Introduction by Shaykh Shuqara (may Allah have mercy on him) preceding the words of Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him).
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The Shaykh : His saying (peace be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 4823Sahih (Al-Albani), and there is another hadith and other hadiths; perhaps when the collection is complete, it would be good to recite them for your ears, if Allah wills. Allahu Akbar. Please, Abu 'Abdullah.
The student : ...
Shuqara: We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can mislead, and whoever He misleads, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His messenger.[Ali 'Imran 3:102], [An-Nisa 4:1], [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71]. As for what follows:
Indeed, the truest of speech is the Book of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The worst of matters are their innovations, every innovation is a religious innovation, every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
My brothers, this is a rare opportunity that allows us to meet in such a gathering, while we are upon a unified methodology in the truth, if Allah wills. We do not seek what people seek with their knowledge, but rather we seek the good of this world and the Hereafter, which brings us closer to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), draws us near to His Paradise, and grants us His reward in the Hereafter, if Allah wills. The Hereafter is the true life, as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said, if only they would use their reason. Therefore, I say that the presence of our Shaykh in a country— I do not say we are close to him, but even if he were in a vast continent far from us, and if he were among people other than the people of our country or people from other countries—it would be fitting for them to strive to reach him, to draw from his knowledge, and to benefit from the blessing of the pure Sunnah that Allah has bestowed upon him. We do not know in our time anyone who is more proficient in it, more comprehensive in his knowledge of the chains of narrators, and more capable of distinguishing the weak from the good and authentic, and of knowing the ranks of hadith, high and low, and other sciences of the pure Sunnah, than our Shaykh, praise be to Allah. And if people from afar disdain his knowledge...The Shaykh : ...not because it is merely knowledge, but because they are too weak to carry this knowledge in their minds, and they fall prey to it in the truth. We, praise be to Allah by whose grace good deeds are completed, do not know of ourselves except that we love the truth and strive for it, and... ourselves, however much we cut away in the path of reaching it, acting upon it, and verifying it. And if our Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good, prolong his life, bless his efforts, and benefit us and the Muslims in general with his knowledge, and he is present among us in this blessed country, if Allah wills, and if that is the case, then we should be the most eager to acquire what we are able to and what our minds and hearts can bear with him. And I have said repeatedly and again that the presence...The Shaykh : ...of Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani in Jordan is a blessing that Allah has bestowed upon Jordan and its people. So happy are we, the people of Jordan, with what Allah has bestowed upon us in the presence of our Shaykh, our teacher, our beloved, our presenter, and the presenter of the scholars of our time. We do not exaggerate in this, nor do we go beyond the truth; rather, we fall short of it. We do not say more, but we diminish...The Shaykh : ...his right if we say less than that, for he is worthy of more and more than what I have mentioned. People are known by their effects, and our Shaykh, may Allah preserve him, prolong his life, extend his lifespan, and bless his efforts, is who he is, as we know and as people know about him. We ask Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) to increase our adherence to the Sunnah and our striving to act upon it, and to make our hearts connected to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and its means... its means in our time, our Shaykh, may Allah preserve him and protect him. And I would like to say here to my brothers that our Shaykh, in these days and before these days for a period that is not short, is occupied with the vast wealth of knowledge he possesses, bringing out its treasures and presenting them to the Muslims everywhere on earth, and even to non-Muslims. That is because this knowledge, which is unique in this time, is possessed by few, and those striving for it are few, and those making progress toward it are few. So we ask Allah to make us among those few who strive for these few and discipline themselves to strive for these few, if Allah wills. And from here I say that our eagerness to take what we take is for only one thing: that we know that this knowledge is what straightens the minds, what steadies the hearts, what grows knowledge in the breasts, and what enables a person to distinguish truth from falsehood, and by which the paths of guidance become clear to him, and he knows thereby the intent of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to follow his path after him. Perhaps in this hadith, if our Shaykh permits us to cite a hadith before him, which is, we ask Allah to make us among them. And now I leave the discourse or the occasion to our Shaykh and our teacher, perhaps he will bestow upon us from what Allah has bestowed upon him, and let us be, in truth and sincerity, if Allah wills, students of good, guidance, and dutifulness. May Allah reward you with good for us.
How is it that I see you in separate groups?
ما لي أراكم عزين ؟!The student : ...
Shuqara: We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can mislead, and whoever He misleads, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His messenger.
