The student’s conversation with the Shaykh about a trip for da'wah to Azerbaijan.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The student : The topic is about Azerbaijan.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Allah (Mighty and Majestic) honored us, and we went there for five Fridays, one group to Azerbaijan and one group to Chechnya and Shatki.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : And the land of the Armenians. In truth, we saw wonders, O Shaykh... We traveled by land, covering approximately five thousand kilometers. It was difficult, but it was also delightful. I felt peace and happiness, and the people...
Another student: And their condition is such that we say, "Hey, you have arrived." So we did not pay much attention. We consulted each other—subhan Allah—there was no mosque, no mosque, no mosque. It became a matter of seeking nearness to Allah, saying, "O Lord." Then we were defeated and went to the mosque, which was thirty kilometers away. Oh, by Allah the Mighty, I saw wonders. When we went: this woman was speaking and trembling on the road. The men, women, children, and the elderly were all gathered, and it was all strange. And how did the Circassians receive us? They were lined up in a single row, all wearing those red caps, the small ones, and wearing the beards. Then the young men were wearing those crosses, like this.

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar! Yes.
The student : They stood until the end to receive us, subhan Allah! And then, oh, by Allah, the cameras, the video cameras, and then we arrived. And this woman whom we had mocked, we truly mocked her, and she was slaughtering four sacrificial animals. We were sad and said, "Why are we mocking her? She is slaughtering four sacrificial animals." Then the food was ready. Then look, now is the test. It was the time of 'Asr prayer. A Shaykh from the group said, "Call the adhan, O Shaykh." I stood up. Subhan Allah, the adhan in the mosque was easy; what I felt was very easy through the microphone, everyone... the environment was a bit polluted. So when I came out, he said to me, "Call the adhan, O Shaykh, it is the time of 'Asr." I said, "Bismillah: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar." I reached approximately "Hay 'ala al-salah." When I turned around, I saw the women crying, the men crying, the children, the small child looking at his mother, all of them crying. I could not bear it, meaning the sound until the end, and it went down. I finished the adhan and said to Shaykh 'Amir: "Stay with us, my brother, you are the translator, what is there?" He said, "O Shaykh, they say: 'We have not heard this sound in seventy years.'"

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar!!
The student : And we all cried. We said, "We will not eat the food. We will not eat, what will we eat?!" And they said, "You will not eat?!" We do not go to the mosque. And this woman, subhan Allah, went with Shaykh Muhammad to a women's residence, and the women were crying intensely, and the crying was overwhelming them. The tears, the handkerchiefs, the wiping, all of them were blowing their noses. The lesson stopped and the explanation stopped, and the people and the world, then this residence that...

The Shaykh : ...has emotions that need to be employed, that need to be exploited. Allahu Akbar!!
The student : Ah, he said, "By Allah, I beg you, will you pray two rak'ahs in my house?" We said, "For the blessing, two rak'ahs in my house." We consulted each other for the sake of wisdom, meaning so that he would not be repelled from the religion. We said, "Let us not break his heart. Breaking the neck is not like breaking hearts." She took us to her house. I walked behind her, walking. We were struggling, running, running, running. Then we came to the room. What is this? Or she is saying, "Look, look, the house of Allah." Or she is saying, "The words of my Lord, the words of my Lord, the words of my Lord." And we were chasing her so that she would show us Ayat al-Kursi!! Where is Ayat al-Kursi hung? In the door frame. And we went from room to room, saying, "Maybe there is a fire, something." Or she is saying, "This is Ayat al-Kursi, the words of my Lord in my house, the words of my Lord." And praise be to Allah, the next day, an improvement happened in them, praise be to Allah. Did Shaykh Wail come to you? At the women's school, six hundred women are veiled in one session, Shaykh Wail. And praise be to Allah, they are sending you their greetings and they entrusted me with a trust. They said, "They are sending greetings to the people of knowledge. Let them visit us, because on the phone it does not work. We love you for the sake of Allah. You on the phone do not work!!" He said, "We want to migrate, and the group, and the worry, and the sadness. Visit us there so that we can see you and greet you and smell your scent."
The student : ...there are many Arabs.
Another student: Yes, they mean they are in need in Azerbaijan, this capital, meaning...