Is *Al-Rawd al-Nadhir* your first authored work, and what is your method for organizing and classifying it?
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The questioner : But the first work actually authored is *Al-Rawd al-Nadhir*?
The Shaykh : Yes, as an authored work, this is it.
The questioner : The first authored work!
The Shaykh : Because what I transcribed from *Al-Mughni* and commented on is not called the first authored work.
The questioner : Yes, what was the method in *Al-Rawd*, O our Shaykh? Was it based on the chapters of Islamic jurisprudence or not?
The Shaykh : No, my method in it was that I gathered the hadiths of every Companion under his name, like the Musnads.
The questioner : The Musnads!
The Shaykh : But I added to the customary practice in the Musnads that I arranged the hadiths of each Companion in alphabetical order, so it took on a new character.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then, after finishing it, I combined all the hadiths together and made a general index for them in alphabetical order; this is the arrangement.
The Shaykh : Yes, as an authored work, this is it.
The questioner : The first authored work!
The Shaykh : Because what I transcribed from *Al-Mughni* and commented on is not called the first authored work.
The questioner : Yes, what was the method in *Al-Rawd*, O our Shaykh? Was it based on the chapters of Islamic jurisprudence or not?
The Shaykh : No, my method in it was that I gathered the hadiths of every Companion under his name, like the Musnads.
The questioner : The Musnads!
The Shaykh : But I added to the customary practice in the Musnads that I arranged the hadiths of each Companion in alphabetical order, so it took on a new character.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then, after finishing it, I combined all the hadiths together and made a general index for them in alphabetical order; this is the arrangement.