The Shaykh "Al-Kawthari": Did you meet him?
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Al-Hawini: Okay; Shaykh "Al-Kawthari," did you meet him?
The Shaykh: No, I do not know him except from some of his works.
Al-Hawini: Even though he was, so to speak, a contemporary of yours.
The Shaykh: Yes; but he was in Egypt and I was in Damascus, yes, and I did not come to Egypt while he was alive.
The Shaykh: No, I do not know him except from some of his works.
Al-Hawini: Even though he was, so to speak, a contemporary of yours.
The Shaykh: Yes; but he was in Egypt and I was in Damascus, yes, and I did not come to Egypt while he was alive.
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