Presentation of the book (The Reality of the Muslim Woman) to the Shaykh and the Shaykh’s invitation to a Jordanian university.

The questioner : My teacher, the real Dr. Professor Muhammad Hasan Abu Yahya, had a desire to contact you, and if Allah wills, the meeting will be in good, so this is Dr. Hasan.

The Shaykh : And welcome to you all...

Another questioner : O my master, may Allah keep you in goodness.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you in goodness, good things, and blessings.

The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, and all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and prayers and blessings upon the noblest of Allah’s creation and the messengers, our master and our beloved Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Visiting scholars is considered maintaining family ties, and it is obligatory for us all, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : We ask that He make me worthy of your good opinion.

Another questioner : And we truly feel that we have fallen short.

The Shaykh : And that the matter is not as it was said: “Hearing about al-Ma’idi is better than seeing him.”

Another questioner : Yes, yes, if Allah wills, the visit will be for the sake of Allah.

The Shaykh : That is what we hope for.

Another questioner : If Allah wills, these visits will be repeated, and you are the scholar of the Arab Islamic world.

The Shaykh : I seek forgiveness from Allah.

Another questioner : And there is no dispute in that.

The Shaykh : I seek forgiveness from Allah.

Another questioner : We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, that benefit be realized through your hands, if Allah wills, and through the hands of the sincere scholars of the Muslims, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.

Another questioner : And we want this knowledge to spread, not for a specific group, and if Allah wills, all Muslims will benefit from it, in all corners of the earth.

The Shaykh : And it is so, if Allah wills.

Another questioner : And we would like, if Allah wills, for these visits to be repeated, and you are considered a father to us in knowledge and a teacher.

The Shaykh : Excuse me, we are only brothers, if Allah wills, on opposite couches.

Another questioner : And we want, if Allah wills, for the meeting to be here at the University of Jordan, and at other than the University of Jordan, because we are truly still your students.

The Shaykh : I seek forgiveness from Allah, may Allah bless you.

Another questioner : And your books, we are still drawing from them and benefiting from them, and from this knowledge, so you are truly our teacher and the teacher of teachers.

The Shaykh : I seek forgiveness from Allah, I take refuge in Allah, I am only a student of knowledge.

Another questioner : No, and truly the teacher of teachers.

The Shaykh : And I say as it came from Abu Bakr: “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.” And may Allah reward you with good for your good opinion.

Another questioner : Never, we, if there is something in the hearts, we want these hearts to be, if Allah wills,

The Shaykh : May our Lord purify them.

Another questioner : He purifies them, if Allah wills, so they remain pure for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.

The Shaykh : Perhaps that will be the case, if Allah wills.

Another questioner : And we want, if Allah wills, that when we extend an invitation to you, you accept it, if Allah wills, with a broad chest.

The Shaykh : As for in your home, yes, but as for in your university, no.

Another questioner : The first step is in our home, which is your home, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you

Another questioner : And the second step... The book “The Most Important Issues of the Muslim Woman,” we naturally had viewpoints on this book, truly, and it is truly indebted to you, from which we naturally drew a great deal of your knowledge.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good and bless you.

Another questioner : And we are still indebted to you for this.

The Shaykh: Excuse me.

Another questioner : Truly, and I have heard from the students of knowledge that there are some questions regarding what I raised in this book, and truly it was only a viewpoint that was at the beginning of knowledge, meaning, and after we benefited from you a great deal, and praise be to Allah, we refined the second edition, so it came, if Allah wills, better than the first edition, and if Allah wills, the third edition now, we do not want to print it until you graciously read it.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good and bless you.

Another questioner : And if you have a viewpoint, if Allah wills, we will record it in it, and even regarding the introduction, if Allah wills, we would be pleased if you heard an introduction for it, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : As for the introduction, we apologize for it in advance, because I did not follow that practice, but as for cooperating in good, and in knowledge, and in advising with truth, that is our duty.

Another questioner : If Allah wills.

The Shaykh : But may Allah bless you, since you graciously mentioned what you mentioned, which indicates, if Allah wills, excellence, and fairness, and objectivity, so what did you conclude regarding some of the points that you touched upon? And the truth was far from you in what I saw, so perhaps we have come closer to the truth!

Another questioner : We ask Allah, if Allah wills, that it be so.

The Shaykh : Fine...

Another questioner : We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, because Imam al-Shafi’i (may Allah be pleased with him) had schools of thought, a school in Iraq, and a school in Egypt.

The Shaykh : And this is the way of all the people of knowledge, because they are not infallible, and then in contrast to that, they return to the truth.

Another questioner : Viewpoints, yes, there is no doubt in this.

The Shaykh : There is no fault in that, the fault is that a person realizes the error in himself, and then persists in it.

Another questioner : There is no doubt in this.

The Shaykh : So we ask Allah to protect us from that, but as for falling into error, that is the nature of humans.

Another questioner : And the truth is, we found that the covering of the face of women, especially in the lands of Sham, and at the University of Jordan, truly, it is difficult, of course, to call our female students to cover the face, and we were truly in great need of...