A talk by Shaykh Al-Albani about a Shaykh named 'Abd al-Malik who has useful treatises, including one in which he clarifies the inaccuracy of prayer times in Kuwait.
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The Shaykh: What is the name of this man from your country, Klayb? What is his name?
The questioner: 'Abd al-Malik?
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner: 'Abd al-Malik?
The Shaykh: 'Abd al-Malik, it seems to me I read a treatise of his in which he states that the Fajr adhan is called a third of an hour before the time in your place!!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh: Have you seen the treatise?
The questioner: Yes, and he is a professor of astronomy as well.
The Shaykh: He is as well?
The questioner: Does he not have [one] in Saudi Arabia?
The Shaykh: Now in Kuwait, it is a third of an hour before Fajr. Here with us, it is twenty-five minutes before Fajr, or half an hour. Here in the house, we hear the iqamah in the mosque and Fajr is rising!!
The questioner: We have outdone them, praise be to Allah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: We have outdone them, praise be to Allah, Shaykh!
The Shaykh: The Kuwaitis? Yes, indeed, hehe. Well, what is the news about this Klayb?
The questioner: He is present in Kuwait.
The Shaykh: What do you mean by his direction, what is his knowledge, what is his culture, what is his direction, what is his methodology?
The questioner: Someone told us that he is a Salafi, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: A Salafi!! Good. And how old is he approximately?
The questioner: About forty now.
The Shaykh: Do you not know him personally?
The questioner: We know him, meaning a simple acquaintance, but he is about forty now.
The Shaykh: Forty, oh!
The questioner: His specialty, Shaykh, is in astronomy; he works in meteorology.
The Shaykh: Like that, and yet he wrote the treatise like this?
The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: Well, that is a good thing.
The questioner: And he has a treatise on prayer, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: He has a treatise on prayer as well.
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah.
The questioner: He has a book: The Prayer, the book on prayer is good.
The questioner: 'Abd al-Malik?
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner: 'Abd al-Malik?
The Shaykh: 'Abd al-Malik, it seems to me I read a treatise of his in which he states that the Fajr adhan is called a third of an hour before the time in your place!!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh: Have you seen the treatise?
The questioner: Yes, and he is a professor of astronomy as well.
The Shaykh: He is as well?
The questioner: Does he not have [one] in Saudi Arabia?
The Shaykh: Now in Kuwait, it is a third of an hour before Fajr. Here with us, it is twenty-five minutes before Fajr, or half an hour. Here in the house, we hear the iqamah in the mosque and Fajr is rising!!
The questioner: We have outdone them, praise be to Allah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: We have outdone them, praise be to Allah, Shaykh!
The Shaykh: The Kuwaitis? Yes, indeed, hehe. Well, what is the news about this Klayb?
The questioner: He is present in Kuwait.
The Shaykh: What do you mean by his direction, what is his knowledge, what is his culture, what is his direction, what is his methodology?
The questioner: Someone told us that he is a Salafi, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: A Salafi!! Good. And how old is he approximately?
The questioner: About forty now.
The Shaykh: Do you not know him personally?
The questioner: We know him, meaning a simple acquaintance, but he is about forty now.
The Shaykh: Forty, oh!
The questioner: His specialty, Shaykh, is in astronomy; he works in meteorology.
The Shaykh: Like that, and yet he wrote the treatise like this?
The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: Well, that is a good thing.
The questioner: And he has a treatise on prayer, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: He has a treatise on prayer as well.
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah.
The questioner: He has a book: The Prayer, the book on prayer is good.
Source
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