Refuting the false claim that there is a rift between Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani and Professor Zuheir al-Shawish . . . and the like .

Al-Hawini : Perhaps in Egypt now they are saying that betweenThe Shaykh : Nasir al-Din al-Albani and Zuheir al-Shawish ... and the like ?

The Shaykh: This is a lie. The only thing that happened is that the events that took place in Lebanon and my move from Damascus to here caused the natural relationship that existed between us and him to be severed. There was turmoil in Lebanon due to the Lebanese war on one hand, and the impossibility of contacting him personally as I used to do previously; where I would drive my car from Damascus to Beirut to discuss the printing of some matters, yes, that is right. Otherwise, this claim is undoubtedly false. But what happened is that due to the distance, he began to exert his own effort in some matters and would comment—for example—on some letters with comments based on his opinion and independent reasoning, and he thinks that there is no harm in that. As for this exaggeration that you mentioned, praise be to Allah, it has no basis.
Al-Hawini : It has no basis.