Shaikh Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi’i of Yemen (rahimahullah) stated, as was published in the Kuwaiti magazine “ar-Ra’i”, dated 19/12/1998:

“I absolve and exonerate myself (in front of Allah) from Bin Ladin, for he is a misfortune and a calamity upon the ummah (Muslim nation), and his actions are evil.”