Why is "Irwaa' al-Ghaleel" not abridged and combined with "Manaa'r al-Sabeel"; so that it would be better for the student of knowledge to acquire it?
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The questioner : Why is it not abridged and combined with "Manaa'r al-Sabeel" ... for the student of knowledge to acquire it?
The Shaykh : This is, in reality, a matter that does not depend on me. Even if it did depend on me, I would not be able to do it, because I am occupied with the task of renewing works only after I have finished printing many of my books that are ready for publication. I have been occupied for several years, rarely finding time to produce a new work. My time is now spent correcting the proofs of some books, most of which had never been printed at all, and some of which have sold out, forcing me to suspend them. No one knows what an author endures in terms of time, effort, and distraction from writing when he supervises the correction of the proofs of one of his books. This is the case before I come to you with this volume under the press: Volume Five of "Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Sahihah," and also Volume Five of "Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'ifah," and the reprinting of Volume One of this series, that is, "Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'ifah," with new research, additions, and benefits, and an introduction suitable for the new edition. Also under the press is Volume Two of my abridgment of "Sahih al-Bukhari," and we recently printed "Tamaam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah." All of this takes up my time continuously; we barely finish correcting a book, indexing it, and writing its introduction before the second book comes to us, and so on. Therefore, I cannot do that. The way to proceed is for you to write to the publisher of the book, who is the owner of the Islamic Office, with such a suggestion, so that he may assign someone among those who have the capability and hadithical knowledge to enable him to abridge "Irwaa' al-Ghaleel."
Other than that?
The Shaykh : This is, in reality, a matter that does not depend on me. Even if it did depend on me, I would not be able to do it, because I am occupied with the task of renewing works only after I have finished printing many of my books that are ready for publication. I have been occupied for several years, rarely finding time to produce a new work. My time is now spent correcting the proofs of some books, most of which had never been printed at all, and some of which have sold out, forcing me to suspend them. No one knows what an author endures in terms of time, effort, and distraction from writing when he supervises the correction of the proofs of one of his books. This is the case before I come to you with this volume under the press: Volume Five of "Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Sahihah," and also Volume Five of "Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'ifah," and the reprinting of Volume One of this series, that is, "Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'ifah," with new research, additions, and benefits, and an introduction suitable for the new edition. Also under the press is Volume Two of my abridgment of "Sahih al-Bukhari," and we recently printed "Tamaam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah." All of this takes up my time continuously; we barely finish correcting a book, indexing it, and writing its introduction before the second book comes to us, and so on. Therefore, I cannot do that. The way to proceed is for you to write to the publisher of the book, who is the owner of the Islamic Office, with such a suggestion, so that he may assign someone among those who have the capability and hadithical knowledge to enable him to abridge "Irwaa' al-Ghaleel."
Other than that?
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