The Shaykh’s invitation to visit King Saud University
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The questioner : This is a request from one of the students of our sister institution, King Saud University, asking for your visit to the university.
The Shaykh : I will respond to this, if Allah wills, if it comes from the officials, because a request for such a visit does not come from a single individual. If we receive an invitation from the officials to visit the university, then I am ready for it, if Allah wills, for by Allah, I desire with all my heart for the youth to connect with those older than them so that everyone benefits from everyone. We benefit from the problems you have that we may not know about, and you benefit from the religious scholarly matters we have that you may not know. So I love with all my heart for there to be a connection between the youth and the shaykhs, and for the shaykhs to open their hearts to them, and to treat them with gentleness and softness, and to remove doubts, because the young person must have some doubt in his heart.
If the scholars or the elders receive these difficulties with a broad chest and clarify the truth, much good will result from that. And I say to the brother questioner, I am, if Allah wills, fully prepared for that if an invitation comes from the responsible authorities, but in this circumstance, I do not think the response is appropriate. Or I do not think it is suitable, because the students have... what? Exams and tests.
But if Allah wills, next year, if an invitation comes from those who have the authority to invite, there is no harm.
The presenter : Since the matter is so, I say, on behalf of my colleagues and my brothers the students, and with all our hearts, we invite you to visit us in every term that passes in this mosque.
The Shaykh : No, in every term of the year, I mean. Avoid winter and summer.
The presenter : This will be coordinated, if Allah wills, and it is flexible, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : No, it will be better, no, whenever we find the benefit, if Allah wills, from...
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence the Shaykh!
The Shaykh : I will respond to this, if Allah wills, if it comes from the officials, because a request for such a visit does not come from a single individual. If we receive an invitation from the officials to visit the university, then I am ready for it, if Allah wills, for by Allah, I desire with all my heart for the youth to connect with those older than them so that everyone benefits from everyone. We benefit from the problems you have that we may not know about, and you benefit from the religious scholarly matters we have that you may not know. So I love with all my heart for there to be a connection between the youth and the shaykhs, and for the shaykhs to open their hearts to them, and to treat them with gentleness and softness, and to remove doubts, because the young person must have some doubt in his heart.
If the scholars or the elders receive these difficulties with a broad chest and clarify the truth, much good will result from that. And I say to the brother questioner, I am, if Allah wills, fully prepared for that if an invitation comes from the responsible authorities, but in this circumstance, I do not think the response is appropriate. Or I do not think it is suitable, because the students have... what? Exams and tests.
But if Allah wills, next year, if an invitation comes from those who have the authority to invite, there is no harm.
The presenter : Since the matter is so, I say, on behalf of my colleagues and my brothers the students, and with all our hearts, we invite you to visit us in every term that passes in this mosque.
The Shaykh : No, in every term of the year, I mean. Avoid winter and summer.
The presenter : This will be coordinated, if Allah wills, and it is flexible, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : No, it will be better, no, whenever we find the benefit, if Allah wills, from...
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence the Shaykh!
Source
اللقاء بالطلاب في مسجد المدينة الجامعية - 2 — archive.org (32:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.