Clarification regarding the book *Al-Hayb* on the commentary of *Al-Kalim al-Tayyib* by Al-‘Ayni, and an introduction to its author

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a clarification that has come in. He says that the book *Al-Hayb* on the commentary of *Al-Kalim al-Tayyib* is a commentary by Al-‘Ayni, the author of the commentary on al-Bukhari known as *Umdat al-Qari*. It is a commentary on the book *Al-Kalim al-Tayyib* by Ibn Taymiyyah.

Answer:
Yes, Al-‘Ayni was one of the jurists of the Hanafi school, and he is the commentator of al-Bukhari. *Umdat al-Qari* is a commentary on *Sahih al-Bukhari*. He was one of the scholars of the Hanafi school, an Egyptian, and a contemporary of Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani. He would speak ill of Ibn Hajar and disparage him in his commentary *Umdat al-Qari*. The scholars said that he steals from him and criticizes him. They said his book is full of quotations from *Fath al-Bari* without him making this clear. As for this man, we seek help from Allah. That is who he is. And in matters of creed, I do not think he is one of those who can be relied upon in creed.