Are the Shaykh's writings the foundation for publishing new books?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, the truth is that, praise be to Allah, many useful and very beneficial writings of yours have appeared recently. Among them, and foremost, are *Sharh al-Mumti'* and *Sharh Kitab al-Tawhid*. Are these books the foundation for publishing a number of books and commentaries on certain texts, whether jurisprudential or creedal, which we ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make beneficial?

Answer : May Allah bless you. In reality, these are not my written works. However, some of the brothers who love to spread knowledge transcribed them from the tapes, then organized them, and they were published, praise be to Allah. Otherwise, the books I have written by hand as authored works are few and not large in size, such as *Usul min al-Mas'ul*, *Tasir al-Fara'id*, *Taqrir al-Tadmiriyyah*, and *Talakhkhis al-Humawiyyah*. These are written by hand, and therefore one finds that a person is reassured by them. As for what is transcribed from the tapes, the brothers may delete important things because they consider them of little benefit. For this reason, I decided to review *Sharh al-Mumti'* so that we may add what needs to be added and remove what does not need to be there. Everyone knows the difference between an authored work and a compiled one, and between what is transcribed from tapes.