Regarding Professor Zuhayr al-Shawish and the meeting to print some Hanbali books? And what was the first thing the Islamic Office printed for the Shaykh?
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Al-Hawini: Regarding Professor Zuhayr al-Shawish, meaning the matter of meeting to print some Hanbali books?
The Shaykh : No.
Al-Hawini: How did it come about... the brothers... .
The Shaykh: Yes, he was previously among the brothers and among the enemies of Salafism. The first time we revived the Sunnah of the Eid prayer in the prayer ground, we went out, about 20 of our Salafi brothers, for the Eid prayer outside the town and outside the Maydan district where Zuhayr and many of the Muslim Brothers lived. We prayed the Eid prayer and then returned on our way. So we turned to visit a center or branch of the Muslim Brothers' center there in the Maydan district, and Zuhayr was, of course, among the members there. A discussion took place on some of the issues that were raised against the Salafis, and the issue of religious innovation and the Sunnah, and the authentic and the weak, and so on. For the first time, it was possible for Zuhayr to hear such talk, at a time when I used to frequent the Muslim Brothers' center in Dar... a place there that is known.
So the point is: that from that session, the infection of Salafism spread to Zuhayr, 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 had developed, and I had started with some writings, and he began to print my papers after this acquaintance and affection that occurred between me and him, this was how the acquaintance began.
Al-Hawini: And the first thing the Islamic Office printed for you was "The Description of Prayer" or something else?
The Shaykh: I think it was this, "The Description of Prayer"; I had printed "The Etiquettes of the Wedding," a small paper, and then when I added other additions to it, they decided to print it as well, but I no longer remember except that "The Description of Prayer" was the first thing he printed.
Al-Huwayni: Yes.
The Shaykh : No.
Al-Hawini: How did it come about... the brothers... .
The Shaykh: Yes, he was previously among the brothers and among the enemies of Salafism. The first time we revived the Sunnah of the Eid prayer in the prayer ground, we went out, about 20 of our Salafi brothers, for the Eid prayer outside the town and outside the Maydan district where Zuhayr and many of the Muslim Brothers lived. We prayed the Eid prayer and then returned on our way. So we turned to visit a center or branch of the Muslim Brothers' center there in the Maydan district, and Zuhayr was, of course, among the members there. A discussion took place on some of the issues that were raised against the Salafis, and the issue of religious innovation and the Sunnah, and the authentic and the weak, and so on. For the first time, it was possible for Zuhayr to hear such talk, at a time when I used to frequent the Muslim Brothers' center in Dar... a place there that is known.
So the point is: that from that session, the infection of Salafism spread to Zuhayr, 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 had developed, and I had started with some writings, and he began to print my papers after this acquaintance and affection that occurred between me and him, this was how the acquaintance began.
Al-Hawini: And the first thing the Islamic Office printed for you was "The Description of Prayer" or something else?
The Shaykh: I think it was this, "The Description of Prayer"; I had printed "The Etiquettes of the Wedding," a small paper, and then when I added other additions to it, they decided to print it as well, but I no longer remember except that "The Description of Prayer" was the first thing he printed.
Al-Huwayni: Yes.
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