The Ruling on the Books *Talbis Iblis*, *Fabricated Hadiths*, and *Islamic Sects*

The Shaykh:
Regarding the following books: *Al-Muntakha al-Nafis* from *Talbis Iblis* by Ibn al-Jawzi. The original book, *Talbis Iblis*, is good. Yes. Or *Naqd al-'Ilm wa al-'Ulama'*? This is a good book in general and is well-known among the scholars, because it is an abridgment. So there is nothing strange about it; when one looks at it, the abridgment may be better in its conciseness, or it may have erred or omitted something. I do not know about it, or I am able to vouch for the abridgers. Rather, the honey is that I vouch for it, and it has great benefits. May Allah reward you with good. Which one is it? Which one is it? *Talbis* by Ibn [al-Jawzi] or *Naqd al-'Ilm wa al-'Ulama'*? *Al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'at* by al-Shawkani. *Al-Fawa'id al-Majmu'ah*. *Al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'at* by al-Shawkani is a good book. A good book that points out the hadiths that Imam al-Shawkani ruled to be fabricated. There may be some consideration in some of them. But it is a good book. *Waqa'atuna al-Mu'asirah* by Shaykh Muhammad Qutay. I have not looked at it and I do not rule on it. But it is a cultural book. It is not a scholarly book. Yes. A cultural book. Yes. *Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahr. By al-Shahr [al-Mawsili]. This is a history of the sects. The Islamic sects. Yes. And it is a good book in general. Because it gives an idea about the sects and the doubts upon which they based their schools of thought. And the answer: the authentic, the non-authentic. And although it has some criticisms. But in general, the book is good. A reference. For reference and its summary in knowing the sects and the [doubts]. May Allah reward you with good.