The Shaykh’s remarks on al-Tabarani’s methodology in his three encyclopedias.

The Shaykh : The previous book, "Al-Rawd al-Nadhir fi Tartib wa Takhrij Majma' al-Tabarani al-Saghir," has a style that involves art and creativity. To preserve the names of his teachers, he arranged their names according to the letters of the alphabet. He narrated one hadith from each of these teachers. How many teachers did he have? More than a thousand teachers. This is recorded in a book called "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Saghir." He narrated from each teacher in this book only one hadith, intending to preserve and collect the names of his teachers. He has three books: "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Saghir," "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Awsat," and "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Kabir." The methodology of the Small and the Middle is the same in that he arranged the names of the teachers. However, "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Awsat" differs from "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Saghir" only in that it mentions more than one hadith for a single teacher, whereas in "al-Saghir," it mentions only one hadith. Thus, he has more than a thousand teachers. This was how the scholars of the past were, because in reality, every scholar is distinguished from others by knowledge, character, religion, righteousness, or something similar. As for "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Kabir," which is al-Tabarani’s third encyclopedia, its methodology is completely different from "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Saghir" and "al-Awsat."
In summary, it follows the method of the Musnads. Does anyone here know "Musnad Imam Ahmad" or "Musnad al-Tayalisi," or similar Musnads that are now beginning to appear in the world of publications? "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Kabir" is arranged according to the names of the Companions. It begins with the Ten Promised Paradise, then proceeds with the letter Alif and Ba, such as Abu ibn Ka'b, and so on. It mentions many hadiths for each Companion, but it does not encompass all of their hadiths.
This is sufficient. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

The questioner : Do you recommend it, O Shaykh? "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Kabir"?

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : Do you recommend it? Acquiring "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Kabir"?

The Shaykh : How could I not? For the one who wants to follow the paths.

The questioner : How are its hadiths?

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : Are the hadiths verified or not? Are they authentic, I mean?

The Shaykh : Do you mean the annotated one? Hamdi?

The questioner : ... "Majma' al-Tabarani al-Kabir."

The Shaykh : Yes, he is one of our brothers. He was in Syria as well, and ...