The student’s mention of the story of the Hamas group expelling a da'iyah from the mosque who was teaching wudu and religion.

Abu Layla: Shaykh, in the story of the brother there, I am more amazed by this regarding Hamas than by what I am saying.

The Shaykh : NoAbu Layla: If you would tell us about it, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.Abu Layla: No problem, my brother... the story.
The student : ...Abu Layla: About the farm, these chickens.
The student: If the Shaykh would allow us.

The Shaykh : Please, my brother.
The student : There is no god but Allah.

The Shaykh: We live here far from events, and therefore it matters to us to know what is happening.
The student: By Allah, the strangest thing is the encroachment on mosques, not on individuals.

The Shaykh : Also.
The student: So I am speaking about the mosque, brother. The Shaykh is Yasin al-Asfar; perhaps you have heard of him.
Another student : Yes, yes.
The student: Yes, he is a graduate of the Islamic University in Madinah al-Munawwarah. So we teach, meaning, the mosques, as you know, the mosques in the Gaza Strip are mostly popular, run by individuals.

The Shaykh: The people.
The student: The people are not affiliated with the Waqf or with [the authority]. So the owner of the mosque, which was built on his land, offered to Shaykh Yasin al-Asfar to come to teach in the mosque, to educate and spread the da'wah, and that his da'wah be for Allah alone, seeking no position, no chair, nothing but seeking the pleasure of Allah.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The student: And supporting the truth. So he came to the mosque after it had been ruined, meaning, only a few people were praying in it. When he came to teach, the Shaykh, first, they come as usual to attend the lessons of knowledge. If you please, Shaykh, we need to sweep. Come, my son, sweep... Shaykh, we need to call the adhan. Just one, try the sound. Call the adhan, my brother. Come, Shaykh... Lead the people in prayer. And after two or three days, or rather, he says, "Ah, I want to go up to the minbar. You give the khutbah and I give the khutbah. Who brought you here? We are the people of the area and have more right. Well, my brother, who authorized you to go up to the minbar? I was authorized by many scholars, and who authorized you to go up to the minbar of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? Who authorized you?" So the fitnah occurred there. "You are the imam, we are the people of the mosque." The important thing is, he said to him, "If you are a Shaykh from the College of Hadith in Madinah al-Munawwarah, we have our own Shuyukh." So the Shaykh was caught by the Shaykh of Hamas, and he said, "Who is responsible for you?" The Shaykh said, "So and so," andThe Shaykh: So and so. Now, one outsider and one on Tell al-Zuhur, may Allah guide him to Islam. So the Shuyukh sat together and discussed. The Shaykh of Hamas said to him, "I want to whisper a word to you." He said, "Words, meaning, there is no hidden speech; the speech is all open before the public, because , we are manifest. We are speaking about the matter of the mosque; it does not need conspiracies or... manifestation. So he said to him, "I want to whisper a word in your ear." He said, "If you want something, speak." So the discussion heated up and they debated, and so on. The important thing is, they became angry with each other. And the Shaykh of Hamas went out of the mosque and said, "O Shaykh Yasin, if you return to this mosque, let his leg be cut off" with this wording. So his followers said, "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar..." Here is a da'iyah, a caller, who comes to spread the religion and teach them how to perform wudu and how to face the qiblah, and they do not want that. This is a greater crime than the crime of encroachment on the sanctities of Allah and on the mosques. So there is no power and no strength except with Allah!