The importance of the methodology of purification and education, and an explanation of the state of the Ummah with this methodology.

The Shaykh: We are far from purification, the farthest distance, O Shaykh. The disagreement between a brother and his brother in da'wah is a doctrinal disagreement, an intellectual disagreement, an educational disagreement. But you look at it with an unexamined emotional gaze. The disagreement is terrible. Now the offices are full. Look at this book. The publishing houses are now full of scholarly books. What is the motivation for them? It is to obtain the material, not the book. Where is the book you brought me, Ya 'Isam? Yes, this is it: *Al-Adab al-Mufrad* by Imam al-Bukhari, arranged and introduced by Kamil Yusuf al-Hut. You open the book, look at the introduction, and you are pleased by it. You read inside, and it is true what is said among us in Syria: "Read and you will be happy; try and you will be sad." Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. This one who wrote it, his name here is al-Hut. The introduction says, "Praise be to Allah, and so on: 'And we mention here that this book, *Al-Adab al-Mufrad*, has been printed many times, but the research into it and the digging out of the hadiths requires effort and hardship. So here I present to the researcher this book in this simplified manner to facilitate it for him and to spread the benefit.'" You open the book and you find it a copy of all the printed editions that he distinguished in the introduction, and he said that he arranged them up to here. He placed them in the order of the author. He did nothing at all. And the introduction he placed is to praise his book in order to promote the merchandise. Now the authors and publishers are not the ones we knew before; they are different. We know, for example, there was the Egyptian Bulaq Press, and the correctors there were distinguished scholars. No book would come out of them except one close to the Qur'an, with no typographical error. But now, Allahu Akbar, you see deception and distortion of the truth that a person cannot imagine. Where is the purification and where is the education? Purification is easy, but it requires men. Purification is very difficult with the existence of millions of Muslims who are in need of education along with the correct purification. The summary: after two months, you say, "Shall we consider it a promise?"

The questioner: I promise you, if Allah wills. You are promising me.

The Shaykh: Fine, you promise me, and I promise you. Before you come here, call me on the phone, and in light of the circumstances in which I live, we will have a session or two sessions in advance, in two days or in one day, and so on. What do you think of this promise? Do you accept it, if Allah wills?

The questioner : May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh: May Allah bless you. Then, Subhanak Allah wa bihamdika, ashhadu an la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk.
The student: Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman... This is the biography of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Khalq.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: This is the biography of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman.
Another student: His life story.

The Shaykh: In his own words.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh: Between whom and whom?
The student: One named Khalid al-Kharaz.
Another student: He is asking him...

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: And this is the last book of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman... And this is approximately a sermon...

The Shaykh: Yes, if Allah wills, may this sermon be a step toward removing the misunderstanding, and may it not be a straw on a camel's back. Say, Ameen.
The student: Ameen. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Once again, for...

The Shaykh: ... and welcome to you all. Welcome.
The student: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The student: Shaykh, regarding the point raised by... Brother Salim, he means the young man... Shaykh Nasser and so on, he said, "I wish... we would like to sit with him and benefit from him."

The Shaykh : Who is he?
The student: Brother Basam Nasser wrote articles.

The Shaykh: I knew this from what Abu Islam said about him.
The student: By Allah, I know the person personally, I mean.

The Shaykh: But you do not know him well.
The student: By Allah, I think I know him well.
Another student: This is the one I told you about, O our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: I know, I know. And therefore I tell him, "You do not know him, you do not know him."
The student: We will learn from you, O Shaykh. Teach us.

The Shaykh: It requires sessions.
The student: There is no field, for example.

The Shaykh: No, no, there is no field. We have a field for people.