What is your opinion on the following books
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The questioner:
What is your opinion on the following books: *Al-Muntakha al-Nafis min Talbis Iblis* by Ibn al-Jawzi?
The Shaykh:
The original book, which is *Talbis Iblis* or *Naqd al-'Ilm wa al-'Ulama*, is a good book in general and is well known among the scholars of knowledge. As for the abridged version, I have not looked into it. It may be that the abridged version is better in its condensation, or it may have erred or added something; I do not know about it, or I am able to certify the abridged version. Rather, I certify the original, and it contains great benefits. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Which one? Which one is *Talbis Iblis*, or *Naqd al-'Ilm wa al-'Ulama*, or *Al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'at*?
The Shaykh:
By al-Shawkani. *Al-Fawa'id al-Majmu'ah*, *Al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'at* by al-Shawkani is a good book, a good book. It points out the hadiths that the Shaykh al-Shawkani attributed to fabrication. There may be some consideration regarding some of them, but it is a good book.
The questioner:
*Waqa'ina al-Mu'asir* by Shaykh Muhammad Qutb.
The Shaykh:
I have not looked into it, nor have I engaged with it. But it is a cultural book, not a scholarly book. Yes, it is a cultural book. Yes.
The questioner:
*Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahrastani. This is a history of the sects, of the sects
The Shaykh:
of Islam. Yes. And it is a good book in general. Because it presents an idea about the sects and the beliefs upon which they based their schools of thought, and the correct answer versus the incorrect one. Even though there are some criticisms of it. But in general, the book is good. It is one of the referenced sources in the matter of sects and schools of thought. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
What is your opinion on the following books: *Al-Muntakha al-Nafis min Talbis Iblis* by Ibn al-Jawzi?
The Shaykh:
The original book, which is *Talbis Iblis* or *Naqd al-'Ilm wa al-'Ulama*, is a good book in general and is well known among the scholars of knowledge. As for the abridged version, I have not looked into it. It may be that the abridged version is better in its condensation, or it may have erred or added something; I do not know about it, or I am able to certify the abridged version. Rather, I certify the original, and it contains great benefits. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Which one? Which one is *Talbis Iblis*, or *Naqd al-'Ilm wa al-'Ulama*, or *Al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'at*?
The Shaykh:
By al-Shawkani. *Al-Fawa'id al-Majmu'ah*, *Al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'at* by al-Shawkani is a good book, a good book. It points out the hadiths that the Shaykh al-Shawkani attributed to fabrication. There may be some consideration regarding some of them, but it is a good book.
The questioner:
*Waqa'ina al-Mu'asir* by Shaykh Muhammad Qutb.
The Shaykh:
I have not looked into it, nor have I engaged with it. But it is a cultural book, not a scholarly book. Yes, it is a cultural book. Yes.
The questioner:
*Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahrastani. This is a history of the sects, of the sects
The Shaykh:
of Islam. Yes. And it is a good book in general. Because it presents an idea about the sects and the beliefs upon which they based their schools of thought, and the correct answer versus the incorrect one. Even though there are some criticisms of it. But in general, the book is good. It is one of the referenced sources in the matter of sects and schools of thought. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما قولكم في الكتب التالية -المنتقى النفيس من تلبيس ابلس - الأحاديث الموضوعة للشوكاني واقعنا المعاصر — youtube.com
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