Discussion of the Sharia' Association in Egypt.

The student : Abdul Latif Droush Abdul Latif Droush.
Another student: Excuse me, you might have made a mistake, you might have... a mistake. Are they Salafis?
Another student: By Allah, my information about them is not that.

The Shaykh : The Sharia' Association, they are not Salafis, they are with the Asha'irah.
The student : They are the ones who introduced me, they are the ones who introduced me toThe Shaykh : Hamed. I was in 1936 CE, I liked to pray with them, the best prayer, praying with them after 'Isha' was the best prayer, the best people to pray, better than all the Salafi and Ansar al-Sunnah mosques in their prayer, truly.
Another student: According to the Sunnah.
The student : According to the excellent Sunnah, calmness. And now some of them have some bid'ah (religious innovations), the issue of placing the foot against the foot, this. So I was not... in 'aqidah (creed), but Allah willing, we went to a library, the library of Munir al-Dimashqi, and I found a man, his appearance was good, and I said to him, O Shaykh, I do not know anything about religion, people are different, because my original education in the schools was on the Hanafi madhhab (school of jurisprudence).
Another student: Yes.
The student : And my father was Shafi'i, so I was very distressed when my father, in the winter, because there was no electricity or anything, the mother would give you the towel and the blanket, I broke my wudu' (ablution), I broke it, he was Shafi'i and the Hanafis do not consider wudu' broken, I felt in my heart this is strange, so I said.

The Shaykh : ... .
The student : I said to Shaykh Munir, may Allah have mercy on him, he was the reason for... knowing something about religion, people are different in religion, so may Allah reward him with good, he used to give books, every month 50 qirsh, he gave me *Zad al-Ma'ad* for twenty qirsh, *al-Bukhari* for twenty qirsh, *al-Muhalla* for fifty qirsh, *al-Muhalla* by itself, and he gave me from what he gave me *Al-Sifat* by the hadith scholar Ibn Khuzaymah. I used to attend his lessons, I attended for Shaykh Ali Halu, he was the agent of the Sharia' Association, a good man, may Allah forgive us and him, so he used to speak, once he spoke that Allah is in the sky... in the lesson, I was the reader of the hadith of Abu Hamid al-Sa'idi, the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn Hukam al-Sulami, "Where is Allah?" I said to him, O Shaykh... a disbeliever, and the Messenger says a Muslim, I said the hadith is in *Sahih Muslim*, the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn Hukam al-Sulami, that I used to pray with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Another student: Yes.
The student : So I said to him, may Allah have mercy on you, to the end of the hadith, he said to her: . She said: In the sky. The Messenger said: , she would be a disbeliever, he said to me, O my son, she is originally ignorant.
Another student: Originally.
The student : Ignorant. I said, does the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) confirm the ignorant person in his disbelief or teach him? I did not have an idea, he stopped for a while, the Shaykh said to me, O my son... the Salaf and the Khalaf, I did not have an idea about the Salaf and the Khalaf, I said to him, what is the Salaf and what is the Khalaf? He said to me: The Salaf means the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his followers, and the Khalaf are the people after them. He said a word, I seek refuge in Allah, my hair stood up from it, he said: The knowledge of the Salaf is safer, and the knowledge of the Khalaf is more knowledgeable and more wise. I said, I seek refuge in Allah, I seek refuge in Allah, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah are more knowledgeable about Allah, the Khalaf are more knowledgeable than the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, and the Messenger, I seek refuge in Allah, the Shaykh... meaning he did not embarrass him, but he sweated and... on the mosque from the Ansar... from the Ansar...?
Another student: And this word now they say it now and repeat it constantly, it is written in their books also.
The student : In the books of 'aqidah (creed), so I was the reason for guidance, Allah does good to the poet, a good man, his name was Muhammad Sadiq 'Unus, but he did not know 'aqidah (creed) also... I was in my father's age or a little older, but we ask Allah to gather us in Paradise.
Another student: O Allah, amen.
The student : So I go in the morning, we meet each other, I told him, I said to him, by Allah, this and that happened yesterday, and what is this man Hamed? He was hearing about him, and also not comfortable with him, he said this man, go see, I was reading in a small notebook "Al-Qawl al-Jali fi Hukm al-Tawassul bi al-Nabi wa al-Wali" (The Clear Statement on the Ruling of Seeking Nearness to Allah through the Prophet and the Wali).