The Shaykh’s talk on the virtue of the Arabs and the respect the non-Arabs held for them, and his mention of the story of the Arab guides who used to come to Albania to agree with the pilgrims on staying with them
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The Shaykh: And therefore, you Arabs must know this blessing that Allah has singled you out for, and appreciate it as it deserves, and make the non-Arabs’ opinion of people like us—meaning, because this reality is always observed. I remember when I was a small child in Albania, because my father (may Allah have mercy on him) migrated with us from Albania to Damascus when I was nine years old. So I remember that before the Hajj season, some of the guides, or some of the tawwabin—perhaps this name has a truth in the linguistic sense, not the technical sense—would come wearing an ornate turban. I don’t know if you have seen one or not, like a white fez, embroidered and decorated.
The student: The agawat?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: The agawat, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: These agawat, well done, they still use this term. So it was the mark of the guide or the tawwabin who would come to that country to agree with the pilgrims to stay with him in his house, either in Makkah or in al-Madinah. My brother, they used to seek blessing in this man because he was Arab, Arab. So the true sanctity of the Arabs in the hearts of the non-Arabs, before the Turkification, of course, which was met with Arabization. The pre-Islamic age of ignorance, the Turkish Turanian tribalism, was met by the Arabs also with Arab tribalism, what? Arab tribalism. In any case, before this misguidance, the non-Arabs in all lands of Islam respected the Arabs with amazing respect. All of that was because their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Arab. All of that was out of respect for the Prophet of Islam. But the truth is that the Arabs did not appreciate this veneration and this exaltation just for being Arab. This guide might not know anything of Islam except these customs related to the rituals of Hajj, or the visit to the Prophet’s Mosque, and the greater part of this visit is not in accordance with the Shari'ah. So that is what he knows, and yet the seeking of blessing, the kissing, and the gifts, the gifts that he would return with! Allah is the Greatest!! If they had known his true nature, they would have disavowed the Arabs. Hehehe, Allah is the Helper.
The student: The agawat?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: The agawat, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: These agawat, well done, they still use this term. So it was the mark of the guide or the tawwabin who would come to that country to agree with the pilgrims to stay with him in his house, either in Makkah or in al-Madinah. My brother, they used to seek blessing in this man because he was Arab, Arab. So the true sanctity of the Arabs in the hearts of the non-Arabs, before the Turkification, of course, which was met with Arabization. The pre-Islamic age of ignorance, the Turkish Turanian tribalism, was met by the Arabs also with Arab tribalism, what? Arab tribalism. In any case, before this misguidance, the non-Arabs in all lands of Islam respected the Arabs with amazing respect. All of that was because their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Arab. All of that was out of respect for the Prophet of Islam. But the truth is that the Arabs did not appreciate this veneration and this exaltation just for being Arab. This guide might not know anything of Islam except these customs related to the rituals of Hajj, or the visit to the Prophet’s Mosque, and the greater part of this visit is not in accordance with the Shari'ah. So that is what he knows, and yet the seeking of blessing, the kissing, and the gifts, the gifts that he would return with! Allah is the Greatest!! If they had known his true nature, they would have disavowed the Arabs. Hehehe, Allah is the Helper.
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