Shaykh Shu'ayb stated that your work with the Islamic Office was salaried, and that he worked with you for 15 years at the same desk.
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Al-Hawini: Okay; regarding your work with the Islamic Office, I learned fromThe Shaykh : Shu'ayb that you worked for a salary?
The Shaykh: Yes, indeed. For a few years, I worked for him four hours... when, I mean, after he moved to Beirut to his office and left a branch in Damascus, this kind of interaction no longer existed between us and him. This is true; it was the case at one time.
Al-Huwaini:The Shaykh : Shu'ayb says: I worked withThe Shaykh : Nasser for 15 years at the same desk?
The Shaykh: A liar.
Al-Hawini: 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 final... the Zahiriyyah Library. He was working for Zuheir in Beirut, then he was transferred to his branch in Damascus, so there he moved to the Zahiriyyah Library, and indeed he sat at the desk. As for this expression, it contains exaggeration in two aspects: the first aspect is the time, 15 years!! The other aspect is the same desk. I had a desk in the Zahiriyyah Library before I moved to the room, and it was two desks: one belonging to the library, and another that I added, 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 indeed had a desk opposite me; a desk from the library's desks, I mean. So I do not know what he is. If he were, for example, a beloved rather than a hated person, I would understand that the intention of this statement is to get close toThe Shaykh : I mean; that he worked with him for 15 years. This statement is not correct.
Another questioner: ... O Shaykh, in Damascus.
The Shaykh: It is not good to expand on the topic now, with this morning we are exposed to... people; so, please excuse me.
The Shaykh: Yes, indeed. For a few years, I worked for him four hours... when, I mean, after he moved to Beirut to his office and left a branch in Damascus, this kind of interaction no longer existed between us and him. This is true; it was the case at one time.
Al-Huwaini:The Shaykh : Shu'ayb says: I worked withThe Shaykh : Nasser for 15 years at the same desk?
The Shaykh: A liar.
Al-Hawini: 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 final... the Zahiriyyah Library. He was working for Zuheir in Beirut, then he was transferred to his branch in Damascus, so there he moved to the Zahiriyyah Library, and indeed he sat at the desk. As for this expression, it contains exaggeration in two aspects: the first aspect is the time, 15 years!! The other aspect is the same desk. I had a desk in the Zahiriyyah Library before I moved to the room, and it was two desks: one belonging to the library, and another that I added, 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 indeed had a desk opposite me; a desk from the library's desks, I mean. So I do not know what he is. If he were, for example, a beloved rather than a hated person, I would understand that the intention of this statement is to get close toThe Shaykh : I mean; that he worked with him for 15 years. This statement is not correct.
Another questioner: ... O Shaykh, in Damascus.
The Shaykh: It is not good to expand on the topic now, with this morning we are exposed to... people; so, please excuse me.
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