The Opinion on the Book *Sayd al-Khatir* and the Books of Ibn al-Qayyim
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
The brother questioner has a final question, which is an inquiry about a book by Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you). He says: The book *Sayd al-Khatir*, what is your opinion of it? And what is your opinion also of the books of Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah?
Answer:
*Sayd al-Khatir* is not by Ibn al-Qayyim, but rather it is by Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him), the Imam Ibn al-Jawzi. It is a book that contains benefits as well as errors and mistakes, especially in matters of creed. So a student of knowledge benefits from it, but one who is not a student of knowledge does not read it, lest the errors in it regarding creed become confused for him.
As for the books of Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, al-Jawziyyah, this is not Ibn al-Jawzi. His books are numerous and beneficial. Among them is *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in 'an Rabb al-'Alamin*, and among them is *Ighathat al-Lahfan min Masayib al-Shaytan*, and among them is *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Mu'tadilah*, and among them is *Al-Nuniyyah al-Manzumah fi al-'Aqidah*, and other of his books.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The brother questioner has a final question, which is an inquiry about a book by Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you). He says: The book *Sayd al-Khatir*, what is your opinion of it? And what is your opinion also of the books of Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah?
Answer:
*Sayd al-Khatir* is not by Ibn al-Qayyim, but rather it is by Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him), the Imam Ibn al-Jawzi. It is a book that contains benefits as well as errors and mistakes, especially in matters of creed. So a student of knowledge benefits from it, but one who is not a student of knowledge does not read it, lest the errors in it regarding creed become confused for him.
As for the books of Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, al-Jawziyyah, this is not Ibn al-Jawzi. His books are numerous and beneficial. Among them is *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in 'an Rabb al-'Alamin*, and among them is *Ighathat al-Lahfan min Masayib al-Shaytan*, and among them is *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Mu'tadilah*, and among them is *Al-Nuniyyah al-Manzumah fi al-'Aqidah*, and other of his books.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/202 — archive.org (8:21)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.