He was asked about the Shaykh’s base during Hajj.

The Shaykh : Due to your desire, meaning everyone wants to get Al-Albani, and I am sorry for that; because I fear fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for myself.

The questioner : May Allah keep you safe.

The Shaykh : Yes, so I do not know whom to please before the other. And I have always said, and still say, that our brother Abdullah al-Dosari was kind enough to contact me while I was in Oman, two weeks or more before my departure; therefore, he is the first. And many desires and requests come to me from various people, and they are all our brothers and friends, and they all want every brother to benefit the public who will be in their camp. And I am still holding to the one I promised before anyone else, and that is you.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : But I am in a difficult position, and I know that pleasing everyone is a goal that cannot be reached, so I do not know what to do? The National Guard there, for example, has some doctors who are currently overseeing my treatment, and as we were with them before on the previous trip, as you know, my being close to them might be in my interest, not only health-wise but also religiously; because there will be people, in need of doctors and intellectuals and others among the pilgrims, who will ask us and we will answer them. But Allah the Exalted said: , so advise me, you, after you have known my situation? If you have a solution?

The questioner : I tell you, regarding my situation, the situation of the camp in Mina is that there are no pilgrims, rather the camp is empty, but the lessons that you conduct, and the students of knowledge and the brothers who wish to accompany you, will be present in this place seeking knowledge, until ten o’clock at night. My pilgrims come at ten o’clock at night to stay in the camp, in the morning they pray Fajr (the dawn prayer) and then go to the building, so the place I tried to keep empty for the students of knowledge, this is what I insisted on, meaning for the sake of da'wah (calling others to Islam), as for pleasing the brothers, I do not know, Abu Ishaq, does Abu Ishaq see this matter as Abu Ishaq sees it?

The Shaykh : Come on, let’s see your opinion?
Al-Huwaini: I mean, our brothers here in Kuwait asked me now, and I am coming, they said you might have a place forThe Shaykh : a thought, or a place, so we want to see his face, meaning we just want to see his face.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
Al-Huwaini: By Allah, they carried me like this, and they said, meaning this is an exceptional word before I answerThe Shaykh : Abdullah, so they said, for example, ifThe Shaykh : comes, as long as he comes to Makkah tomorrow on Friday, let him come a bit early, so that we take a quarter of an hour from him, we just look at him and shake his hand and that’s it, they wish this, and they are many, hundreds.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward them with good and bless them, my brother, I am not, do not blame me, because I do not have the passionate emotion that many of our brothers have, that they want to seeThe Shaykh : , what is thereThe Shaykh ؟ The Shaykh : there is no benefit from him.
Al-Huwaini: No, they will see and hear ... - laughsThe Shaykh : Al-Albani - My Shaykh, by Allah, the great love, praise be to Allah, exists in the hearts of many of the youth for you, and it is unlimited, praise be to Allah ..

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, this is only your good opinion of me, and I say: "O Allah, do not hold me accountable for what they say, and make me better than what they think, and forgive me what they do not know".
Al-Huwaini: My Shaykh, if you come down to Makkah tomorrow, can we come down early for an hour, so that these brothers, half an hour, not more, meaning because they asked me and they thought that ... .

The Shaykh : Where are they staying in Makkah?
Al-Huwaini: In al-Aziziyah.

The Shaykh : Meaning in a house?
Al-Huwaini: Yes, in a house in a building, and they are many.

The Shaykh : How many are they?
Al-Huwaini: They are about eight hundred, but not all of them will attend; because the place cannot hold them, so the majlis (sitting room) under all of this, without doubt, if they know thatThe Shaykh : is present ... we will announce it to them, my Shaykh, if Allah wills?

The Shaykh : Tomorrow will be the seventh day?
Al-Huwaini: The seventh, yes.

The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah, okay, what do you say, you left your Egyptian brothers and joined your Kuwaiti brothers?
Al-Huwaini: Our Egyptian brothers, I did not go out with them, meaning the invitation originally was from the brother Abdullah al-Dosari, so when our Kuwaiti brothers learned that I was present, they said be with us, yes.

The questioner : Samir al-Zuhayri sends his regards to you.

The Shaykh : Upon you and him be peace.

The questioner : And if Allah wills, he will arrive tomorrow.

