"God made this admiration develop into deep sentiment and great love not for the body and the senses, as is the case with many people, but for complex meanings in which the mind mixed with the senses, the spirit with the body and the heart with the content. Such feelings can only be understood by those who lived and suffered them. Love is madness (From the autobiography of Dr. Youssef al-Qaradawi – Kol al-Nass [All People] magazine). Al-Qaradawi has divorced his Algerian wife Asmaa, but she refuses to receive the divorce notification. She is betting on time and prefers to be called al-Qaradawi's widow.
Divorce was a hard decision. Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Renaissance Movement, tried to dissuade him from this decision, but in vain. Al-Qaradawi got some relief for himself and also for his family and close friends (scientists and intellectuals) who blamed him for his great love. Al-Qaradawi devoted his time to his work and added two books and a research to his library. In fact, al-Qaradawi is good at science, but not good at love. Al-Qaradawi issued his autobiography under the title "Ibn al-Qariya wal Kitab" [The Son of the Village and the Book]. It is made up of three books: "Malamih Sira wa Masira" [The features of life and career], "Ma ba'ad el-Marhala el-Jami'ia" [After university] and "Ibn al-Qariya wal Kitab". After he divorced Asmaa, the fourth part, which covers the period from the Iranian Revolution till the death of Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghazali (may he rest in peace) may never see the light.
Part IV - as scheduled - contains a chapter in less than five pages about his love for Asmaa, as published by Kol al-Nass magazine. Al-Qaradawi's students cancelled this chapter from his biography because they did not want to let the great sheikh's love stories to be sold on sidewalks.
Strangely enough, al-Qaradawi agreed to delete this chapter, which represents a period of his life. This chapter, which was published without him knowing it, caused enormous embarrassment for the sheikh, who appeared like a gay who fell in love. He was hiding himself from the blame put on him by senior scientists. What was published in Kol al-Nass accelerated the divorce. Whoever has not fallen in love should throw it away!
The great Sheikh wrote nothing about his love but some great poems. If he loved, he would write words as sweet as honey. If part IV was issued, it would not, of course, speak about love stories posted on websites that either love or hate al-Qaradawi, as there is determination to cancel these love stories from his autobiography.
