What is your opinion of Shaykh 'Ubayd Allah al-Rahmani al-Mubarakpuri al-Hindi, the head of the Salafi University?
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The questioner: Shaykh 'Ubayd Allah al-Rahmani al-Mubarakpuri, the Indian head of the Salafi University.
The Shaykh : I have not heard news about him for years, but it appears that the man is a distinguished scholar. I met him on several occasions during the Hajj season in the past. He is one of the few scholars whose demeanor and conduct indicate that their knowledge was for the sake of Allah.
The student : There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Not for showing off, or for trading in knowledge, or anything similar to that. I no longer remember; perhaps he was my age or older. Does anyone here know him?
The student: By Allah, Shaykh Rabee' al-Madkhali mentioned him, but we do not know him.
The Shaykh: You do not know him?
The student: What I remember is that he is advanced in age, and perhaps he is a student of the author of *al-Tuhfah*.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is him.
The student : Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman.
The Shaykh : But I wanted to say that, although he may be of my generation or older, he had excellent manners that made me feel shy because of his humility. We used to sit in one of the tents in Mina, and you know how people from all classes gather there during the season. Glory be to Allah, his manners made me shy; he would not speak as long as Al-Albani was present in the gathering. I was in Sham and sent him a copy of my book *Rulings on Funerals*. He sent me a letter saying how sorry he was that he did not have a copy preserved. He said that, to the extent that I had looked into and read, I had not found a book like this one in terms of argument, evidence, and reliance on the Sunnah. From that day, I understood that the man is a scholar. I do not know if he is still alive?
The student : Yes, yes, he is still alive.
The Shaykh: He is still alive.
The student : Yes, Shaykh Rabee' al-Madkhali spoke about him recently, as Allah knows.
The Shaykh : In a lecture?
The student : Yes, referring to the Salafis in the world.
The Shaykh : I have not heard news about him for years, but it appears that the man is a distinguished scholar. I met him on several occasions during the Hajj season in the past. He is one of the few scholars whose demeanor and conduct indicate that their knowledge was for the sake of Allah.
The student : There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Not for showing off, or for trading in knowledge, or anything similar to that. I no longer remember; perhaps he was my age or older. Does anyone here know him?
The student: By Allah, Shaykh Rabee' al-Madkhali mentioned him, but we do not know him.
The Shaykh: You do not know him?
The student: What I remember is that he is advanced in age, and perhaps he is a student of the author of *al-Tuhfah*.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is him.
The student : Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman.
The Shaykh : But I wanted to say that, although he may be of my generation or older, he had excellent manners that made me feel shy because of his humility. We used to sit in one of the tents in Mina, and you know how people from all classes gather there during the season. Glory be to Allah, his manners made me shy; he would not speak as long as Al-Albani was present in the gathering. I was in Sham and sent him a copy of my book *Rulings on Funerals*. He sent me a letter saying how sorry he was that he did not have a copy preserved. He said that, to the extent that I had looked into and read, I had not found a book like this one in terms of argument, evidence, and reliance on the Sunnah. From that day, I understood that the man is a scholar. I do not know if he is still alive?
The student : Yes, yes, he is still alive.
The Shaykh: He is still alive.
The student : Yes, Shaykh Rabee' al-Madkhali spoke about him recently, as Allah knows.
The Shaykh : In a lecture?
The student : Yes, referring to the Salafis in the world.
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