I learned from Shaykh Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut that your work with the Islamic Office was on a salary, and he said
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The questioner : Okay, regarding your work with the Islamic Office, I learned from Shaykh Shu'ayb later that you worked on a salary?
The Shaykh : Yes, for a few years I worked for him four hours... when he moved to Beirut to his office, and he left a branch in Damascus, so this kind of interaction did not remain between us and him. This is true, it happened at one time.
The questioner : Shaykh Shu'ayb says: "I worked with Shaykh Nasir for fifteen years at the same table"?
The Shaykh : Liar, liar.
The questioner : So this did not happen?!
The Shaykh : He was an official employee at the Islamic Office, that is one thing, for a period of time. And in the end, the Zahiriyyah Library was good for him. He was working for Zuheir in Beirut, then he was transferred to its branch in Damascus, so there he moved to the Zahiriyyah Library. And indeed he sat at a table, but this expression contains exaggeration in two ways:
The first way: the time, fifteen years!!
The other way: at the same table. I had a table in the Zahiriyyah Library before I moved to the room, and it was two tables: one belonging to the library, and one I added. It was in a corner of the library such that no one could enter to me, because the entrance is only the width of a person. But he did have a table opposite, a table from the library's tables, so I do not know what he means. If he were, for example, a friend rather than an enemy, I would understand that the intention of this statement was to show closeness to the Shaykh, meaning that he worked with him for fifteen years. This statement is not correct. Also, in what precedes, it is not good for us to expand on the topic, because this is something that has passed, so we do not expose people to it.
The Shaykh : Yes, for a few years I worked for him four hours... when he moved to Beirut to his office, and he left a branch in Damascus, so this kind of interaction did not remain between us and him. This is true, it happened at one time.
The questioner : Shaykh Shu'ayb says: "I worked with Shaykh Nasir for fifteen years at the same table"?
The Shaykh : Liar, liar.
The questioner : So this did not happen?!
The Shaykh : He was an official employee at the Islamic Office, that is one thing, for a period of time. And in the end, the Zahiriyyah Library was good for him. He was working for Zuheir in Beirut, then he was transferred to its branch in Damascus, so there he moved to the Zahiriyyah Library. And indeed he sat at a table, but this expression contains exaggeration in two ways:
The first way: the time, fifteen years!!
The other way: at the same table. I had a table in the Zahiriyyah Library before I moved to the room, and it was two tables: one belonging to the library, and one I added. It was in a corner of the library such that no one could enter to me, because the entrance is only the width of a person. But he did have a table opposite, a table from the library's tables, so I do not know what he means. If he were, for example, a friend rather than an enemy, I would understand that the intention of this statement was to show closeness to the Shaykh, meaning that he worked with him for fifteen years. This statement is not correct. Also, in what precedes, it is not good for us to expand on the topic, because this is something that has passed, so we do not expose people to it.