The Shaykh listening to an incident that occurred in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah.
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The student: Before the university.
Another student: No, no, but before the university, I... his name was 'Abdullah... I was... and I found this man, and he was going to Makkah to meet his children those days, I met...
The Shaykh : Before I was in the university.
The student: Yes, before you were, so I met 'Abdullah, may Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)... so I came and greeted him, he said, "And upon you be peace," I looked and said to him, "Are you from al-Sham?" He said, "Yes, I hear about the Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din, I heard, I don't know where," he said: "I know him, he is our Shaykh, and now I am... traveling to Damascus... so I brought him to my house, and after that he gave me the first copy of the first edition of *The Description of the Prayer of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)*, the first edition.
Another student: It would be around fifty-six in the Gregorian calendar, like that.
Another student: Fifty-seven,
Another student: Yes, yes, approximately the year fifty-seven, fifty-seven Hijri, yes, the first copy or edition of *The Description of the Prayer of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)*, so I took it and started reading in the mosque, I liked it, so the crazy ones stood up against me, "What is this book?!" *Sahih al-Bukhari*! People, everything in this book is authentic, now they did not accept it from me and they started fighting me, they stood against me once, may Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) that I went to al-Madinah, so the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good, came to the university, they said the Shaykh is present, they said the Shaykh is really present, they said this, and if Allah wills, the Shaykh, (Glorified and Exalted is He)! Healthy and red, and the beard not yet white, and I greeted him.
Another student: This was in the eighties of the Hijri calendar, one thousand three hundred and eighty.
Another student: Yes, I did not, I left Jeddah and came to al-Madinah.
Another student: One thousand three hundred and eighty.
Another student: The year eighty, from eighty to eighty-three...
We attended a debate between the Shaykh and Badi', Badi' al-Din, it was him or Badi' al-Sindi.
Another student: I was not there.
Another student: None of you were there, nor was the Shaykh Rabee', it was the Shaykh 'Umar Faltata and the Shaykh al-Banna Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab, and there were students of knowledge from 'Isha' to Fajr, no sleep or anything at all.
Another student: That is a lot, that was until Fajr, nights, not just one night.
Another student: He passed by me at my place and said to me, "Ya 'Abbas, we have a debate with the Shaykh Badi' al-Din, will you attend?" I said, "Let's go, in the name of Allah," but after the 'Isha' prayer, from after the 'Isha' prayer to Fajr, until the adhan, and we were in the Shaykh's house.
Another student: On what issues?
Another student: On raising the hands.
The Shaykh : On khushu', on khushu', on placing the hands after ruku'.
The student: The important thing is the Shaykh got angry at Badi' al-Din and spoke about the Shaykh with words that were not good, and the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good.
Another student: He did not respond to him.
Another student: Nor did he answer him.
The student: I remember from what the Shaykh said about this discussion that he was discussing based on the principles of the Hanafis.
Another student: How?
Another student: I asked the Shaykh about this discussion, he said the Shaykh Badi' was discussing based on the principles of the Hanafis at that time, maybe not now.
The Shaykh : The letter that he printed now...
The student: He spoke with words that were not good about the Shaykh, and the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh : ... a lot of it, that was stuffed with weak hadiths and quotations and the like.
The student: What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : ... meaning it was a complete summary, and yet he could not do without the texts of some of the Hanafis.
The student: Allah is the helper.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The student: ...
Another student: Peace be upon you.
Another student: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Another student: And this is a picture of the manuscript, but there is a lot of disagreement between this and the manuscript...
Another student: No, no, but before the university, I... his name was 'Abdullah... I was... and I found this man, and he was going to Makkah to meet his children those days, I met...
The Shaykh : Before I was in the university.
The student: Yes, before you were, so I met 'Abdullah, may Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)... so I came and greeted him, he said, "And upon you be peace," I looked and said to him, "Are you from al-Sham?" He said, "Yes, I hear about the Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din, I heard, I don't know where," he said: "I know him, he is our Shaykh, and now I am... traveling to Damascus... so I brought him to my house, and after that he gave me the first copy of the first edition of *The Description of the Prayer of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)*, the first edition.
Another student: It would be around fifty-six in the Gregorian calendar, like that.
Another student: Fifty-seven,
Another student: Yes, yes, approximately the year fifty-seven, fifty-seven Hijri, yes, the first copy or edition of *The Description of the Prayer of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)*, so I took it and started reading in the mosque, I liked it, so the crazy ones stood up against me, "What is this book?!" *Sahih al-Bukhari*! People, everything in this book is authentic, now they did not accept it from me and they started fighting me, they stood against me once, may Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) that I went to al-Madinah, so the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good, came to the university, they said the Shaykh is present, they said the Shaykh is really present, they said this, and if Allah wills, the Shaykh, (Glorified and Exalted is He)! Healthy and red, and the beard not yet white, and I greeted him.
Another student: This was in the eighties of the Hijri calendar, one thousand three hundred and eighty.
Another student: Yes, I did not, I left Jeddah and came to al-Madinah.
Another student: One thousand three hundred and eighty.
Another student: The year eighty, from eighty to eighty-three...
We attended a debate between the Shaykh and Badi', Badi' al-Din, it was him or Badi' al-Sindi.
Another student: I was not there.
Another student: None of you were there, nor was the Shaykh Rabee', it was the Shaykh 'Umar Faltata and the Shaykh al-Banna Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab, and there were students of knowledge from 'Isha' to Fajr, no sleep or anything at all.
Another student: That is a lot, that was until Fajr, nights, not just one night.
Another student: He passed by me at my place and said to me, "Ya 'Abbas, we have a debate with the Shaykh Badi' al-Din, will you attend?" I said, "Let's go, in the name of Allah," but after the 'Isha' prayer, from after the 'Isha' prayer to Fajr, until the adhan, and we were in the Shaykh's house.
Another student: On what issues?
Another student: On raising the hands.
The Shaykh : On khushu', on khushu', on placing the hands after ruku'.
The student: The important thing is the Shaykh got angry at Badi' al-Din and spoke about the Shaykh with words that were not good, and the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good.
Another student: He did not respond to him.
Another student: Nor did he answer him.
The student: I remember from what the Shaykh said about this discussion that he was discussing based on the principles of the Hanafis.
Another student: How?
Another student: I asked the Shaykh about this discussion, he said the Shaykh Badi' was discussing based on the principles of the Hanafis at that time, maybe not now.
The Shaykh : The letter that he printed now...
The student: He spoke with words that were not good about the Shaykh, and the Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh : ... a lot of it, that was stuffed with weak hadiths and quotations and the like.
The student: What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : ... meaning it was a complete summary, and yet he could not do without the texts of some of the Hanafis.
The student: Allah is the helper.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The student: ...
Another student: Peace be upon you.
Another student: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Another student: And this is a picture of the manuscript, but there is a lot of disagreement between this and the manuscript...