A Response to the Deceit of Abu Usaamah Khalifah and His Lying Tongue

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Green Lane Mosque and Abu Usamah Understand that Affiliation With Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq and Abdullaah as-Sabt and Them Being Praised is a Serious Liability in the Field of Da'wah

الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد وآله وصحبه أجمعين

In the first post above, we learned how Abu Usaamah sat in front of his audience, being recorded for Youtube, whilst holding a printed copy of Abu Khadeejah's blog post in his hand for most of his lecture (as it so appears). He then proceeded to play with the minds of the audience without once ever saying, "Let us now quote verbatim, word-for-word what Abu Khadeejah has written." The aim of his lecture was not to give sincere advice but was simply another opportunity to attack Salafi Publications and the Salafi Manhaj that they follow and defend.

Abu Usaamah. He said in his lecture:

But the words are only a few and from what he [Abu Khadeejah] wrote that Green Lane was trying to take the thing down, I asked the brothers at Green Lane, did you try to take that down, they said, "No we didn't try to take it down." So if they did or didn't, it has nothing to do with me, but they said that that they didn't. I don't know why it's down now, it has nothing to do with me, and the brothers who are responsible for the audios at Green Lane Masjid said it has nothing to do with them.

The Actual Facts

Here is a screenshot of the video page on Youtube after an attempt was made to try and take it down:



The take-down attempt was made by GLMCC (Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre) as is clearly indicated in the message that Youtube put up to replace the video. But then there is also the email:



So there is no doubt that a legal attempt was made by GLMCC (formerly Jam'iyyah Ahl al-Hadeeth). So who are the true and real liars now? The words "unfair" and "deceit" are mentioned quite often by Abu Usamah in his lecture as a ploy, i.e. "If I say it often enough, they'll believe me"! So those [not so] noble "brothers at Green Lane" have apparently lied we can assume.

Now, the obvious question which should arise in the minds of everyone is: Why did GLMCC scramble to have this audio removed (the one in which Adnaan Abdul-Qaadir is praising the innovator Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq)?

The answer is that this is a serious liability. Those who are behind GLMCC are people who have some history in the da'wah and they do actually understand the implications - indeed they are fully aware of the misguidance of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq going right back to the mid-nineties. Just as Abu Usaamah also understands the implications, but he is just a deceiving kadhdhaab and an equally cunning politician. For that reason they took these steps in order to have this video clip removed, and from what it appears they also removed it from their own website. So here is an explanation of this affair:

Why Did GLMCC File a Copyright Claim? And Why Did Abu Usaamah Scramble to Give His "Sincere Advice", which was Really Intended to Fool with the Minds of His Audience and to Attack Salafi Publications and More Seriously, the Salafi Methodology

Here is the the answer: A series of Innovators appeared in the late 1980s attempting to bring the da'wah of Sayyid Qutb and Hassan al-Banna into the ranks of the Salafis. They ascribed to Salafiyyah in what was apparent and at face value, they were accepted as Salafis by the people of knowledge. When they first started, not many of the Scholars were aware of their plots and plans. As a result, many of the Scholars at the time may have had positive things to say about them. But as time went on and these innovators revealed more and more of their methodologies and goals, the truth became known. From amongst the heads of these innovators was Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq who propounded the doctrines of

• Tawhid al-Hakimiyyah as an independent fourth category,
• Permitted the multiplicity of groups (such as Ikhwan, Tabligh and Hizb ut-Tahrir),
• Permitted entrance into democracy to allow "political work",
• He invented new terms behind which the misguidances of Qutb and Banna were concealed - terms such as "al-'amal al-jamaa'ee" (collective work), "ta'addud al-jamaa'aat" (multiplicity of groups), "haakimiyyah".
• He mocked and reviled the Major Scholars, claiming they were like "mummies" who knew nothing of today's realities.
• He also authored many books the aim of which was to propagate this manhaj to a Salafi audience.

The Jami'yyah Ihyaa al-Turath (the bastion of the thoughts of Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq) went to every location it could find Salafis with a view to calling them to this new-age Ikhwani manhaj. As a result, spliting was observed in many parts of the world, such as in Kuwait, Saudi, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen and elsewhere. Under the guise of "establishing Salafiyyah" this Jam'iyyah was simply calling to the fikr (ideology) of Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq, which is the fikr of Sayyid Qutb and Hassan al-Banna - two misguided deviant Ash'arees. If there are some readers who do not wish to believe that Turaath and Ikhwaan are glove and hand united in political goals, working together, and you do not wish to take the speech of the Salafi Scholars quoted by Shaikh Ahmad Baazmool in over 70 pages, then we are sure you will believe the confessions of a leading Turaathee known as Waa'il al-Hasaawee, the former Editor-in-Chief of Al-Furqaan (the magazine of Ihyaa'at-Turaath) and a member of Ihyaa Turaath's board:

"And in Kuwait there is coordination between the two most important Islaamic groups, and they are al-Ikhwaanul-Muslimoon and the Salafees [i.e. Jam'iyyah Ihyaa' at-Turaath], in numerous areas, like the field of Relief and collective work, even if what is needed is more than that…"
Speaker: Waa'il al-Hasaawee, Source: Al-Anbaa' Newspaper, No: 6159 pg. 27 Date: 2/7/1993

