The Reason for Composing al-Wasitiyyah and al-Hamawiyyah
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The questioner:
And I wrote al-Ifat al-Islam in Madinah. And the writings of the hereditary and Hanawiyyah, or that it was the first hadith, and what was written and what was written
The Shaykh:
The reason al-Wasitiyyah was written first is that he wrote it for a man from the people of Wasit, whereas he wrote al-Hamawiyyah for a man from the people of Hama in Sham. As for which one came first, I do not know. But al-Hamawiyyah is more extensive than al-Wasitiyyah, and the Shaykh faced more examination regarding it than he did regarding al-Wasitiyyah. He was examined on both treatises, but the examination and debate concerning al-Hamawiyyah were greater.
And I wrote al-Ifat al-Islam in Madinah. And the writings of the hereditary and Hanawiyyah, or that it was the first hadith, and what was written and what was written
The Shaykh:
The reason al-Wasitiyyah was written first is that he wrote it for a man from the people of Wasit, whereas he wrote al-Hamawiyyah for a man from the people of Hama in Sham. As for which one came first, I do not know. But al-Hamawiyyah is more extensive than al-Wasitiyyah, and the Shaykh faced more examination regarding it than he did regarding al-Wasitiyyah. He was examined on both treatises, but the examination and debate concerning al-Hamawiyyah were greater.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 04 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/صادقون مصدقون/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:59)
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