Discussion on teaching the orphans of Albania and on Wahbi Ghaoushi

The student : The organization has now started teaching them in Syria under a Shaykh whose name I have forgotten, glory be to Allah. One of the Shaykhs there, I mean Qaltaji or something like that, the name is Qal'aji or Qaltaji or...

The Shaykh : What is his name? No, Wahbi Ghaoushi.

The questioner : How is this, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Wahbi Ghaoushi, it appears he is... He was in Saudi Arabia and then was expelled.
The student : He was in the UAE.

The Shaykh : I am telling you, he was in Saudi Arabia and was expelled, and he went to the UAE. It reached me that he went to Albania. Yes, this is an Azhari. If it is him, Wahbi al-Ghaoushi, if it is him, then he is an Azhari, and he is undoubtedly a Khalafi, not a Salafi. I wish he were a peaceful Khalafi, but unfortunately, he is an enemy of the Da'wah.
The student : Glory be to Allah.

The Shaykh : Yes, and therefore caution must be exercised regarding him.
The student : May Allah reward you with good. Some organizations are now sending him to take these talented children from Albania and teach them in Syria.

The Shaykh : But the idea you mentioned earlier, even if only briefly, is very important: that you take these orphans and teach them in Saudi Arabia. This is very necessary.
The student : With the permission of Allah, now. Shuqara: Do not transfer them to Syria.

The Shaykh : Yes. Shuqara: Cut them off from Syria.
The student : I am pleased to inform you that the Kingdom, through Imam University, has now adopted twenty preachers to prepare them as Muftis in Albania.

The Shaykh : No problem, may Allah bless you. That is a different matter, but I mean...
The student : The children.

The Shaykh : That you take the raw material from there.
The student: Correct.

The Shaykh : These orphans.
The student : These children, yes.

The Shaykh : And you immerse them in the environment of Tawhid there and teach them from a young age so that they grow up as a group of Salafis.
The student: Correct.

The Shaykh : Then, later, they return to their...
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : To their country and engage in Da'wah.
The student : Praise be to Allah. Generally, the problem facing us is that we established the education department, and by the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), before I arrived, the head of the education department was taken over by one of the people of the good Salafi methodology, a graduate of the Islamic University. Four of them are graduates of the Islamic University; some are Algerian, some are graduates of the Islamic University, and some are also in Algeria. They are good young men, some of whom are memorizers of the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : And their direction is good, so I appointed them. Now they are holding the Da'wah in Albania. We have now started opening schools, but our problem now is in the personnel who teach the people. We found no one but Azhari graduates, and they are widely spread, many of whom are not Albanian but are from Kosovo.

The Shaykh : Kosovo.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Studying in al-Azhar.
The student : And studying in al-Azhar. In fact, now they hold most of the Da'wah positions.

The Shaykh : Good, there are some here. We have a group. Shuqara: Yes.

The Shaykh : And his brothers, these are... news. Shuqara: We have our brothers from Albania.
The student : And their study is Sharia-based. Shuqara: ...
The student : And their study is Sharia-based, and they go to Albania.

The Shaykh : One of them was in Albania. This Bakri was from Albania, and less than a week ago he returned from there. On this occasion, he went to Albania.The Shaykh : Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Banna. Did you meet him?
The student : No, I have not seen him.

The Shaykh : Strange, because he stayed there for a period, I mean.