Explanation of the Number of Issues of the Pre-Islamic Age and the Author's Journey
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The questioner:
The Shaykh informed you, may Allah inform you. The Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab informed you, may the path be upon you.
The Shaykh:
It is not just Basra; those who say he went to Baghdad are wrong. He was in Basra because it was the seat of the scholars, and he wanted to go from Basra to Sham, but he was unable to do so. In the book *Al-Zahir*, whose author is a Shi'i who praises the Shaykh and disparages him, mixing praise with disparagement when he praises and when he disparages, it is stated that he went to the land of Persia and that he received philosophy from the scholars of Persia, and so on. This is a lie. Yes. This is intended to tarnish the Shaykh's call and his biography. Its name is *Lama' al-Shihab fi Sirat Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab*.
The questioner:
And if the Shaykh Abu, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the number of the distinguished ones is one thousand.
The Shaykh:
Yes. The issues present with us now are one hundred and twenty-nine. And what is present with us now is one hundred and twenty-nine. I am informing you of a reality that is in our hands. Yes. Perhaps what I mentioned about the Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman is that it was a slip of the pen. It may have been a slip of the pen, or an error by the scribe, or a printing error. Allah knows best. What is present with us now is one hundred and twenty-nine issues, and Allah knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh informed you, may Allah inform you. The Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab informed you, may the path be upon you.
The Shaykh:
It is not just Basra; those who say he went to Baghdad are wrong. He was in Basra because it was the seat of the scholars, and he wanted to go from Basra to Sham, but he was unable to do so. In the book *Al-Zahir*, whose author is a Shi'i who praises the Shaykh and disparages him, mixing praise with disparagement when he praises and when he disparages, it is stated that he went to the land of Persia and that he received philosophy from the scholars of Persia, and so on. This is a lie. Yes. This is intended to tarnish the Shaykh's call and his biography. Its name is *Lama' al-Shihab fi Sirat Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab*.
The questioner:
And if the Shaykh Abu, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the number of the distinguished ones is one thousand.
The Shaykh:
Yes. The issues present with us now are one hundred and twenty-nine. And what is present with us now is one hundred and twenty-nine. I am informing you of a reality that is in our hands. Yes. Perhaps what I mentioned about the Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman is that it was a slip of the pen. It may have been a slip of the pen, or an error by the scribe, or a printing error. Allah knows best. What is present with us now is one hundred and twenty-nine issues, and Allah knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
شرح مسائل الجاهلية [ صالح الفوزان ]، المقدمة — islamhouse.com (1:05:43)
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