Guidance and Apology
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The Shaykh : With excellence until the Day of Judgment.
As for what follows:
Before we speak in this gathering, I would like to apologize to the brothers who ask us questions before coming to this place. I tell them that there is no place for questions. How can a person stop to answer one man when there are hundreds of people listening to him? That means we are detaining these many people for the sake of one person. I believe no one wants that. Therefore, I ask our brothers, when we pass from the row to the place, if we do not respond to their questions, that they forgive me! And I ask them to understand the reason for my apology! It is very difficult for me when a questioner asks me and I do not answer, because it is obligatory for me to answer whoever asks about his religion. But a person looks at the benefits. Can a person stop to answer one person when there are hundreds? Answer me, brothers, it is not possible. And if I answer one, the second comes, then the third, then the fourth. So I ask my brothers to forgive me for that and not to say, "This is the stingiest of Allah's servants, who is stingy with the answer regarding knowledge." For the stingiest of people is the one who is stingy with knowledge, especially when he is asked about it.
As for what follows:
Before we speak in this gathering, I would like to apologize to the brothers who ask us questions before coming to this place. I tell them that there is no place for questions. How can a person stop to answer one man when there are hundreds of people listening to him? That means we are detaining these many people for the sake of one person. I believe no one wants that. Therefore, I ask our brothers, when we pass from the row to the place, if we do not respond to their questions, that they forgive me! And I ask them to understand the reason for my apology! It is very difficult for me when a questioner asks me and I do not answer, because it is obligatory for me to answer whoever asks about his religion. But a person looks at the benefits. Can a person stop to answer one person when there are hundreds? Answer me, brothers, it is not possible. And if I answer one, the second comes, then the third, then the fourth. So I ask my brothers to forgive me for that and not to say, "This is the stingiest of Allah's servants, who is stingy with the answer regarding knowledge." For the stingiest of people is the one who is stingy with knowledge, especially when he is asked about it.