A dialogue concerning the Algerian Association of Scholars and their Salafi methodology.

The student: Our Shaykh, if it is facilitated, if Allah wills, and you are among us, praise be to Allah, in health and well-being.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The student: To confirm the words of the brother Mashhur regarding the twenty-point program of the Algerian Association of Scholars, our Shaykh, if Allah wills, next time we will organize it and read to you each point and you will comment on it. True Salafism.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student: By Allah, my Shaykh, in every detail.
Another student :The Shaykh : Al-Bashir.
Another student : No,The Shaykh : Ibn Badis.
Another student :The Shaykh : Al-Bashir, our Shaykh, says a word, he says: "The nation will not recover nor rise from its sleep except through the cradles of education alongside the written knowledge."

The Shaykh: I think you wrote something on authenticity.
The student: I compiled it and so on, but, glory be to Allah.

The Shaykh: A noble man visited us.
The student: Did you meet him, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh: He visited us in Damascus, yes, what Allah willed, he was an eloquent orator.
The student: Did he pass away?

The Shaykh: He passed away a long time ago.
The student: In the sixties, I think, our Shaykh, did he pass away?

The Shaykh : How?
The student: In the sixties, perhaps he passed away?

The Shaykh: I do not remember, I do not have it memorized.
The student: Are there no thoughts, our Shaykh, with him?

The Shaykh: No.
The student: A brief meeting.

The Shaykh: Because he did not stay for long, yes, in Damascus.
The student : "The beauty of the earth, they were in life, and they *** after death are the beauty of books and biographies."

The Shaykh : What Allah willed, what Allah willed!