The Shaykh mentioned the story of his meeting with Shaykh al-Sa'di in Sham, and with Shaykh Ibn Baz, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, and Shaykh al-Uthaymeen.

The Shaykh: ... meaning, when his son-in-law came to me and I learned from him thatThe Shaykh : in Makkah, I told him I would visit him, if Allah wills. So it turned out that he had informed him, and he hastened with good and came as a visitor.
Al-Halabi: Had you met him before, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Yes, he had visited me at my other son-in-law's place, Rida, in Makkah.
Abu Layla: Who, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : The Shaykh : Ibn al-Uthaymeen, he is now in Makkah, and Ibn Baz, yes.

The questioner: They arrived, meaning?

The Shaykh: They arrived. I don't know who told me that when he was informedThe Shaykh : of my coming for Hajj, he was very happy, especially Ibn al-Uthaymeen ... .
Al-Halabi: Praise be to Allah, and by Allah, what Allah willed, our Shaykh, he has made tremendous efforts in ... Ibn al-Uthaymeen. Where, our Shaykh, did you meet him?

The Shaykh: There was a man in Damascus, a Najdi, a big merchant with a shop in the al-Hariqa district, named Sulayman al-Qadi. Look, your question reminds me of this man, despite my great forgetfulness. His name remains in my memory. He used to visit me in the shop, as if he was seeking my company in his loneliness in Damascus, among the scholars of the madhhab and the rigidity. He rarely found a man who was Salafi in our terminology and a monotheist in their terminology. So he often sought my company, frequented my shop, and called me on the phone many times to ask me questions. One day, he called me—I don't remember if he called me in person or by phone—and he said to me thatThe Shaykh : Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di was with him and wanted to get to know you. I said, I will come to you, if Allah wills. So this Sulayman al-Qadi gathered us together in his house. He is truly a noble man, meaning a Salafi scholar, we can say, and not like many of the scholars of Najd.
Al-Halabi: Do you not remember specific discussions that took place?

The Shaykh: I don't remember, and I think there was nothing except, meaning, affection.
Abu Layla: When did he pass away?The Shaykh ؟ .
Al-Halabi: Twenty years ago, perhaps before thirty years ago, around that time.

The Shaykh: My meeting with him was certainly more than that.
Abu Layla: Ibn Baz was one of his students ... ?
Al-Halabi : The Shaykh : Muhammad Ibrahim.

The Shaykh: My meeting with him was when I first came to Riyadh with the Saudi group at that time. I sawThe Shaykh : Muhammad Ibrahim andThe Shaykh : Ibn Baz. I did not know them before.
Abu Layla: The book of al-Ghazali?

The Shaykh: And in the introduction to the new edition of Sifat al-Salah, yes, and some in Mukhtasar al-Bukhari, and some in the introduction to Muslim or a commentary on some hadiths. I seize the opportunity and respond to him. As for dedicating time to respond to him and follow up on his errors in that dangerous book, that reality requires free time, because we are reviewing the book "The Veil of the Muslim Woman," which we delayed printing because of our preoccupation with what is more important. Therefore, we cannot be preoccupied with something new before I finish these books piled up on me in order to hasten their printing.
Abu Layla: Meaning, our Shaykh, is it possible that these responses existing in Sifat or in al-Da'ifah could be gathered into a separate booklet?

The Shaykh: That is possible; but the circle would not be complete.
Al-Halabi: There is a vicious circle in the matter.