The Ruling on the Book of al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib
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Question:
He asks about the book al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib: What is your opinion of it, O Shaykh?
Answer:
The book al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib is by al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri. It is a good and beneficial book in which he mentions the hadiths that contain warnings and threats to deter people from sins and evil deeds and what is of that nature. The tarhib regarding good is a warning concerning the good reward, and this is what encourages the believers to do righteous deeds. This is what is required, that the servant be between fear and hope. So this book is what causes a person to have fear and hope. When he reads the verses and hadiths of warning, he fears, and when he reads the hadiths of promise, he hopes in Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
He asks about the book al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib: What is your opinion of it, O Shaykh?
Answer:
The book al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib is by al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri. It is a good and beneficial book in which he mentions the hadiths that contain warnings and threats to deter people from sins and evil deeds and what is of that nature. The tarhib regarding good is a warning concerning the good reward, and this is what encourages the believers to do righteous deeds. This is what is required, that the servant be between fear and hope. So this book is what causes a person to have fear and hope. When he reads the verses and hadiths of warning, he fears, and when he reads the hadiths of promise, he hopes in Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/119 — archive.org (2:39)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.