The Shaykh’s suggestion that the da'wah be in Albania.
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The Shaykh : All right, there is another region there where the matter might be safer, and it is our original homeland, Albania. Is there any organized work in the path of da'wah there, or how is it?
The questioner : Good, good. The brothers who are with us said they will go to Albania and to Croatia. Tirana, what is Dira...!
The Shaykh : Tirana and Shkodra. Yes.
The questioner : And they wanted some good centers or some nice places where they could possibly coordinate and provide supplies and so on. So I told them, if you visitThe Shaykh : Nasser, he will provide us with some of that if he has it.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I have been away from the country for a long time, but I have nothing to offer except to affirm the obligation of going for some of those who understand Islam correctly and are able to convey this Islam to those people with wisdom and good exhortation. For I left it when I was young, a boy of nine years, and I had no contact with them at all for all this time. Although I learned from one of the noble Sudanese brothers who were here, who went out? He is interested in the issue, and he is the president of an association in the Netherlands, a Sudanese, I forgot his name...
Abu Layla : Hasan Ibrahim.
The Shaykh : Hasan, that is him... Ah...
Another questioner : ... The Ibrahim Foundation...
The questioner : Yes, I saw him there and he spoke, and he was happy with the situation in Albania. He said it is necessary to visit it, and he insisted on me going there, but I excused myself due to the end of the vacation. We wanted to meet you, O Shaykh, so that we could take more from you to provide them with, and so they can go. But he knows most of them and knows the Albanian language well enough to get by.
The Shaykh : Good, meaning after he visited the country?
The questioner : Now, it is possible that there is... according to what...
The Shaykh : He speaks to me at the house that he is planning to visit Albania and go there, and that he was on a previous trip where he visited it and met with some of those who are proficient in Arabic in Tirana. And he mentioned to me that there is a man from your side in Jordan who concerns me, so he was happy when he heard there is a man from Albania, on the Salafi da'wah, and engaged in the science of hadith. So I understood from our brother Hasan that this man is one of the rare Albanians: first, they are proficient in the Albanian language, and then they understand the da'wah to a very great extent, with the correct understanding. On that basis, I saw it obligatory for me to send him whatever I could of the printed materials from my writings. I put them in a carton and he took them with him, hoping he will deliver them to him, or he will deliver them, if Allah wills. So going to Albania, in reality, may be more beneficial in the current situation now, before the fitan surround them, and they fitnah them with money, food, and drink. And it has reached me that they do not engage one of them except to place the cross on his chest.
The questioner : I seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh : Also, they are in extreme need of this kind of scientific relief!
The questioner : These people may be more deserving because they are far away...
The Shaykh : Yes, and that is my opinion.
The questioner : The Shaykh : An Albanian...
The Shaykh : By Allah, it is not out of tribalism, for in Islam they are all brothers, but we see our circumstance is different from the circumstance there. Yes, by Allah, nothing remains there that we long for. Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : ... What Allah willed, beautiful...
The Shaykh : May Allah be with them.
The questioner : This is the Al-Haramayn Foundation, which strives to have efforts in da'wah to Allah the Exalted and Majestic that reach Albania. And we learned from the brother that, what Allah willed, they are poor, the majority of them, O Shaykh, and Islam has a strong color there. And many of them, with your permission, work in Yugoslavia, from the Albanians, from whom it is possible to benefit there in entering...
The questioner : Good, good. The brothers who are with us said they will go to Albania and to Croatia. Tirana, what is Dira...!
The Shaykh : Tirana and Shkodra. Yes.
The questioner : And they wanted some good centers or some nice places where they could possibly coordinate and provide supplies and so on. So I told them, if you visitThe Shaykh : Nasser, he will provide us with some of that if he has it.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I have been away from the country for a long time, but I have nothing to offer except to affirm the obligation of going for some of those who understand Islam correctly and are able to convey this Islam to those people with wisdom and good exhortation. For I left it when I was young, a boy of nine years, and I had no contact with them at all for all this time. Although I learned from one of the noble Sudanese brothers who were here, who went out? He is interested in the issue, and he is the president of an association in the Netherlands, a Sudanese, I forgot his name...
Abu Layla : Hasan Ibrahim.
The Shaykh : Hasan, that is him... Ah...
Another questioner : ... The Ibrahim Foundation...
The questioner : Yes, I saw him there and he spoke, and he was happy with the situation in Albania. He said it is necessary to visit it, and he insisted on me going there, but I excused myself due to the end of the vacation. We wanted to meet you, O Shaykh, so that we could take more from you to provide them with, and so they can go. But he knows most of them and knows the Albanian language well enough to get by.
The Shaykh : Good, meaning after he visited the country?
The questioner : Now, it is possible that there is... according to what...
The Shaykh : He speaks to me at the house that he is planning to visit Albania and go there, and that he was on a previous trip where he visited it and met with some of those who are proficient in Arabic in Tirana. And he mentioned to me that there is a man from your side in Jordan who concerns me, so he was happy when he heard there is a man from Albania, on the Salafi da'wah, and engaged in the science of hadith. So I understood from our brother Hasan that this man is one of the rare Albanians: first, they are proficient in the Albanian language, and then they understand the da'wah to a very great extent, with the correct understanding. On that basis, I saw it obligatory for me to send him whatever I could of the printed materials from my writings. I put them in a carton and he took them with him, hoping he will deliver them to him, or he will deliver them, if Allah wills. So going to Albania, in reality, may be more beneficial in the current situation now, before the fitan surround them, and they fitnah them with money, food, and drink. And it has reached me that they do not engage one of them except to place the cross on his chest.
The questioner : I seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh : Also, they are in extreme need of this kind of scientific relief!
The questioner : These people may be more deserving because they are far away...
The Shaykh : Yes, and that is my opinion.
The questioner : The Shaykh : An Albanian...
The Shaykh : By Allah, it is not out of tribalism, for in Islam they are all brothers, but we see our circumstance is different from the circumstance there. Yes, by Allah, nothing remains there that we long for. Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : ... What Allah willed, beautiful...
The Shaykh : May Allah be with them.
The questioner : This is the Al-Haramayn Foundation, which strives to have efforts in da'wah to Allah the Exalted and Majestic that reach Albania. And we learned from the brother that, what Allah willed, they are poor, the majority of them, O Shaykh, and Islam has a strong color there. And many of them, with your permission, work in Yugoslavia, from the Albanians, from whom it is possible to benefit there in entering...
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