A caller asks Shaykh Al-Albani to visit him in Jordan, and the Shaykh refuses due to a lack of time and his heavy preoccupation with writing and scholarship.
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How is the Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: All right, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you.
The questioner: May Allah heal you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: O Shaykh, I have some questions!
The Shaykh: One question is enough for you.
The questioner: All right, O Shaykh, as for me, I will come to Jordan!
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: I will visit Jordan, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And I will stay in Amman; I am from the Emirates.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So I want someone to receive me, because I do not know the way, because I want to come to you.
The Shaykh: I have no excuse, I have no free time to receive people!
The questioner: What?!
The Shaykh: Excuse me, I have no free time to receive people.
The questioner: Ah, yes, fine, all right, O Shaykh, can I come there to you?!
The Shaykh: And what would you do with us?!
The questioner: I would sit with you with the students for a month!
The Shaykh: No, I do not have regular classes.
The questioner: But O Shaykh, can I not come for a month?!
The Shaykh: I do not have regular classes, not for a month or a week.
The questioner: What about your students?!
The Shaykh: My students, depending on the circumstances!
The questioner: All right, so I do not come, O Shaykh?!
The Shaykh: Yes, O Shaykh!
The questioner: Oh, O Shaykh!!
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner: Cancel the trip, if Allah wills?!
The Shaykh: You did not understand me!
The questioner : I understood, I understood.
The Shaykh : What did you understand?
The questioner: I understood that your circumstances do not allow you to do that!
The Shaykh: Then why do you keep asking: shall I come to you? If you wish to come to Amman, Amman will receive you, but I have no free time to receive every student of knowledge like you!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Welcome, peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh: There are people, glory be to Allah, who are so eager, but: "Not everything a person wishes for can he attain."
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How is the Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: All right, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh: May Allah reward you.
The questioner: May Allah heal you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: O Shaykh, I have some questions!
The Shaykh: One question is enough for you.
The questioner: All right, O Shaykh, as for me, I will come to Jordan!
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: I will visit Jordan, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And I will stay in Amman; I am from the Emirates.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So I want someone to receive me, because I do not know the way, because I want to come to you.
The Shaykh: I have no excuse, I have no free time to receive people!
The questioner: What?!
The Shaykh: Excuse me, I have no free time to receive people.
The questioner: Ah, yes, fine, all right, O Shaykh, can I come there to you?!
The Shaykh: And what would you do with us?!
The questioner: I would sit with you with the students for a month!
The Shaykh: No, I do not have regular classes.
The questioner: But O Shaykh, can I not come for a month?!
The Shaykh: I do not have regular classes, not for a month or a week.
The questioner: What about your students?!
The Shaykh: My students, depending on the circumstances!
The questioner: All right, so I do not come, O Shaykh?!
The Shaykh: Yes, O Shaykh!
The questioner: Oh, O Shaykh!!
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner: Cancel the trip, if Allah wills?!
The Shaykh: You did not understand me!
The questioner : I understood, I understood.
The Shaykh : What did you understand?
The questioner: I understood that your circumstances do not allow you to do that!
The Shaykh: Then why do you keep asking: shall I come to you? If you wish to come to Amman, Amman will receive you, but I have no free time to receive every student of knowledge like you!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Welcome, peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh: There are people, glory be to Allah, who are so eager, but: "Not everything a person wishes for can he attain."
Source
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