The Shaykh : Tomorrow what?

The questioner : Tomorrow, if Allah wills, he will arrive.

The Shaykh : Meaning he has not come yet?

The questioner : No, he will arrive tonight.

The questioner : Shall we announce it to them, my Shaykh?

The Shaykh : By Allah, it appears that the matter needs some study with our brothers, because I do not want to act on my own opinion and decide on it, since we are a group, and I will consult with them.
Al-Huwaini: You will stay atThe Shaykh : Abdullah’s building, it is the brothers’ building next to Abdullah’s building,The Shaykh : Abdullah, there is no more than five minutes, even if we stay, for example, in Abdullah’s building, the brothers are five minutes between us and them, between al-Shishah and al-Aziziyah, meaning there is no long distance.The Shaykh : Abdullah, there are only five minutes between us and them, between al-Shishah and al-'Aziziyah, meaning there is not a long distance.

The Shaykh : Okay, is the building in Mina? The Kuwaitis’ building?

The questioner : Close to al-Aziziyah.

The Shaykh : It is not in Mina, and the building is yours?

The questioner : And the building is not in Mina

The Shaykh : But it is close to Mina

The questioner : Close, meaning after Jamarat al-Aqabah, so it is outside Mina.

The Shaykh : Okay, regarding the building, at the beginning of the camp, no offense; because I, regarding my knee pain, is there a Western-style toilet in the building?

The questioner: Yes, it is.

The Shaykh : There is, and the distance is close, did I say?

The questioner: Yes.

The questioner : But the meeting, if Allah wills, from the eighth day, you will be in the camp, you will stay in the camp in Mina, but because the pilgrims will be in the building during the day, and the camp will be for us, if Allah wills, to spread da'wah (calling others to Islam), and they will come at night to stay.

The Shaykh : Are there no disturbances or crowds regarding the camp?

The questioner : There is none.

The Shaykh : There is none.

The questioner : Because the brothers at ten o’clock, meaning you will go to rest, and they will go to their camps, and the pilgrims will come, and in the morning, meaning the pilgrims will go to the building and the brothers will come, and the place, if Allah wills, is spacious, it consists of thirty-six tents ..

The Shaykh : Are there women with you?

The questioner : There is a tent for women in the back, and tents for men in the front, meaning separated.

The Shaykh : One tent or tents for women?

The questioner : 18 tents for women, and 18 tents for men.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed, meaning our brothers are with their wives?

The questioner : Yes, I placed a tent for him alone, and for the doctor.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : Okay, do we agree with you?

The questioner : No, I did not agree with me, but I received the news that he wants to come, so I placed a tent for him.

The questioner : Meaning we tell him or how?

The questioner : Yes, tell him; because the women’s section, 18 tents, there are only 43 women in them, meaning the place is large, meaning there is no problem.

The Shaykh : Okay, morning of 'Arafah, do you have ..

The questioner : I have a camp in 'Arafah.

The Shaykh : Yes, but I mean, do you have cars to transport the pilgrims?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Are they sufficient?

The questioner : Sufficient.

The Shaykh : Meaning there is no need for us to bring our cars?

The questioner : No, I, if Allah wills, tonight I will come, tomorrow I will come with a private car, which is a large car to carry you and the brothers, which is considered a large Jeep

The Shaykh : A large Jeep

The questioner : Abu al-Harith andAbu Layla : and Abu Abdullah and two women with them andThe Shaykh .

The Shaykh : My brother-in-law and my son might be with me.

The questioner : Yes, but this needs a second authorized car, there is no problem. My car is authorized and there is no problem.

The Shaykh : There is no problem, can you call us or we call you tomorrow morning?

The questioner : If Allah wills, by the permission of Allah.

The Shaykh : We will give you the answer, if Allah wills.
Al-Huwaini: And regarding our Kuwaiti brothers?

The Shaykh: There is no difference.

