The Shaykh’s Writings and His Published Fatwas
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Question:
This person is asking about the Shaykh’s existing writings, and specifically asking whether the Shaykh’s fatwas have been published or not?
Answer:
Yes, he left behind scholarly works, the greatest of which are the students, as we mentioned to you. It is his knowledge that he wished to spread among the people, not in books. He wished to spread his knowledge among the people and the students, not in books, because there are many books, praise be to Allah, but people need men of knowledge. What benefit do we derive from books if there are no scholars?
So he did not desire to write books, but rather he desired to train students and pupils and bearers of knowledge; this is what he was keen on and desired. But he had few writings when necessary; he would write on issues when there was a need. He has a treatise refuting al-Suyuti regarding the descent of the Qur'an, titled *Al-Jawab al-Wadhih al-Mustaqim fi Kayfiyyat Inzal al-Qur'an al-Karim* (The Clear and Straight Answer Regarding the Manner of the Descent of the Noble Qur'an). And this has been published.
He also has a refutation of Shaykh 'Abd Allah ibn Mahmud regarding the issue of stoning the pillars. [It concerns] the non-timing of the stoning of the pillars according to Shaykh Ibn Mahmud, and that the stoning of the pillars on the days of Tashriq has no time, neither a beginning nor an end, always. So he refuted him in a treatise titled *Tahdhir al-Nasik mimma Ahdatha Ibn Mahmud fi al-Manasik* (Warning the Pilgrim from What Ibn Mahmud Innovated in the Rites of Pilgrimage), and it is published.
And after his death, his student Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him), by the assignment of King Faysal (may Allah have mercy on him), collected his fatwas and treatises. So he collected them, and they amounted to fifteen volumes, and they are published, praise be to Allah. They are published and in circulation. Yes.
This person is asking about the Shaykh’s existing writings, and specifically asking whether the Shaykh’s fatwas have been published or not?
Answer:
Yes, he left behind scholarly works, the greatest of which are the students, as we mentioned to you. It is his knowledge that he wished to spread among the people, not in books. He wished to spread his knowledge among the people and the students, not in books, because there are many books, praise be to Allah, but people need men of knowledge. What benefit do we derive from books if there are no scholars?
So he did not desire to write books, but rather he desired to train students and pupils and bearers of knowledge; this is what he was keen on and desired. But he had few writings when necessary; he would write on issues when there was a need. He has a treatise refuting al-Suyuti regarding the descent of the Qur'an, titled *Al-Jawab al-Wadhih al-Mustaqim fi Kayfiyyat Inzal al-Qur'an al-Karim* (The Clear and Straight Answer Regarding the Manner of the Descent of the Noble Qur'an). And this has been published.
He also has a refutation of Shaykh 'Abd Allah ibn Mahmud regarding the issue of stoning the pillars. [It concerns] the non-timing of the stoning of the pillars according to Shaykh Ibn Mahmud, and that the stoning of the pillars on the days of Tashriq has no time, neither a beginning nor an end, always. So he refuted him in a treatise titled *Tahdhir al-Nasik mimma Ahdatha Ibn Mahmud fi al-Manasik* (Warning the Pilgrim from What Ibn Mahmud Innovated in the Rites of Pilgrimage), and it is published.
And after his death, his student Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him), by the assignment of King Faysal (may Allah have mercy on him), collected his fatwas and treatises. So he collected them, and they amounted to fifteen volumes, and they are published, praise be to Allah. They are published and in circulation. Yes.
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