—namely, the very phrase he cited from my book, replacing its beginning with an ellipsis “...”. I say: Abū Ghuddah deliberately excised it for a purpose well known to any reader. The words he left out are my own, written in comment on that innovation:

147 – Deliberately praying while facing his, peace and blessings be upon him, grave:

“I witnessed, during the three years I spent in Madinah (1381–1383 AH) as a lecturer at the Islamic University, a host of innovations practiced inside the Prophet’s Mosque, while the officials responsible for it remained silent—exactly as happens with us in Syria. Among those innovations is one that is sheer polytheism, namely this one: many pilgrims make a point of praying toward the noble grave, even after the ‘Asr prayer when supererogatory prayer is disapproved. They are encouraged by the fact that they see, on the wall of the chamber they face, a small miḥrāb dating back to the Ottoman era whose very presence silently calls the ignorant to pray there. Added to that, the spot where they pray is a raised platform spread with the finest carpets. I spoke with some honorable men …” and so forth.

Is there in these words anything other than a reminder to the officials of their duty to strive to eradicate these abominations from the Prophet’s Mosque—matters that he himself, peace and blessings be upon him, would never approve—before the disease becomes entrenched and the remedy hard to find? Along the same lines is his heading entitled “Insulting the Officials”:

A fresh example of his falsification in quotation:

“They also said in this book, p. 156, while criticizing the esteemed Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for establishing …”