Doctor Hani al-Sibai:
Release your brother Tauqir Sharif who is known as Abu Husam al-Britani and all your brothers detained in Idlib in Shaam.
Peace, greetings and honor for the helpers of Islam's peak.
Lowliness, humiliation and disgrace on those who rejected Islam's peak while able.
I say, after praising Allah & seeking His help:
The Aqidah & manners of your brother who is detained in Idlib, Tauqir Sharif otherwise known as Abu Husam al-Britani, have been praised by virtuous & trustworthy non-Arab & Arab brothers in Britain who know him & who I have personally known for years. They bear witness to his trustworthiness & courteous manners.
He left Britain voluntarily despite the ease of living & the comfort out of love for his Deen & to help the oppressed. Abu Husam made hijra to Shaam with his family some years ago.
The bulk of his interests was in aid work; orphans, widows, the elderly & the poor Muslims from the people of Shaam. What lofty aid work it is!
The British government stripped him of his nationality so that he may not return to them. But he did not pay heed to that oppressive decision, rather he preferred to live with bombardment, destruction, burning, killing, exiling & among scattered body parts!
Abu Husam al-Britani preferred to live in roughness rather than luxury! He preferred to share in the greviances of the people of Shaam, and how many they are! He preferred to share in their joyous occasions, how rare they are!
And now he has been arrested for so-called security reasons! The correct thing to do would have been to present him to an impartial Sharia judge who has full right to give permission for an arrest or to deny it! Even if he were to order his arrest based on, for example, the seriousness of the accusations, he should be presented to the judge to defend himself! However for him to be first arrested, humiliated & shaken then be presented to the judge is not something even the non-Muslim systems do as the security forces first get the permission of the judge then arrest the person in question then present him to the court to defend himself! Aren't we the people of Islam who should be the first people to take these procedures instead of this despotism & oppression?! What kind of oppression is the oppression of Muslim brothers against each other!
O you who control Idlib, O you who arrested your brothers, you can see the enemies of Islam surrounding you aiming to eradicate you! So who is more of a priority to arrest & eradicate, the enemies of Islam or your brothers who disagreed with you? You know you are in a land of war & the enemies are awaiting your misfortunes!
Is it from Islamic politics to arrest your brothers in these difficult days?! Aren't there any wise people to rebuff these troublemakers & report writers who instigate on your brothers to achieve the satisfaction of the leader or chieftain!
Is Allah pleased by what some of you do to subdue others?!
Beware of the arrows of the night for they will hit their target eventually.
Beware of the dua of the oppressed, as mentioned in the Sahihs of Bukhari and Muslim: 'Beware of the supplication of the oppressed; for indeed there is no barrier between it and Allah.' The Lord of the worlds has forbidden oppression for Himself as mentioned in the Sahih: I have forbidden oppression for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.
Whoever doesn't take the night dua of the oppressed person seriously has exposed himself to destruction!
Do not be deluded by your power or numbers! Hasten towards releasing your brother Abu Husam al-Britani & all your brothers detained recently even if they disagreed with you. Let your problems be solved by reform & ruling with Sharia.
We ask Allah to bring your hearts together on the truth, to amend that which is between you and to relieve me, you and every distressed and trialed person from trouble, grief and sadness. We ask Allah to spare us & the Ummah from the evil of the enemies of Islam & those who have gone astray in whatever way He wills.
Dr Hani al-Sibai