What is your opinion on sending some of the brothers to study hadith at a university in Britain for a specific period?
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The questioner : ... some of the brothers ... our brothers are known to you, they are famous, he has a scholarship to study hadith at "Oxford University" in Britain, its duration is three years.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Its duration is three years.
The Shaykh : Its duration is three years.
The questioner : Ah, three years; so what is your opinion and your advice?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is the ultimate disgrace, seeking hadith from the lands of the disbelievers!!
The questioner : In the Arabic language - our Shaykh - also in the same way; the Arabic language is taught there.
The Shaykh : Ah, I know this, they obtain degrees in the Arabic language from those who do not master the Arabic language, may Allah have mercy on "Muhammad Amin al-Masri", he went to Britain to specialize in philosophy or no, in philosophy, in what do they call it? Education, so he was striving because entering a university there for such study or otherwise takes time, so he was striving in this regard, he felt that these Orientalists there are devoting their efforts to fighting the Sunnah, so he became enthusiastic about the Sunnah and hadith, so he requested to study hadith there, and indeed he obtained the degree from there and was employed to teach hadith at the Syrian University in Damascus, Subhan Allah! We have a friend in Damascus from our Salafi brothers named "Khalid al-Jazairi" who was his close friend to "Amin al-Masri", he wrote to him a letter telling him the story; that my direction has changed now, I came here to specialize in education, so when I found the matter to be dedicated to attacking the Sunnah, I found that I must study hadith; so that I can be able to respond to these Orientalists, and you have Al-Albani, and I at that time, of course, was in the shop.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So he told him that of course the Shaykh cannot spare the time to write answers to my questions; and therefore I ask you to be the intermediary between me and him; the correspondent, so I send the questions and you go to him at the shop, you ask him and he answers you, you write them down as bullet points, you then go and elaborate them for me, you send them to me, and Subhan Allah! I remember once I sent about twenty-four questions, yes, all regarding the doubts of the Orientalists about the Messenger - peace be upon him -, they are studying but not studying guidance, they are studying sarcasm and mockery, and the man stood firm and grew, and he obtained the degree from there, and then he was employed at the Syrian University, of course in the Faculty of Sharia department, a problematic case used to come to me from some of the youth ... they have a deviation from Islam, sometimes, of course, it happens, and sometimes he says: By Allah, it needs study, so he comes to me to consult on the matter, and may Allah - Mighty and Majestic - help us, out of His generosity and good character he used to say: Among the misfortunes of this world is that I, who graduated from Britain in hadith, am a teacher of the hadith subject in the university here, and the one we graduated through his correspondence is sitting in the shop working by the hour, this is rare!!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah have mercy on him, and then Allah wrote for us reward - Subhan Allah! - we washed him after he died and prayed over him, where? In "Switzerland".
The questioner : There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Subhan al-Muqaddir al-Hakim al-'Alim, he died in a hospital there in Switzerland, of course, a Christian, so I had a cousin there, the brother of my wife al-Qadiriyah, I informed him, he had some flexibility, they prepared everything for us, hot water and a shroud, and we prayed in a room, we prayed over him, we tried to find a nearby place to bury him in one of the Muslim cemeteries, we contacted our brother "Ismail al-Attar" because he was in Germany, and I went down to Germany, and when we were informed of the death of "Amin al-Masri" I was in Germany.
The questioner : And I came to Switzerland.
The Shaykh : And we came to Switzerland, and at first we were in Switzerland, but a visit to our brother "Ismail" we went to him, we stayed for about a week, we left "Muhammad Amin" to undergo the operation they call prostate, yes, and after the operation he did not live long, so the news of the death came to us, so we took the plane from Germany to Switzerland quickly, of course, and we took charge of the preparation and shrouding and praying over him, we contacted "Ismail" by phone so that perhaps he knows an Islamic cemetery in this disbelieving country nearby; there is none, and at that time his wife was of course with him, they took her by plane to Jeddah, and from Jeddah to Makkah, and they buried her there in "Al-Hijun Cemetery".
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes, Subhan Allah!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, what did he state?
Another questioner : He willed that he not be dissected.
The questioner : ... carries it as a burden.
The questioner : He willed that he not be dissected there.
The Shaykh : Not dissected there, yes, correct.
The questioner : I remembered a story, the story of "Kamil".
The Shaykh : Ah, it is - also - similar.
The questioner : So ... when a famous brother mentioned this to me, he said to me: Look for me the Shaykh's opinion, he said to me although I am striving to do my utmost for the scholarship to be for Saudi Arabia for the Islamic University of the City, he said: perhaps the matters will not go well; because the politics ... .
The Shaykh : The politics are messed up.
The questioner : Ah, so as for ... the scholarship ... Britain has flexibility, the scholarship there.