Then a decade later, the same Turaathee, remained glued to his stance:

"More than 30 years ago, there emerged the two biggest Islaamic groups in Kuwait. They are the group The Constitutional Movement (ICM) (i.e. Ikhwaanul-Mujrimeen) and the Salaf (i.e. At-Turaath), and they were able by the blessing of Allaah the Most High to realize many achievements that there are no comparison to in the sphere of Kuwait, and they have earned the love and respect of all. And these two groups have the ability to coordinate in that which is between them, and cooperation in many affairs, charitable and political affairs.. and joint coordination in elections and the functions of the Parliament, and coordination in the elections of the Teachers' Committee and the Students Union and the coordination (related to) communication and other than it. And there is no doubt that the aspiration of these two groups [Ikhwaan and Turaath] and those who love them is greater than that coordination. We ask Allaah to bring about more."
Speaker: Waa'il al-Hasaawee, Source: Ar-Ra'ee Al-'Aam newspaper, No: 13123, Date: 26/5/2003

All the tribulations to enter the Salafi da'wah over the past 20 years came from these people in reality. Over here in the West the Qutbiyyah like Ali al-Timimi from the USA and others in the UK were propagating this same Ikhwani manhaj utilising the fikr of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq and his works. All of them revolved around the works of Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq and they have not ceased to this day teaching from these books in their centres. In fact, his works are central to the da'wah of many of the Takfiris. This is why the hardcore Qutbiyyah like those in Lewisham (London), use the books of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq to preach the manhaj of Sayyid Qutb.

When the misguidance of Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq became more apparent, he was refuted by some of the Scholars. From them were Shaykh Rabee bin Haadee, Shaykh Muqbil bin Haadee, and likewise, his Ikhwani manhaj was spoken of by Shaykh al-Albaanee. Shaykh Ibn Baaz also wrote a refutation of some of his errors. A group of other scholars also refuted him. When it appeared that the disparaged Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq's leadership of this Jam'iyyah was not beneficial for the better interests of the party's (Ikhwani) goals, a policy was adopted whereby there would no longer be any apparent connection between Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq and Jam'iyyah Ihyaa al-Turaath. He remains the "spiritual leader" and "shaykh" of the partisan organization, and the fikr of the Jam'iyyah is the very fikr of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq. Using this diplomatic tact, they have roped in many unsuspecting people from whom they hide the realities. However, it is from the wisdom of Allaah that no Innovator on this earth will be left unopposed in his misguidance, for Allaah mobilizes at least one or more from the scholars who will fulfil the trust (of not concealing the truth) and expose his misguidance, and in the whole history of Islaam, since innovation appeared, it has always been the case for the most part that only a selection of scholars took the lead in refuting innovation and its people, in terms of writing, authoring and warning. So a significant group of scholars knew the reality and exposed Ihyaa Turaath's evil designs and exposed the fact that Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq has not ceased to be their guide.

Indeed Ihyaa Turaath themselves could not maintain the lie, that is why Adnaan Abdul-Qaadir praised both of his Shaikhs, both leading figures in Turaath - he just could not resist the temptation. These are not loose and distant alliances with "six degrees of separation" that Abu Usamah al-Kadhdhaab would have you believe, they comprise a cosy happy family! And that is why in the Arabic language 2011 fundraising brochure of Green Lane Mosque, Adnaan Abdul-Qaadir is appointed as: "Project Supervisor in the State of Kuwait". These Turaathees certainly understand and grasp the fact that GLMCC is a springboard for pushing the fikr of Turaath in these Western lands.

As for Abu Usaamah and those who now run GLMCC (which was formerly Jam'iyyah Ahl a-Hadeeth but has now morphed into GLMCC after a long standing legal dispute), they have a history in the da'wah in the 90s. They are not ignorant and foolish enough not to grasp the liability and implication of this audio clip for which they were criticized, for hosting and allowing themselves to be a platform of propagation and praise of an evil Ikhwani innovator who brought destruction and turmoil in Salafi communities all over the globe. They are fully aware of the issues and they know the realities have been made clear by the Scholars. Abu Usaamah is just a grand deceiver who is pretending he does not know, has not researched the issue and does not form an opinion These are the games of a man given to treachery no doubt.

In a nutshell, here is the crux of the matter: The reason for these activities of GLMCC and Abu Usaamah is that this incident validates all the criticism that has been made against the Jam'iyyah Ahl a-Hadeeth (Green Lane Mosque) historically, and it has now turned into a liability for this new organization GLMCC. Even though the names have changed, the manhaj has not. They are still on the same page. It is for this very reason that GLMCC filed a copyright complaint and Abu Usaamah flew into motion with his lying, deceitful and cunning tricks upon the people which even a hypnotist could not pull off, when he pretended to give "sincere advice" which in reality was just another veiled opportunity to attack Salafi Publications, distort clear usool (foundations) of the Salaf manhaj and make fools of his audience.

We seek protection with Allaah and well-being from these deceptions.