How did the methodology become clear to you?
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The questioner : The methodology, O Shaykh, how did it become clear to you?
The Shaykh : It was an inspiration from Allah. Naturally, the second and first in the methodology are Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim.
The questioner : Were his books known at that time?
The Shaykh : Some of them, yes.
The student : His books were being combated in Sham.
The questioner : Was there anyone... do you remember anyone like you? Allah is the Greatest, it is a state of estrangement, by Allah, a state of estrangement.
The Shaykh : Originally, Bahjat al-Bitar, regarding creed, not methodology, was a Shafi'i, but in terms of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), he was upon tawhid, and before him there wasThe Shaykh : Jamal al-Din.
The questioner : Al-Qasimi.
The Shaykh : Al-Qasimi, yes.
The questioner : Did you meet him?
The Shaykh : No, I did not meet him, but I knew some of his students, among them Bahjat al-Bitar, and among themThe Shaykh : Hamid al-Taqi.
The Shaykh : It was an inspiration from Allah. Naturally, the second and first in the methodology are Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim.
The questioner : Were his books known at that time?
The Shaykh : Some of them, yes.
The student : His books were being combated in Sham.
The questioner : Was there anyone... do you remember anyone like you? Allah is the Greatest, it is a state of estrangement, by Allah, a state of estrangement.
The Shaykh : Originally, Bahjat al-Bitar, regarding creed, not methodology, was a Shafi'i, but in terms of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), he was upon tawhid, and before him there wasThe Shaykh : Jamal al-Din.
The questioner : Al-Qasimi.
The Shaykh : Al-Qasimi, yes.
The questioner : Did you meet him?
The Shaykh : No, I did not meet him, but I knew some of his students, among them Bahjat al-Bitar, and among themThe Shaykh : Hamid al-Taqi.
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