The Shaykh explains that if he praises a book, he is judging the good that predominates in it, not necessarily ruling on every single sentence within it
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The questioner : The questioner says: Some of the brothers have reported that you have looked into the book *Al-Mas'alah al-Jazairiyyah*
The Shaykh : regarding the book
The questioner : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jazairiyyah*
The Shaykh : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jazairiyyah*
The questioner : Yes, indeed
Another questioner: And you have read it in full and you confirm that everything in it is correct, so they report, O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : So what is the truth of what was reported about you? And does that include the original text of the book, the original text and the footnotes?
The Shaykh : I do not know; I looked into it... before it was printed.
So I praised it, but after the printing, the book reached me, but I did not look into it.
And it is not possible for one who has read a book and praised it... to mean word by word, sentence by sentence, to the end. So if I praise Zayd, that does not mean that I... but I judge him by the good that predominates in him, and the opposite is exactly the opposite. If I speak ill of a book, and I think this expression is acceptable to you, because the word "praise" can be distributed over good and evil. So if I speak ill of a book, that does not mean that it is all evil, likewise if I speak ill of a person, that does not mean that he does no good at all, but rather in what appeared to me. And therefore, I believe such a question is not appropriate and not well-crafted; it does not observe the detail that I mentioned.
The Shaykh : regarding the book
The questioner : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jazairiyyah*
The Shaykh : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jazairiyyah*
The questioner : Yes, indeed
Another questioner: And you have read it in full and you confirm that everything in it is correct, so they report, O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : So what is the truth of what was reported about you? And does that include the original text of the book, the original text and the footnotes?
The Shaykh : I do not know; I looked into it... before it was printed.
So I praised it, but after the printing, the book reached me, but I did not look into it.
And it is not possible for one who has read a book and praised it... to mean word by word, sentence by sentence, to the end. So if I praise Zayd, that does not mean that I... but I judge him by the good that predominates in him, and the opposite is exactly the opposite. If I speak ill of a book, and I think this expression is acceptable to you, because the word "praise" can be distributed over good and evil. So if I speak ill of a book, that does not mean that it is all evil, likewise if I speak ill of a person, that does not mean that he does no good at all, but rather in what appeared to me. And therefore, I believe such a question is not appropriate and not well-crafted; it does not observe the detail that I mentioned.