The Shaykh : The answer is tomorrow.
Al-Huwaini: But I say that you will come down to Makkah tomorrow, so if, for example, the brothers will come down after 'Isha' (the night prayer), if we come down an hour before Maghrib (the sunset prayer), so that we are in Makkah, so that the lecture is between Maghrib and 'Isha', or the meeting with the brothers is between Maghrib and 'Isha', and you, meaning, leave afterwards; because if you tell them thatThe Shaykh : Agreed, if Allah wills, between Maghrib and 'Isha', they will fly with joy, I want to announce it to them, may Allah honor you, my Shaykh, and if Allah wills, you will make the hearts of all these lovers happy with a small lecture ordering them to fear Allah Mighty and Majestic, and they are entering Hajj, between Maghrib and 'Isha' tomorrow, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Do you have any objection, meaning that the answer would be the same answer tomorrow? (laughs)The Shaykh : Al-Albani -

The questioner : So that my heart may be at ease, I want my heart to be at ease, and may Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh.
Al-Huwaini: Because they were strict with me.

The questioner : You were strict, but you caught up with your brothers, yet your right is valid.
Al-Huwaini: After the right of my brothers, because they are truly very, very thirsty, and many of them have not been able to meet [him].The Shaykh : By decree, he cannot leave Kuwait, or they say this is an opportunity in Hajj, a good opportunity.

The Shaykh : I tell you in principle, I have no objection, but consultation is necessary. Do you have an objection to this?
Al-Huwaini: (laughs) My heart has not yet been at ease, O our Shaykh, meaning you will, if Allah wills, descend to the building tomorrow at the brother Abdullah's place.

The Shaykh : And if your heart has not been at ease, then I am content with your faith. What is your opinion? (Al-Albani laughs)
Al-Huwaini: May Allah reward you with good, I am not able to argue with you, O our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : The truth is clear, so do not argue and do not conceal.
Al-Huwaini: May Allah bless you, but regarding the brother Abdullah, I am asking him; he is going now, meaning today, to Mecca to convey the good news to them.

The Shaykh : But I want you to keep in mind that if I were alone, I would give you the answer immediately.
Al-Huwaini: But I do not think anyone would refuse.

The Shaykh : But you should keep in mind the Quranic principle, So I ask you to allow me to consult these brothers of mine.
Al-Huwaini: If Allah wills, but I know that your word is the one that prevails, and that they do not refuse your desire.

The Shaykh : No, but I am also not a dictator.
Al-Huwaini: No, it is not a matter of dictatorship (laughs)The Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on them)

The Shaykh : Do I impose my opinion?
Al-Huwaini: No, it is not an imposition, but merely [a suggestion].

The Shaykh : Then , so if you consult them and they present us with an opinion that has validity, we will adopt it.
Al-Huwaini: I only guarantee that they will agree, if Allah wills, but the truth is that I am conveying their intense thirst and the fervent hope that I carry.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, regarding me, I have given you my approval, but it is conditional upon consultation.
Al-Huwaini: Okay, if they agree, will it be between Maghrib and 'Isha' tomorrow?

The Shaykh : It will be, meaning...
Al-Huwaini: If they agree and say there is no harm and so on, will it be between Maghrib and 'Isha'?

The Shaykh : Where will the meeting be?
Al-Huwaini: It will be in the building that is next to the brother Abdullah's building; we will all go there.

The Shaykh : Who are we going with? Or who are we meeting?

The questioner : If Allah wills, I will be present and take you with me...

The Shaykh : So you want me to be there after the Maghrib prayer?
Al-Huwaini: Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : Like this, so you will be here one hour before Maghrib?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : One hour before Maghrib. So we will give the answer tomorrow morning, if it is positive, as I hope and wish.
Al-Huwaini: If Allah wills.

The Shaykh : The brother Abdullah will be here one hour before Maghrib, we will wait for him.

The questioner : There will be a crowd if the time is an hour and a half before Maghrib...

The Shaykh : Someone came to support you...
The brother students laugh andThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him).
Al-Huwaini: By Allah, we reserve this love for Allah for you for the Day of Resurrection, by Allah, O Shaykh...

The Shaykh : And may Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you all.
Al-Huwaini: Meaning you will, if Allah wills, regarding the pilgrims, be with the brother Abdullah in the camp; because he has prepared the arrangements and there are many young men, even our young men in Alexandria.

The Shaykh : This matter is finished, and tomorrow we will give him the answer tomorrow in the morning, if Allah wills.
Al-Huwaini: May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Peace be upon you
Al-Huwaini: And upon you be peace.