Recent Allegations Against Sheikh Yusuf Estes

In late August of 2012, large-scale efforts were launched to “educate the Muslims” about the “deviant and blasphemous teachings” of Sheikh Yusuf Estes.

 

To this day, many people all around the world have actually begun to believe what is being spread on certain websites and forums that Sheikh Yusuf Estes has been teaching lies about the Quran, saying that the Quran is not a book, it’s not here on Earth, we only have a “representation” of it in the mushaf, etc. Claims were even being made that he likened the Quran to paper money and Christian sheet music! Allah’s Forgiveness is sought!

 

Sheikh Yusuf Estes, despite his health conditions and extensive international speaking engagements, has tried his best to explain his position on his websites, in videos, and even in comments on YouTube. For the last three months, he and his supporters have had one clear message: Sheikh Yusuf Estes has simply been misunderstood! Some people may have mistakenly assumed some things about his usage of certain phrases, and others may have intended malice. Allah knows what lies in the people’s hearts.

 

These serious allegations originated from a certain American “student of knowledge” living in Saudi Arabia (may Allah guide him). Some of the “errors” were even taken to a senior scholar in Saudi Arabia, and a verdict was even issued for the people not to listen to Sheikh Yusuf Estes anymore! Subhan Allah! Sheikh Yusuf Estes has openly rejected a number of these claims found in the question posed to that scholar, and he has repeated on numerous occasions, “I have been grossly misunderstood!”

 

Articles, e-books, and even entire websites have been published in both English and Arabic spreading these serious accusations. The “student of knowledge” has even taken it upon himself to organize a so-called “campaign of awareness” aimed at educating Muslims about “the blasphemous teachings of Yusuf Estes!” (click here for proof)

So this issue became the focus of the very first efforts of the Muslim Witnesses for Justice, in sha' Allah.  We are almost finished preparing an amazing "end-game" PDF to cut through all the lies and false claims about Sheikh Yusuf Estes and his beliefs. As soon as the students of knowledge finish their final reviews of it, it will be posted here, in sha' Allah.