How did you reach an agreement with Professor Zuhayr al-Shawish to publish books, given that he was with the Muslim Brotherhood?
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The questioner : Regarding Professor Zuhayr al-Shawish, I mean, the matter of meeting to publish some books and the like?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : How did this come about, I mean, and Professor Zuhayr was with the Brotherhood, as we know?
The Shaykh : Yes, he was previously with the Brotherhood and among the enemies of the Salafis. The first time we revived the Sunnah of the Eid prayer in the prayer ground, we went out with about twenty of our Salafi brothers for the Eid prayer outside the town and outside the al-Maydan district where Zuhayr and many of the Muslim Brotherhood resided. We prayed the Eid prayer and then returned on our way, so we diverted to visit a center or branch of the Muslim Brotherhood center there in the al-Maydan district. Zuhayr was, of course, among the members there. A discussion took place on some of the issues that were raised against the Salafis, the issue of religious innovation and the Sunnah, and authentic and weak [hadiths], and so on. For the first time, Zuhayr was given the opportunity to hear such talk, at a time when I used to frequent the Muslim Brotherhood center in *Bab al-Jabiyah*, a place known there.
The point is: from that session, the infection spread to Zuhayr, the infection of the Salafi methodology, and the sessions between us and him began to multiply. Then he opened a printing library in a district called *al-Halabuni*. Because of this acquaintance that developed, and I had started with some writings, and he began to print my papers after this acquaintance and affection that arose between me and him, this was how the acquaintance began.
The questioner : And the first thing printed for you at the Islamic Bookstore was *Sifat al-Salah* or another book?
The Shaykh : I think it was this one, *Sifat al-Salah*. I had printed *Adab al-Zafaf*, a small paper, and later when I added other additions to it, he printed it as well, but I no longer remember except that *Sifat al-Salah* was the first thing he printed.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : How did this come about, I mean, and Professor Zuhayr was with the Brotherhood, as we know?
The Shaykh : Yes, he was previously with the Brotherhood and among the enemies of the Salafis. The first time we revived the Sunnah of the Eid prayer in the prayer ground, we went out with about twenty of our Salafi brothers for the Eid prayer outside the town and outside the al-Maydan district where Zuhayr and many of the Muslim Brotherhood resided. We prayed the Eid prayer and then returned on our way, so we diverted to visit a center or branch of the Muslim Brotherhood center there in the al-Maydan district. Zuhayr was, of course, among the members there. A discussion took place on some of the issues that were raised against the Salafis, the issue of religious innovation and the Sunnah, and authentic and weak [hadiths], and so on. For the first time, Zuhayr was given the opportunity to hear such talk, at a time when I used to frequent the Muslim Brotherhood center in *Bab al-Jabiyah*, a place known there.
The point is: from that session, the infection spread to Zuhayr, the infection of the Salafi methodology, and the sessions between us and him began to multiply. Then he opened a printing library in a district called *al-Halabuni*. Because of this acquaintance that developed, and I had started with some writings, and he began to print my papers after this acquaintance and affection that arose between me and him, this was how the acquaintance began.
The questioner : And the first thing printed for you at the Islamic Bookstore was *Sifat al-Salah* or another book?
The Shaykh : I think it was this one, *Sifat al-Salah*. I had printed *Adab al-Zafaf*, a small paper, and later when I added other additions to it, he printed it as well, but I no longer remember except that *Sifat al-Salah* was the first thing he printed.
The questioner : Yes.