The Shaykh’s commentary on al-Bassam’s book *Sabil al-Salam*

The questioner : In the book al-Bassam wrote explaining *Sabil al-Salam*, did you write a commentary on it?

The Shaykh : Yes. I sent it to him; he sent me a part, the first part, before it was printed, to get my opinion on it. But after that, by Allah, I no longer remember what my response to it was. This, O Shaykh, is a story we have been telling for eight years.

The questioner : He has now printed the book in six volumes.

The Shaykh : Center.

The questioner : The tool, and the book often mentions you, O Shaykh, regarding things that caught the students’ attention when he spoke about unbraiding hair for a woman who bathes for major ritual impurity or menstruation.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : He says that the opinion of the majority is that a woman does not unbraid her hair, neither for major ritual impurity nor for the full ritual bath. No.

The Shaykh : For menstruation.

The questioner : For menstruation. And he says that Shaykh Nasir combined this narration, the narration in Muslim, and said that it contains an anomaly in the word "menstruating woman." And he combined it with Aisha’s narration in al-Bukhari: "Unbraid your hair and comb it." So, meaning, the author says that Shaykh Nasir holds that a woman unbraid her hair

The Shaykh : to explain the earth.

The questioner : meaning for menstruation, and she does not unbraid it for the bath for major ritual impurity. And with this, meaning, he supports a well-known opinion held by Imam Ahmad and Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. Indeed, the students, because Shaykh Ibn Baz went with the opinion of the majority, there is strength in this, O Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good for this deduction.

The Shaykh : Yes.