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except with Allah!
The questioner : So he said to me: Look for me what the Shaykh's opinion is.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Its duration is three years.
The Shaykh : Its duration is three years.
The questioner : Ah, three years; so what is your opinion and your advice?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is the ultimate disgrace, seeking hadith from the lands of the disbelievers!!
The questioner : In the Arabic language - our Shaykh - also in the same way; the Arabic language is taught there.
The Shaykh : Ah, I know this, they obtain degrees in the Arabic language from those who do not master the Arabic language, may Allah have mercy on "Muhammad Amin al-Masri", he went to Britain to specialize in philosophy or no, in philosophy, in what do they call it? Education, so he was striving because entering a university there for such study or otherwise takes time, so he was striving in this regard, he felt that these Orientalists there are devoting their efforts to fighting the Sunnah, so he became enthusiastic about the Sunnah and hadith, so he requested to study hadith there, and indeed he obtained the degree from there and was employed to teach hadith at the Syrian University in Damascus, Subhan Allah! We have a friend in Damascus from our Salafi brothers named "Khalid al-Jazairi" who was his close friend to "Amin al-Masri", he wrote to him a letter telling him the story; that my direction has changed now, I came here to specialize in education, so when I found the matter to be dedicated to attacking the Sunnah, I found that I must study hadith; so that I can be able to respond to these Orientalists, and you have Al-Albani, and I at that time, of course, was in the shop.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So he told him that of course the Shaykh cannot spare the time to write answers to my questions; and therefore I ask you to be the intermediary between me and him; the correspondent, so I send the questions and you go to him at the shop, you ask him and he answers you, you write them down as bullet points, you then go and elaborate them for me, you send them to me, and Subhan Allah! I remember once I sent about twenty-four questions, yes, all regarding the doubts of the Orientalists about the Messenger - peace be upon him -, they are studying but not studying guidance, they are studying sarcasm and mockery, and the man stood firm and grew, and he obtained the degree from there, and then he was employed at the Syrian University, of course in the Faculty of Sharia department, a problematic case used to come to me from some of the youth ... they have a deviation from Islam, sometimes, of course, it happens, and sometimes he says: By Allah, it needs study, so he comes to me to consult on the matter, and may Allah - Mighty and Majestic - help us, out of His generosity and good character he used to say: Among the misfortunes of this world is that I, who graduated from Britain in hadith, am a teacher of the hadith subject in the university here, and the one we graduated through his correspondence is sitting in the shop working by the hour, this is rare!!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah have mercy on him, and then Allah wrote for us reward - Subhan Allah! - we washed him after he died and prayed over him, where? In "Switzerland".
The questioner : There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Subhan al-Muqaddir al-Hakim al-'Alim, he died in a hospital there in Switzerland, of course, a Christian, so I had a cousin there, the brother of my wife al-Qadiriyah, I informed him, he had some flexibility, they prepared everything for us, hot water and a shroud, and we prayed in a room, we prayed over him, we tried to find a nearby place to bury him in one of the Muslim cemeteries, we contacted our brother "Ismail al-Attar" because he was in Germany, and I went down to Germany, and when we were informed of the death of "Amin al-Masri" I was in Germany.
The questioner : And I came to Switzerland.
The Shaykh : And we came to Switzerland, and at first we were in Switzerland, but a visit to our brother "Ismail" we went to him, we stayed for about a week, we left "Muhammad Amin" to undergo the operation they call prostate, yes, and after the operation he did not live long, so the news of the death came to us, so we took the plane from Germany to Switzerland quickly, of course, and we took charge of the preparation and shrouding and praying over him, we contacted "Ismail" by phone so that perhaps he knows an Islamic cemetery in this disbelieving country nearby; there is none, and at that time his wife was of course with him, they took her by plane to Jeddah, and from Jeddah to Makkah, and they buried her there in "Al-Hijun Cemetery".
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes, Subhan Allah!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, what did he state?
Another questioner : He willed that he not be dissected.
The questioner : ... carries it as a burden.
The questioner : He willed that he not be dissected there.
The Shaykh : Not dissected there, yes, correct.
The questioner : I remembered a story, the story of "Kamil".
The Shaykh : Ah, it is - also - similar.
The questioner : So ... when a famous brother mentioned this to me, he said to me: Look for me the Shaykh's opinion, he said to me although I am striving to do my utmost for the scholarship to be for Saudi Arabia for the Islamic University of the City, he said: perhaps the matters will not go well; because the politics ... .
The Shaykh : The politics are messed up.
The questioner : Ah, so as for ... the scholarship ... Britain has flexibility, the scholarship there.
The Shaykh : There is no power nor strength except with Allah!
The questioner : So he said to me: Look for me what the Shaykh's opinion is.
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