What is the status of the book *Al-Rawd al-Nadhir* in tracing the hadiths of al-Tabarani?

The questioner : Yes. Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Generally, how are you, our teacher Abu 'Abd al-Rahman?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, O Husayn, how are you? By Allah, I am well, but it has been more than an hour since I arrived, and the phone has been busy. Busy. And I thought perhaps I was bothering you, meaning. No, you did not bother me; if there was any bother from one side, it was from me to you. I seek Allah's forgiveness, no, absolutely not, or three times, depending on the situation. If there is the possibility, truly, I do not know the book *Al-Rawd al-Nadhir* in tracing the hadiths of al-Tabarani's *Al-Kabir*. How did it come about now, meaning, have you finished writing it to the end? This is first, it is not in *Al-Kabir* but in *Al-Saghir*. *Al-Saghir*, yes, *Al-Saghir*. Yes, and this is one of my earliest works, but this is from the first fruits of my effort, and I do not think of publishing or printing it, because it needs to be reviewed again, because one who writes a book at the age of about twenty cannot approve of it after he has reached old age, right? Yes, yes, yes. Because the information with him, meaning, increases in purity, strength, and correctness, and reality indicates that to me, yes.
Therefore, I do not think of printing it, and it is with me in a beautiful, precise handwriting, whereas now you see my handwriting is completely different from that handwriting, oh my. It reminds me of the word of the calligraphy teacher who used to teach us good calligraphy; when he would see the handwriting of some students, he would say, "What is this? This is like the writing of a donkey in the river," and this is my handwriting now, like this. But in *Al-Rawd al-Nadhir*, by Allah's will, the handwriting is beautiful; you would think it was printed. Yes, how many volumes is it? One volume. Good, come on. In manuscript, meaning, how many volumes? Two volumes. Two volumes. Two large volumes; if it is printed, it will be published in four or more. Do you mean the scattered hadiths that exist can be found in all your other books, meaning, or are they not found there either? You will not find some of them, and you will not find some of them. What is the approximate percentage? Forty out of a hundred? I do not know. Yes, yes, I did not calculate a percentage. Yes, our dear teacher, are there very good brothers, meaning, for us, meaning, in Lebanon, or, meaning, by Allah, there are young people. Yes, and they are victorious. There are young people; when I used to frequent Lebanon, I did not know them. Yes, yes. But afterwards, news of some of them reached me. Yes, yes, in Beirut and Tripoli itself, or? In Beirut and in Tripoli and other places or villages. Yes. Yes, we want, I mean by my question specifically, meaning, the people who are over forty-five or fifty years old, meaning, but if they are in their thirties and twenties, is there anyone of this type, meaning? I told you, in my time when I used to frequent Lebanon, I did not know any of them. No. But when I came here, some of them visited me there. Yes, yes. And I do not know anything about their starting point or their knowledge so that we can speak.