What are your guidelines regarding the book *Bathl al-Ihsan*? What is recommended that I do?
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The questioner : Well, my Shaykh, I am hoping for two things!
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : The first thing: your guidelines regarding the book *Bathl al-Ihsan*. What is recommended that I do in the future, if Allah wills, if Allah makes it easy for me?
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, I do not have the time to read the book and present it, so please excuse me.
The questioner : Generally speaking, in any book, what is recommended to include? Should it be limited to tracing the hadiths to their sources, or should it also include jurisprudential matters and the like?
The Shaykh : There is a difference between aiming for the scholarly aspect and not. Without doubt, combining hadith and fiqh is the intended purpose of hadith, and that is better. However, this also depends on your time, your availability, and your energy; these are matters that the person obligated to act must assess. As for my opinion, without doubt, combining hadith and fiqh is preferable. As for me, regarding hadith books, I focus entirely on the hadith aspect, and I rarely discuss jurisprudential aspects except in *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah*, and as you can see, even there, only occasionally.
Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : The first thing: your guidelines regarding the book *Bathl al-Ihsan*. What is recommended that I do in the future, if Allah wills, if Allah makes it easy for me?
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, I do not have the time to read the book and present it, so please excuse me.
The questioner : Generally speaking, in any book, what is recommended to include? Should it be limited to tracing the hadiths to their sources, or should it also include jurisprudential matters and the like?
The Shaykh : There is a difference between aiming for the scholarly aspect and not. Without doubt, combining hadith and fiqh is the intended purpose of hadith, and that is better. However, this also depends on your time, your availability, and your energy; these are matters that the person obligated to act must assess. As for my opinion, without doubt, combining hadith and fiqh is preferable. As for me, regarding hadith books, I focus entirely on the hadith aspect, and I rarely discuss jurisprudential aspects except in *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah*, and as you can see, even there, only occasionally.
Yes, that is correct.