You rented a house to hold Salafi lessons; what was the methodology followed in your lessons?
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Al-Hawini: Okay; meaning, it was mentioned in the previous session that you rented a house in Damascus for...
The Shaykh: Some of the lessons.
Al-Hawini: The Salafi lessons and the like; what was the methodology followed among you at that time? Did you read from a book, or were they general lessons from...?
The Shaykh: No, I remember that the first thing I taught the brothers was the book *Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad* by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. I would read them a section from *al-Zad*, then comment on it with whatever knowledge I had previously or with notes I had prepared before attending the lesson. The lesson at that time was between three-quarters of an hour and a full hour, followed by half an hour for answering questions. After I finished the first part of *Zad al-Ma'ad*, I think—and Allah knows best if I have not forgotten—they asked me to teach them the book *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah*. Because, in truth, *Zad al-Ma'ad* is a scholarly book that not every student can handle, whereas *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah* is condensed, so it seems. So, I actually taught them this book from beginning to end. And so, afterwards, I think *al-Tarhib wa al-Targhib* came next. From all these studies, there was a scholarly effort whose essence was preparation. And among the results of that were *al-Tala'iq al-Jiyad 'ala Zad al-Ma'ad*—meaning the first part—and notes present in the margins of *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah*, and *al-Tala'iq al-Raghib 'ala al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*. Because it was my nature not to recite a hadith to them without verifying its authenticity and confirming what is meant by its jurisprudence or meaning. This was the case with the lesson held there.
But a correction is necessary; then we took permission at some stages for a room in the house. But later, one of our brothers volunteered an apartment of his, making it almost an endowment for this lesson. The apartment consisted of four units, but he did not raise the partition walls between them, so it became a mosque, meaning one without walls. So, this place would fill up with those eager to receive knowledge. And now, perhaps we can suffice with this until another day, and let that be tomorrow, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Some of the lessons.
Al-Hawini: The Salafi lessons and the like; what was the methodology followed among you at that time? Did you read from a book, or were they general lessons from...?
The Shaykh: No, I remember that the first thing I taught the brothers was the book *Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad* by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. I would read them a section from *al-Zad*, then comment on it with whatever knowledge I had previously or with notes I had prepared before attending the lesson. The lesson at that time was between three-quarters of an hour and a full hour, followed by half an hour for answering questions. After I finished the first part of *Zad al-Ma'ad*, I think—and Allah knows best if I have not forgotten—they asked me to teach them the book *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah*. Because, in truth, *Zad al-Ma'ad* is a scholarly book that not every student can handle, whereas *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah* is condensed, so it seems. So, I actually taught them this book from beginning to end. And so, afterwards, I think *al-Tarhib wa al-Targhib* came next. From all these studies, there was a scholarly effort whose essence was preparation. And among the results of that were *al-Tala'iq al-Jiyad 'ala Zad al-Ma'ad*—meaning the first part—and notes present in the margins of *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah*, and *al-Tala'iq al-Raghib 'ala al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*. Because it was my nature not to recite a hadith to them without verifying its authenticity and confirming what is meant by its jurisprudence or meaning. This was the case with the lesson held there.
But a correction is necessary; then we took permission at some stages for a room in the house. But later, one of our brothers volunteered an apartment of his, making it almost an endowment for this lesson. The apartment consisted of four units, but he did not raise the partition walls between them, so it became a mosque, meaning one without walls. So, this place would fill up with those eager to receive knowledge. And now, perhaps we can suffice with this until another day, and let that be tomorrow, if Allah wills.
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