I read in the book *The Life of Al-Albani* by Muhammad al-Shayban that you annotated the book *Al-Ba'ith al-Hadith: A Commentary on Ibn Kathir's Summary of the Sciences of Hadith*
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The questioner : I read in the book *The Life of Al-Albani* by Muhammad al-Shayban that you annotated the book *Al-Ba'ith al-Hadith: A Commentary on Ibn Kathir's Summary of the Sciences of Hadith* authored by Ahmad Shakir, but as far as we know, we have not seen it. Where is it? And we are greatly surprised, O Shaykh, that you have not authored a book on hadith terminology that is easy for students of knowledge to handle, and this is due to our good opinion of you?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward them with good for their good opinion.
But I say that regarding *Al-Ba'ith al-Hadith*, these were lessons I delivered to a few students in Damascus, a very small number. So I would comment on some topics, but they were not complete comments where one follows the other in a way that it would be appropriate to print the book with Al-Albani's annotations, as it was printed with the annotations or marginal notes of Shaykh Muhammad Shakir, the Egyptian judge. Therefore, the copy is with me, and I benefit from some of these comments, but I do not see that it is suitable for publication because it should be reviewed again and the comments completed as they should be, and this is something for which I find no way.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward them with good for their good opinion.
But I say that regarding *Al-Ba'ith al-Hadith*, these were lessons I delivered to a few students in Damascus, a very small number. So I would comment on some topics, but they were not complete comments where one follows the other in a way that it would be appropriate to print the book with Al-Albani's annotations, as it was printed with the annotations or marginal notes of Shaykh Muhammad Shakir, the Egyptian judge. Therefore, the copy is with me, and I benefit from some of these comments, but I do not see that it is suitable for publication because it should be reviewed again and the comments completed as they should be, and this is something for which I find no way.