The Shaykh’s mention of an incident that happened to one of the Shaykhs in Sham.
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The Shaykh : This word reminded me of a joke about some of the Shaykhs of Damascus.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Your saying: "O Allah, destroy the Jews, and the Jews are sitting there." One of the teachers there in the Great Mosque—the Mosque of Banu Umayyad—was, I mean, of a gentle disposition and a joker, but truly so. During the lesson, Syria was a colony of the French at the time, and the spies were scattered everywhere, as is the case today—unfortunately!—even in the mosques. So when he got to the topic of spies, he would say: "The strange thing is that the Shari'ah taught us that in order to drive the devils away from us, we recite the Verse of the Throne, and the devil no longer enters the house in which the Verse of the Throne has been recited. He said: But there is a type of devil that if we recite the Qur'an from beginning to end, he will remain in his place on the ground and not move! [Everyone laughs!] ... those who are sitting around him!!"
The questioner : Even the sermons.
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: We were in the detention center, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: And there were spies with us, we knew them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Because we ... in the gate, and we buy all our needs from the gate.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That he was inside the prison with a notebook and a pen!! [Everyone laughs!]
The Shaykh : He was not sleeping, raising the flag, Allahu Akbar!
The questioner : So we would supplicate, saying: "O Allah, You know that we are wronged; so take revenge for us against those who wronged us!"
The Shaykh : Good, fine.
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: "O Allah, let the one who spied on us have his children killed and ... [Everyone laughs!] ... and if his order were to be revealed, it is an order that is originally revealed!"
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: ...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Your saying: "O Allah, destroy the Jews, and the Jews are sitting there." One of the teachers there in the Great Mosque—the Mosque of Banu Umayyad—was, I mean, of a gentle disposition and a joker, but truly so. During the lesson, Syria was a colony of the French at the time, and the spies were scattered everywhere, as is the case today—unfortunately!—even in the mosques. So when he got to the topic of spies, he would say: "The strange thing is that the Shari'ah taught us that in order to drive the devils away from us, we recite the Verse of the Throne, and the devil no longer enters the house in which the Verse of the Throne has been recited. He said: But there is a type of devil that if we recite the Qur'an from beginning to end, he will remain in his place on the ground and not move! [Everyone laughs!] ... those who are sitting around him!!"
The questioner : Even the sermons.
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: We were in the detention center, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: And there were spies with us, we knew them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Because we ... in the gate, and we buy all our needs from the gate.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That he was inside the prison with a notebook and a pen!! [Everyone laughs!]
The Shaykh : He was not sleeping, raising the flag, Allahu Akbar!
The questioner : So we would supplicate, saying: "O Allah, You know that we are wronged; so take revenge for us against those who wronged us!"
The Shaykh : Good, fine.
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: "O Allah, let the one who spied on us have his children killed and ... [Everyone laughs!] ... and if his order were to be revealed, it is an order that is originally revealed!"
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
Muhammad Hashim al-Hadiyyah: ...
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