Debate: The Etiquette of Discussion and Shaykh Al-Albani's Method of Discussion and Giving Examples
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : ... A correct answer, meaning, if Allah wills, is present as you are... I do not want the answer, why? Because we started from a first point by giving examples, then agreement occurred, or it happened that we cited the noble verse: [Al-Ma'idah 5:51]; so the example, we, for instance, what, meaning, a person is unable to come up with an example that exactly matches your definition, because in truth, I sat with you in the connection for the first or second time I heard from you when you asked me a question, meaning, for example, everyone knows that the professor's knowledge and the professor's understanding and all these matters, of course, you are a student in relation to him.
The Shaykh : Pardon me.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And I am truly raised, meaning, I study the books of this professor or that professor a lot. But does this mean that if I mention something original to me, and I gave you an example, two or three examples, and then all these examples are not as you expected, and there was a doubt in them?
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So the doubt was dispelled for Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) and others. So if a person recalls a fundamental example, why do we not recall it? Let it be, since everyone wants the truth, that we start from here, as long as the chain...
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, Glory be to Allah, do what you wish. I told you I do not object to presenting... .
The questioner : Excellent, then.
The Shaykh : ... Giving the example, but the issue we started now is to link the answer to the verse and the hadiths. You do not want to start from here, you want to start from there. I have no objection.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Because we have, like a Syrian who does not come with you, come with him, see how, so I come with you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, I come with you, youThe student : Now, do you have a text with you now?
The questioner : We will come with the text, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Do you have a text with you now?
The questioner : I have a text in the issues.
The Shaykh : Now, now, in all your speech, do you have a text?
The questioner : We all want the text.
The Shaykh : This is a debate, Professor.
The questioner : No, it is not a debate.
The Shaykh : I am telling you now, in this speech you are making and in this speech I am making, in this proposal you are proposing and in this proposal I am proposing, do we have a text? There is no text. So on this basis, I am telling you, in our common parlance, the one who does not come with you, come with him. You say we will come with the text.
The questioner : On what basis.
The Shaykh : We do not have a text with us, but this is following .
The questioner : Meaning, it is not for everything.
The Shaykh : I beg you, it is not for everything.
The questioner : So there is... .
The Shaykh : It is not for everything, meaning, error and misguidance are excluded from it, do we have that?
The questioner : ... The debate.
The Shaykh : The debate is for alerting, this is not a debate, but the debate is that we say with the text, and we do not have a text now, now it is a proposal. So I say: Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Please, start where you wish, I have no objection.
The student : There is a problem with Brother Awni, I think.
The questioner : No, I wanted to say just one thing, meaning, yesterday you directed the discussion in the way you saw fit, meaning, in your own way. So we want today to direct it in our own way, on the basis that it is of the nature of a comparison, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a matter of comparison, it is a matter of conviction. If you are convinced by my own way, then proceed with it. If you are not convinced, proceed as you wish.
The questioner : Okay, that is it, then there is no need.
The Shaykh : How is there no need?
The questioner : I am not convinced by your own way.
The Shaykh : ... I am not a controller over them.
The questioner : I told you.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, am I now imposing a compulsion on you?! I proposed a proposal, and the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good, adopted it, and soon he saw its fruit. But you are not convinced, what am I to do for you? Now we are in the midst of a proposal.
The questioner : My brother, when I said that I am not convinced by your own way, what I intended is that your way, meaning, it led you to information, you took complete information, yes. But from our way, we do not aim, meaning, to bring something new, but we want to clarify things that we are unable to clarify in the way you adopted.
The Shaykh : Take any path you wish.
The questioner : Yes, okay, that is it.
The Shaykh : Take any path you wish, I am telling you, I am not a controller over them.
And whoever is an ally to them among you
وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْThe Shaykh : Pardon me.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And I am truly raised, meaning, I study the books of this professor or that professor a lot. But does this mean that if I mention something original to me, and I gave you an example, two or three examples, and then all these examples are not as you expected, and there was a doubt in them?
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So the doubt was dispelled for Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) and others. So if a person recalls a fundamental example, why do we not recall it? Let it be, since everyone wants the truth, that we start from here, as long as the chain...
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, Glory be to Allah, do what you wish. I told you I do not object to presenting... .
The questioner : Excellent, then.
The Shaykh : ... Giving the example, but the issue we started now is to link the answer to the verse and the hadiths. You do not want to start from here, you want to start from there. I have no objection.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Because we have, like a Syrian who does not come with you, come with him, see how, so I come with you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, I come with you, youThe student : Now, do you have a text with you now?
The questioner : We will come with the text, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Do you have a text with you now?
The questioner : I have a text in the issues.
The Shaykh : Now, now, in all your speech, do you have a text?
The questioner : We all want the text.
The Shaykh : This is a debate, Professor.
The questioner : No, it is not a debate.
The Shaykh : I am telling you now, in this speech you are making and in this speech I am making, in this proposal you are proposing and in this proposal I am proposing, do we have a text? There is no text. So on this basis, I am telling you, in our common parlance, the one who does not come with you, come with him. You say we will come with the text.
The questioner : On what basis.
The Shaykh : We do not have a text with us, but this is following
Make things easy and do not make them difficult.
يسِّروا ولا تعسِّرواThe questioner : Meaning, it is not for everything.
The Shaykh : I beg you, it is not for everything.
The questioner : So there is... .
The Shaykh : It is not for everything, meaning, error and misguidance are excluded from it, do we have that?
The questioner : ... The debate.
The Shaykh : The debate is for alerting, this is not a debate, but the debate is that we say with the text, and we do not have a text now, now it is a proposal. So I say: Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Please, start where you wish, I have no objection.
The student : There is a problem with Brother Awni, I think.
The questioner : No, I wanted to say just one thing, meaning, yesterday you directed the discussion in the way you saw fit, meaning, in your own way. So we want today to direct it in our own way, on the basis that it is of the nature of a comparison, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a matter of comparison, it is a matter of conviction. If you are convinced by my own way, then proceed with it. If you are not convinced, proceed as you wish.
The questioner : Okay, that is it, then there is no need.
The Shaykh : How is there no need?
The questioner : I am not convinced by your own way.
The Shaykh : ... I am not a controller over them.
The questioner : I told you.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, am I now imposing a compulsion on you?! I proposed a proposal, and the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good, adopted it, and soon he saw its fruit. But you are not convinced, what am I to do for you? Now we are in the midst of a proposal.
The questioner : My brother, when I said that I am not convinced by your own way, what I intended is that your way, meaning, it led you to information, you took complete information, yes. But from our way, we do not aim, meaning, to bring something new, but we want to clarify things that we are unable to clarify in the way you adopted.
The Shaykh : Take any path you wish.
The questioner : Yes, okay, that is it.
The Shaykh : Take any path you wish, I am telling you, I am not a controller over them.
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.