Among the habits of hadith scholars in their copying of hadiths.

The Shaykh : As for the hadith point—and peace be upon you—it was the custom of the early hadith scholars that when a copyist copied a hadith,
The student: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
he would draw a circle instead of a point. Whenever he finished a hadith, he would place a circle after it. When he finished copying, he would return to compare the copy with the original. Whenever he read a hadith from those he had closed with a circle, he would compare the hadith with the original and place a point in the center of the circle to indicate that this hadith had been compared with the original and the comparison was correct.
It often happens that a person skips a hadith and moves to another, placing a point in the center of the circle after finishing it. When the time comes to read this section or this book, as some do, and he comes across a hadith with a circle but no point, it means that this specific hadith has not been compared. This is a significant hadith point because it is a circle with a point in its center.
When we read the preceding hadith we pause as if there were a large point, then we resume the rest of the hadith by saying to indicate that this sentence is independent and not among the matters of this world. Therefore, the addition mentioned in some books that do not pay attention to precise hadith transmission, when they mention the hadith with the wording "I have been made to love three things of your world", the word "three" is invalid in both chain and text. This is what should be mentioned now.

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