Ibrahim Shuqqa mentions a word in which he recalls the efforts of Shaykh al-Albani.
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Abu Malik: Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them. May Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh, for this noble gift that you have bestowed upon the Muslims in the east and west of the earth. And you are in this gathering that we see you in, which is a gathering of health and healing. We ask Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) to bless us in your life, to extend your lifespan, and to make you an imam as you have been and will continue to be. And truly, as I hear these words in this gathering where I see you, and you are in such a state of effort and hardship in producing, organizing, and arranging the words, by Allah, it is as if I see you, and I have known you for more than thirty years. The words are the words, and the phrases are the phrases, and the determination is the determination. But although the body has weakened with it, the health of the heart, praise be to Allah, is still flowing and will remain so. It is as if, by Allah, I am hearing it from you for the first time, and I have heard that or something close to it, such that it does not deviate from its general meaning, repeatedly and over and over, as if they are words dripping with sweetness from the inspiration of the sky, meeting on your tongue and moving your lips. But it is a resolute determination that we have known from the Imam of the Sunnah in this time.The Shaykh : Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, our Shaykh, may Allah do him good. It is as if we are hearing it and feeling its blessing as it comes out from between his lips. And it will remain, if Allah wills, behind him and in front of him, in his life and after his lifespan, and after he remains among us for a long time, and he presents to the Ummah from his effort which will remain connected. And we hope that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will extend your lifespan, grant you health, and make you forever the pillar at which we meet and the strong column around which we gather. And you will know, O our Shaykh, that this man who came to visit you from Libya, and his brothers, are those who will remain the enduring support for you with their supplication, sincerity, love, and gathering around you, and their remembrance of you will be constant, forever, in their settling and their traveling, in their presence and in their absence, in their lands and in their exile. They are your loved ones who knew you before they saw you, and heard your hadith on the tapes, and read your knowledge in the depths of the books. So their seeing you did not increase them, by Allah, except insight, and love and sincerity for you, which they have not ceased, and they will remain so. They are your sons and your loved ones and the sincere ones who walk behind you on the methodology of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and on the understanding of the righteous Salaf, in purifying their creed and in educating them on the rulings of the Book and the Sunnah, which is the requirement of the correct creed that we read as inscribed verses and clear hadiths.
And finally, I say, may Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh, and make you a permanent and eternal imam who leads those behind you who love the truth, goodness, and justice, and you see in them the seeing, intelligent soldiers who read the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)[Yusuf 12:108] So may Allah reward you with good and do you good, and bless your life, heal you, and forgive you. And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : And you, may Allah reward you with good, and bless all those who hear the sermon of the honorableThe Shaykh : Muhammad Shuqqa, may Allah reward him with good, and those who will hear it from them, if Allah wills, and benefit from it as a provision that will be a treasure for them on the Day of Resurrection[Ash-Shu'ara 26:88-89] And may Allah thank you... This gathering is very rare, and it reminds us of the gatherings of the fathers and grandfathers.
The questioner : Allahu Akbar.
And finally, I say, may Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh, and make you a permanent and eternal imam who leads those behind you who love the truth, goodness, and justice, and you see in them the seeing, intelligent soldiers who read the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)
This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me
قُلْ هَذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِيThe Shaykh : And you, may Allah reward you with good, and bless all those who hear the sermon of the honorableThe Shaykh : Muhammad Shuqqa, may Allah reward him with good, and those who will hear it from them, if Allah wills, and benefit from it as a provision that will be a treasure for them on the Day of Resurrection
(88) The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children (89) But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart."
يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ * إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍThe questioner : Allahu Akbar.
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