is still insisting on misleading and not cooperating unless his opinion is submitted to. So they unanimously decided to remove him, but only after discussing with him as well. They went to his house—with his permission, of course—and I was with them, along with my two companions. They asked him to relinquish his insistence, to let the man have his opinion, and to continue cooperating with them, but he refused. After a heated discussion between him and his opponent in opinion and other brothers, the man lost his composure to the point that he said to his opponent, when reminded of Allāh: "I do not want you to remind me of Allāh!" and other matters that are not appropriate to mention now. In light of what they heard of his insistence and saw of his poor conduct with his guests, they agreed to remove him and appointed another as their leader. Then the days passed, and reports about him continued to come, stating that he was attacking his opponent and attributing to him what was not true. When I became certain of his insistence on his opinion and his slander against him, despite knowing his integrity and sincerity for nearly thirty years, I announced my boycott of him until he returned to his senses. Whenever he met me and greeted me warmly, I turned away from him. He would complain to people about my ignoring him, feigning ignorance of his actions, and most people were unaware of them, while he pretended to praise and commend me, claiming to be my student! Until I was surprised to see him at the house of one of the Salafis in Amman during a lunch invitation in the middle of Jumādá al-Ūlá of the year 1396. He hurried to greet me as usual, and I turned away from him as usual. At the table, he tried to draw me into conversation by asking me about some scholarly figures I had met during my trip to Morocco, as I had recently returned from there. I said to him: "There is no conversation between you and me until you resolve your problem!" He said: "What problem?" I said: "You know it well," and he could not finish his meal. I narrated his story to the brothers present, his stubbornness in his opinion, and his injustice to his opposing brother, and I suggested holding a special session to hear from both sides. And that was after
لا يزال مصرا على التضليل وعدم التعاون إلا بالخضوع لرأيه. فأجمعوا أمرهم على عزله، ولكن بعد مناقشته أيضا، فذهبوا إليه في بيته - بعد استئذانه طبعا - وأنا معهم، وصاحباي فطلبوا منه التنازل عن إصراره وأن يدع الرجل على رأيه، وأن يستمر معهم في التعاون، فرفض ذلك. وبعد مناقشة شديدة بينه وبين مخالفه في الرأي وغيره من إخوانه، خرج فيها الرجل عن طوره حتى قال لمخالفه لما ذكره بالله: أنا لا أريد أن تذكرني أنت بالله! إلى غير ذلك من الأمور التي لا مجال لذكرها الآن، وعلى ضوء ما سمعوا من إصراره، ورأوا من سوء تصرفه مع ضيوفه اتفقوا على عزله، ونصبوا غيره رئيسا عليهم. ثم أخذت الأيام تمضي، والأخبار عنه تترى بأنه ينال من خصمه ويصفه بما ليس فيه، فلما تيقنت إصراره على رأيه وتقوله عليه، وهو يعرف نزاهته وإخلاصه قرابة ثلاثين سنة، أعلنت مقاطعته حتى يعود إلى رشده. فكان كلما لقيني وهش إلي وبش أعرضت عنه. ويحكي للناس شاكيا إعراضي عنه متجاهلا فعلته، وأكثر الناس لا يعلمون بها، في الوقت الذي يتظاهر فيه بمدحي والثناء علي وأنه تلميذي! إلى أن فوجئت به في منزل أحد السلفيين في عمان في دعوة غداء في منتصف جمادى الأولى لسنة (١٣٩٦) فسارع إلى استقبالي كعادته، فأعرضت عنه كعادتي. وعلى المائدة حاول أن يستدرجني إلى مكالمته بسؤاله إياي عن بعض الشخصيات العلمية التي لقيتها في سفري إلى (المغرب)، وكنت حديث عهد بالرجوع منه، فقلت له: لا كلام بيني وبينك حتى تنهي مشكلتك! قال: أي مشكلة؟ قلت: أنت أدرى بها، فلم يستطع أن يكمل طعامه. فقصصت على الإخوان الحاضرين قصته، وتعصبه لرأيه، وظلمه لأخيه المخالف له، واقترحت عقد جلسة خاصة ليسمعوا من الطرفين. وكان ذلك بعد