Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Saudi Islamic preacher, Saleh Al-Maghamisi, recounted behind the scenes the events of his exemption from the Quba Mosque in Medina, and who was behind this decision, saying that “my exemption was a destiny that agreed with the desire of an envious person.”
This came in an interview that Al-Maghamisi conducted on the Saudi channel, where he touched on the topic of the tweet that was behind his exemption: “I know that the reason is good for those who made the decision to exempt, which is the branch of the ministry, but I thought it was possible that there would not be an exemption, and in detail, I am 14 years old in the mosque as an imam.” And a preacher since 1407 (Hijri), now 14 years, and I am an imam and preacher. I have delivered hundreds of sermons, delivered dozens of lessons in the mosque, and prayed with people hundreds of obligatory prayers. Islam summoned me for any remark, no reproach, no warning, and if it were like this, it would have been better, neither for any sermon nor for any lesson. This is my history over 14 years..”
And he continued: “The exemption carried what cannot be lifted to a high ceiling that cannot be reached, meaning that the imamate in the Two Holy Mosques, the Sacred Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, cannot appoint an imam or a preacher or be exempted except after the approval of the sublime shrine. This is the system of the state. As for the Quba Mosque and other mosques, this is The state, may God honor it, placed him in the position of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs. This is very practical and intuitive.”
And he continued, saying: “I apologized at the time with a tweet immediately after that, and this is something that must be apologized. I had to stop you from God’s destiny .. I tweeted and believed that I made a great mistake, but I apologized hours later and even apologized before the exemption decision was issued, but it is not intended to ask him to return.
And he added: “When I was relieved, there was no prayer in the mosque, it was the Corona pandemic, and the mosques were suspending prayers in them .. The second day they appointed an imam, even though I have 3 imams present and there is no prayer in the mosque .. We do not talk about the new imam, he is a virtuous man, may God forgive us and him He made a mistake when he tweeted a day after he excused me, meaning he mentioned something in it, he shouldn’t have made this, why? If you gloat over the one from whom you have managed the world, man will rise above this.”
