The Danger of the Call for Reconciliation Between the Sunnis and the Shi'ah

The Shaykh : ... Abu Bakr and 'Umar, whereas in their books...
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : ... Allahu Akbar...
The student : ... We have seen... those whom Allah has guided...

The Shaykh: Who?
The student : ... Some of the youth whom Allah has guided, and there is good in them...

The Shaykh : ... You have not seen, nor will you ever see, a Shi'ah Shaykh who becomes a Sunni. But you have heard of many Jews who became Muslims, and Christians who became Muslims. As for the Shi'ah...
The student : ... .

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : ... One person studied at al-Azhar... for forty or fifty years, perhaps... He came, studied, and became a Sunni afterwards. So he wrote to them afterwards: "Never believe a Shi'ah."

The Shaykh : ... That is all. Where is this from? Which country?
The student : ... By Allah, I do not remember if he was Iranian or Iraqi.

The Shaykh : ... Iranian.
The student : ... Iranian or Iraqi.
Another student: ...

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : ... Now they have a large office, the Office of Reconciliation... they claimed...

The Shaykh : ... With this reconciliation, they brought the people of the Sunnah closer to the Shi'ah, but no one from the Shi'ah came closer to the Sunnah. Oh Allah, "The righteous have eaten your food, the angels have prayed for you, and the fasting have broken their fast with you."