A student recounts a dream in which he saw Shaykh al-Albani.
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The student : Do you remember the dream, Shaykh, regarding this book?
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, I do not remember.
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Yes, wait a moment.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : What... , what Allah willed.
The student : And he said to me, I will stay with you for two nights.
The Shaykh : Allah fulfilled that.
The student : Yes, indeed, hehe.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : So I said, No, Shaykh, just one night. He said, May Allah guide you, two nights. I said, No, just one night.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Then, after three or four years, I was surprised by al-Saqaf’s contradictions. It has come to your attention that I intended to respond to the first part, but some of the brothers advised me to respond to both parts together.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : But I was insistent on my opinion because at that time I was busy, and I saw that responding to the first part was sufficient to inform people of al-Saqaf’s reality, and that it was also sufficient as a response to the second part, serving as a response to the second part.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And so it was... when the book was being printed, I remembered this dream.
The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah!
The student : Because, praise be to Allah, I have experience in interpreting dreams and I have several books on the subject.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : But at that time, I was puzzled by this dream; I could not find an interpretation for it.
Another student: It was a vision of one night, not two nights, which puzzled him.
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : I could not find an interpretation for it.
The Shaykh : So, what is its interpretation?
The student : What happened is its interpretation; what happened.
Another student: That he wrote one part, not two parts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : In his response to al-Saqaf, he said, We will suffice with one part as a response to both parts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : My request in the dream was for two parts.
The student : Two nights, yes.
Another student: Whoever says no to his Shaykh, no, he will not succeed, hehe.
The student : Even if it is in a dream.
The Shaykh : If it is in a dream, like this... .
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he does not know it... our brother Khalid.
The student : I do not think so, by Allah, Shaykh.
Another student: You... are the original, Professor.
The student : Yes, we are listening to you.
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, I do not remember.
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Yes, wait a moment.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : What... , what Allah willed.
The student : And he said to me, I will stay with you for two nights.
The Shaykh : Allah fulfilled that.
The student : Yes, indeed, hehe.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : So I said, No, Shaykh, just one night. He said, May Allah guide you, two nights. I said, No, just one night.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Then, after three or four years, I was surprised by al-Saqaf’s contradictions. It has come to your attention that I intended to respond to the first part, but some of the brothers advised me to respond to both parts together.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : But I was insistent on my opinion because at that time I was busy, and I saw that responding to the first part was sufficient to inform people of al-Saqaf’s reality, and that it was also sufficient as a response to the second part, serving as a response to the second part.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And so it was... when the book was being printed, I remembered this dream.
The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah!
The student : Because, praise be to Allah, I have experience in interpreting dreams and I have several books on the subject.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : But at that time, I was puzzled by this dream; I could not find an interpretation for it.
Another student: It was a vision of one night, not two nights, which puzzled him.
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : I could not find an interpretation for it.
The Shaykh : So, what is its interpretation?
The student : What happened is its interpretation; what happened.
Another student: That he wrote one part, not two parts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : In his response to al-Saqaf, he said, We will suffice with one part as a response to both parts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : My request in the dream was for two parts.
The student : Two nights, yes.
Another student: Whoever says no to his Shaykh, no, he will not succeed, hehe.
The student : Even if it is in a dream.
The Shaykh : If it is in a dream, like this... .
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he does not know it... our brother Khalid.
The student : I do not think so, by Allah, Shaykh.
Another student: You... are the original, Professor.
The student : Yes, we are listening to you.
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