A caller from Somalia asks about how the Shaykh answers their questions, and requests that the Shaykh record them on tapes rather than in written form.
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The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, as you can hear, this is what is happening in our country, Somalia.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : After the fall of Gibr, as you know.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The wars turned into tribal conflicts.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The problems that occurred until these Crusader forces arrived, as you heard.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Then the students, or your pupils, need answers, or they have prepared questions for you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : They want clear and rational, experienced scholars to answer these questions regarding the specifics of these problems.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We have prepared and arranged these questions, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We want to send you these questions, which are ready.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But I do not know, we have your phone number, but how can we send you these questions?
The Shaykh : First: Some of your Somali brothers in the Emirates sent some of these questions, and I answered them via fax.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So I think the questions are similar.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : If you wish, give me the fax number you have.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And send the answer you previously provided to them.
The questioner : Our esteemed Shaykh, may Allah reward you. First, we have more questions than these; this is just one of the questions we have.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Also, we must clarify the truth, so we always want tapes; your voice has a greater impact on people than written papers.
The Shaykh : Yes, but it is not feasible to record tapes every moment and every minute. Did you hear me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you hear me?
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: Did you hear me?
The questioner : Yes, I heard you. Did you tell me to be patient?
The Shaykh : No, I told you: recording is not feasible every minute and every moment.
The questioner : Yes, I understood, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : But we called Shaykh Ali al-Athari, Ali Hasan Abd al-Hamid.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : He handles these matters, records from you, and then sends them to us, because some of the students, may Allah reward them with good, gave us your phone number and Shaykh Ali's phone number. They said: Shaykh Al-Albani (may Allah preserve him) is always busy, but it is better that you send these questions to Shaykh Ali, and then Shaykh Ali takes them to the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Fine, send them to him, and we will look into them, and we will wait for opportunities and occasions that enable me to answer them.
The questioner : By Allah, our Shaykh, the problems we have now are no less important than the Desert Storm, as they call it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So we need your answers, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What was the stance!
The questioner : You, may Allah reward you with good, during the days of the Desert Storm.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Because this is a second storm, and many of the young people now, as I said, started declaring jihad for us on a moonless night, and some of them deny that, and some of them say: it is a lie. There is, frankly, disagreement among the young people, so we need...
The Shaykh : And I said:
The questioner : Your answers, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I told you: we sent an answer by fax to your Somali brothers in the Emirates.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And we are not prepared to repeat and repeat, and time is very precious to me.
The questioner : No, these questions originally reached us; I told you this is just a part of our questions.
The Shaykh : Fine, send them to our brother Ali, I say, send them to Ali.
The questioner : Ali says: he went to America.
The Shaykh : No, he will come tonight.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Also, our esteemed Shaykh, the papers that reached us now had very poor handwriting, to the extent that when we read them together, we were reading literally and saying: what is the intent of this answer? But without a doubt, we understood the subject as a whole.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, that is the intention.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : But, if Allah wills, we will send the questions to Shaykh Ali.
The Shaykh : He is the same.
The questioner : And if Allah wills, he will try to record from you, if Allah wills, and send it to us.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : I am glad to inform you, our esteemed Shaykh, that the students here always love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : And they, if Allah wills, will issue from your sayings.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you and gather us all upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The questioner : And upon faith.
The Shaykh : Upon correct tawhid and following the correct Sunnah.
The questioner : On the day when wealth and children will not benefit.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Give me a hundred.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I say, I am well, praise be to Allah. And then?
The questioner : I want to ask just a little later, Shaykh. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, as you can hear, this is what is happening in our country, Somalia.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : After the fall of Gibr, as you know.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The wars turned into tribal conflicts.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The problems that occurred until these Crusader forces arrived, as you heard.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Then the students, or your pupils, need answers, or they have prepared questions for you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : They want clear and rational, experienced scholars to answer these questions regarding the specifics of these problems.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We have prepared and arranged these questions, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We want to send you these questions, which are ready.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But I do not know, we have your phone number, but how can we send you these questions?
The Shaykh : First: Some of your Somali brothers in the Emirates sent some of these questions, and I answered them via fax.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So I think the questions are similar.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : If you wish, give me the fax number you have.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And send the answer you previously provided to them.
The questioner : Our esteemed Shaykh, may Allah reward you. First, we have more questions than these; this is just one of the questions we have.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Also, we must clarify the truth, so we always want tapes; your voice has a greater impact on people than written papers.
The Shaykh : Yes, but it is not feasible to record tapes every moment and every minute. Did you hear me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you hear me?
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: Did you hear me?
The questioner : Yes, I heard you. Did you tell me to be patient?
The Shaykh : No, I told you: recording is not feasible every minute and every moment.
The questioner : Yes, I understood, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : But we called Shaykh Ali al-Athari, Ali Hasan Abd al-Hamid.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : He handles these matters, records from you, and then sends them to us, because some of the students, may Allah reward them with good, gave us your phone number and Shaykh Ali's phone number. They said: Shaykh Al-Albani (may Allah preserve him) is always busy, but it is better that you send these questions to Shaykh Ali, and then Shaykh Ali takes them to the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Fine, send them to him, and we will look into them, and we will wait for opportunities and occasions that enable me to answer them.
The questioner : By Allah, our Shaykh, the problems we have now are no less important than the Desert Storm, as they call it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So we need your answers, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What was the stance!
The questioner : You, may Allah reward you with good, during the days of the Desert Storm.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Because this is a second storm, and many of the young people now, as I said, started declaring jihad for us on a moonless night, and some of them deny that, and some of them say: it is a lie. There is, frankly, disagreement among the young people, so we need...
The Shaykh : And I said:
The questioner : Your answers, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I told you: we sent an answer by fax to your Somali brothers in the Emirates.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And we are not prepared to repeat and repeat, and time is very precious to me.
The questioner : No, these questions originally reached us; I told you this is just a part of our questions.
The Shaykh : Fine, send them to our brother Ali, I say, send them to Ali.
The questioner : Ali says: he went to America.
The Shaykh : No, he will come tonight.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Also, our esteemed Shaykh, the papers that reached us now had very poor handwriting, to the extent that when we read them together, we were reading literally and saying: what is the intent of this answer? But without a doubt, we understood the subject as a whole.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, that is the intention.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : But, if Allah wills, we will send the questions to Shaykh Ali.
The Shaykh : He is the same.
The questioner : And if Allah wills, he will try to record from you, if Allah wills, and send it to us.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our esteemed Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : I am glad to inform you, our esteemed Shaykh, that the students here always love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : And they, if Allah wills, will issue from your sayings.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you and gather us all upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The questioner : And upon faith.
The Shaykh : Upon correct tawhid and following the correct Sunnah.
The questioner : On the day when wealth and children will not benefit.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Give me a hundred.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I say, I am well, praise be to Allah. And then?
The questioner : I want to ask just a little later, Shaykh. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
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