The ruling on attributing the statements of Imam Ahmad in *al-Ikhtiyarat* to him

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: It is mentioned in *al-Ikhtiyarat* by al-Ba'ali that one should recite Surat al-Qalam in the 'Isha' prayer on the first night of Ramadan, because it is the first thing revealed. This statement is attributed to Imam Ahmad. What is your opinion?

Answer:
*Al-Ikhtiyarat*. The biography of al-Ba'ali. The Shaykh of Islam. This requires going back to it and verifying it. May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: I took money from my father. The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) sometimes relates statements merely as a report, and they have their meaning in that he records them, but he mentions them in the context of research. He may go on at length in the issue, and his opinion is not clear until the end. But some people, or rather, a person with a bias, picks up a word and does not wait for the result. He has no patience and is ignorant. My brother, he does not follow the beginning of the speech and the end of the context until the Shaykh's opinion (may Allah have mercy on him) becomes clear. Rather, he thinks that everything written in the fatwas is the Shaykh's opinion. Yes, the Shaykh mentioned the statements of the *hululiyyah* (those who believe in divine incarnation), the *ittihaadiyyah* (those who believe in divine union), and the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah) in order to refute them. Yes. A person comes and snatches a word, and he has not brought the beginning of the speech, nor the end, nor the result. This is not correct, and he attributes it to the Shaykh. This is misleading or ignorant.