In Albania and the Eastern Bloc, with the positive developments, the atmosphere is beginning to become somewhat favorable for calling people to the Book.
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The questioner : In Albania and this Eastern Bloc now, with the positive developments, is the atmosphere beginning to become somewhat favorable for calling people to the Book and the Sunnah?
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : In these areas in the Eastern Bloc now.
Another questioner: He means the non-Arabs, Albania, Turkey.
The questioner : Albania and Romania.
The Shaykh : Nothing has happened yet, may Allah reward you!
The questioner : Nothing has happened, but there is a kind of...
The Shaykh : But this still does not provide an opportunity for da'wah, but rather for visiting. It does not give the da'is a field in which to work until the matters become clear and evident.
The questioner : The League is now allowed to transport mushafs to Russia.
The Shaykh : Yes, Albania, but have you not read that until recently, Russia was demolishing [them] because it had deviated from the line of Lenin and Stalin?
The questioner : Apostate, heh heh.
The Shaykh : That is Russia; its situation is not stable.
The questioner : What about its sisters?
The Shaykh : For example?
The questioner : Romania and Azerbaijan.
The Shaykh : Likewise, my brother, the realities of matters do not appear with such speed. Your duty is to change [them], but for a person to go and visit, that is a possibility. However, to call [people] requires patience. We discussed with some of our sons what you think about traveling to Germany to see the situation there as a visit. As for da'wah, first, I do not know the Albanian language and I do not speak it.
The questioner : I heard you speaking with some Albanians.
The Shaykh : But the new Albanian has words that I do not understand, because some of them pass by us on the way of Hajj or 'Umrah, so I can communicate with them, but with some difficulty, because the language has changed.
Do you know, for example, the Turks in the time of Ataturk fought the Arabic language very severely, and he brought in Persian words and terms to spite the Arabic language and its terms.
The questioner : Do you contribute, our Shaykh, to guiding the students of knowledge to some of the methodology that we seek and that all students of knowledge seek now, as a step to purify fiqh?
The Shaykh : If I had free time, would I not help?
The questioner : This work is the completion of your work, O Shaykh, which you started. The goal of purifying the Sunnah is to understand it in terms of fiqh.
The Shaykh : I know, may Allah reward you. The matter is a matter of specialization.
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : In these areas in the Eastern Bloc now.
Another questioner: He means the non-Arabs, Albania, Turkey.
The questioner : Albania and Romania.
The Shaykh : Nothing has happened yet, may Allah reward you!
The questioner : Nothing has happened, but there is a kind of...
The Shaykh : But this still does not provide an opportunity for da'wah, but rather for visiting. It does not give the da'is a field in which to work until the matters become clear and evident.
The questioner : The League is now allowed to transport mushafs to Russia.
The Shaykh : Yes, Albania, but have you not read that until recently, Russia was demolishing [them] because it had deviated from the line of Lenin and Stalin?
The questioner : Apostate, heh heh.
The Shaykh : That is Russia; its situation is not stable.
The questioner : What about its sisters?
The Shaykh : For example?
The questioner : Romania and Azerbaijan.
The Shaykh : Likewise, my brother, the realities of matters do not appear with such speed. Your duty is to change [them], but for a person to go and visit, that is a possibility. However, to call [people] requires patience. We discussed with some of our sons what you think about traveling to Germany to see the situation there as a visit. As for da'wah, first, I do not know the Albanian language and I do not speak it.
The questioner : I heard you speaking with some Albanians.
The Shaykh : But the new Albanian has words that I do not understand, because some of them pass by us on the way of Hajj or 'Umrah, so I can communicate with them, but with some difficulty, because the language has changed.
Do you know, for example, the Turks in the time of Ataturk fought the Arabic language very severely, and he brought in Persian words and terms to spite the Arabic language and its terms.
The questioner : Do you contribute, our Shaykh, to guiding the students of knowledge to some of the methodology that we seek and that all students of knowledge seek now, as a step to purify fiqh?
The Shaykh : If I had free time, would I not help?
The questioner : This work is the completion of your work, O Shaykh, which you started. The goal of purifying the Sunnah is to understand it in terms of fiqh.
The Shaykh : I know, may Allah reward you. The matter is a matter of specialization.