than Allah. He did not bow down under the enemies of Allah and His Prophet, like Jamal Abdel-Nasser and his likes .. no one was happier by his death than the latter. The tolerance of these wrongdoers wore thin; indeed, when they thought they had killed him, he restored his curriculum with his blood and he lit up his words with enthusiasm. He became more accepted among the Muslims, and the distribution of his books increased because he guided with his truth and the boldness of his strong curriculum. They worked on stabbing him again, due to the appeal they had to destroy his curriculum.