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا * يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًاIndeed, the truest of speech is the Book of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The worst of matters are their innovations, every innovation is a religious innovation, every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
My brothers, this is a rare opportunity that allows us to meet in such a gathering, while we are upon a unified methodology in the truth, if Allah wills. We do not seek what people seek with their knowledge, but rather we seek the good of this world and the Hereafter, which brings us closer to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), draws us near to His Paradise, and grants us His reward in the Hereafter, if Allah wills. The Hereafter is the true life, as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said, if only they would use their reason. Therefore, I say that the presence of our Shaykh in a country— I do not say we are close to him, but even if he were in a vast continent far from us, and if he were among people other than the people of our country or people from other countries—it would be fitting for them to strive to reach him, to draw from his knowledge, and to benefit from the blessing of the pure Sunnah that Allah has bestowed upon him. We do not know in our time anyone who is more proficient in it, more comprehensive in his knowledge of the chains of narrators, and more capable of distinguishing the weak from the good and authentic, and of knowing the ranks of hadith, high and low, and other sciences of the pure Sunnah, than our Shaykh, praise be to Allah. And if people from afar disdain his knowledge...The Shaykh : ...not because it is merely knowledge, but because they are too weak to carry this knowledge in their minds, and they fall prey to it in the truth. We, praise be to Allah by whose grace good deeds are completed, do not know of ourselves except that we love the truth and strive for it, and... ourselves, however much we cut away in the path of reaching it, acting upon it, and verifying it. And if our Shaykh, may Allah reward him with good, prolong his life, bless his efforts, and benefit us and the Muslims in general with his knowledge, and he is present among us in this blessed country, if Allah wills, and if that is the case, then we should be the most eager to acquire what we are able to and what our minds and hearts can bear with him. And I have said repeatedly and again that the presence...The Shaykh : ...of Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani in Jordan is a blessing that Allah has bestowed upon Jordan and its people. So happy are we, the people of Jordan, with what Allah has bestowed upon us in the presence of our Shaykh, our teacher, our beloved, our presenter, and the presenter of the scholars of our time. We do not exaggerate in this, nor do we go beyond the truth; rather, we fall short of it. We do not say more, but we diminish...The Shaykh : ...his right if we say less than that, for he is worthy of more and more than what I have mentioned. People are known by their effects, and our Shaykh, may Allah preserve him, prolong his life, extend his lifespan, and bless his efforts, is who he is, as we know and as people know about him. We ask Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) to increase our adherence to the Sunnah and our striving to act upon it, and to make our hearts connected to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and its means... its means in our time, our Shaykh, may Allah preserve him and protect him. And I would like to say here to my brothers that our Shaykh, in these days and before these days for a period that is not short, is occupied with the vast wealth of knowledge he possesses, bringing out its treasures and presenting them to the Muslims everywhere on earth, and even to non-Muslims. That is because this knowledge, which is unique in this time, is possessed by few, and those striving for it are few, and those making progress toward it are few. So we ask Allah to make us among those few who strive for these few and discipline themselves to strive for these few, if Allah wills. And from here I say that our eagerness to take what we take is for only one thing: that we know that this knowledge is what straightens the minds, what steadies the hearts, what grows knowledge in the breasts, and what enables a person to distinguish truth from falsehood, and by which the paths of guidance become clear to him, and he knows thereby the intent of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to follow his path after him. Perhaps in this hadith, if our Shaykh permits us to cite a hadith before him, which is
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he asked his Companions, "Which of the believers is most amazing?" They said, "Or which of the believers is most amazing?" They said, "The prophets." He said, "What is wrong with them that they do not believe, and what is wrong with them that they do not believe, while revelation is being sent down to them?" They said, "We," or they said, "The angels." They said, "The angels." He said, "What is wrong with them that they do not believe, while they are with their Lord?" Then they said, "The prophets." He said, "What is wrong with them that they do not believe, while revelation is being sent down to them?" Then they said, "We, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "What is wrong with you that you do not believe, while I am among you or with you? The most amazing people in faith are a group that will come after you, who will believe in what is in these scrolls."
أن النبي - عليه الصلاة والسلام - عندما سأل أصحابه أي المؤمنين أعجب ؟ فقالوا أو أي المؤمنين أعجب ؟ فقالوا : الأنبياء فقال : وما لهم لا يؤمنون وما لهم لا يؤمنون والوحي ينزل عليهم ؟ قالوا : نحن أو قالوا الملائكة قالوا : الملائكة قال : ما لهم لا يؤمنون وهم عند ربهم ثم قالوا : الأنبياء قال : ما لهم لا يؤمنون والوحي ينزل عليهم ؟ ثم قالوا : نحن يا رسول الله قال : وما لكم لا تؤمنون وأنا بينكم أو فيكم إنما أعجب الناس إيمانا قوم يأتون من بعدكم يؤمنون بما في هذه الصحف
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