On the hadith: (If the people see an oppressor and do not take him by the hand, it is likely that Allah will encompass them with a punishment from Him), you commented on the words of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

The questioner: Here is hadith number one thousand five hundred and sixty-four in "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah."

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: You commented—may Allah preserve you—on the words of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir in the tafsir.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: And you said the first, then the second, his assertion that al-Daraqutni preferred its stopping (mawquf). So when I went back to the printed books in front of us regarding "Tafsir Ibn Kathir," in all of them it says that al-Daraqutni preferred its raising (marfu').

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: So I do not know if this statement is in the manuscript or not.

The Shaykh: Be patient with me for a moment.

The questioner : Understood.

The Shaykh: On which page, the first or the second?

The questioner: The second page, the last one.

The Shaykh: Read it to me.

The questioner: "And the second is his assertion that al-Daraqutni preferred its stopping."

The Shaykh: Excuse me, to whom does the pronoun refer?

The questioner: It refers to the hadith for me.

The Shaykh: No, no, his assertion, who is it that you understood? You say Ibn Kathir.
The student: And al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said in "Al-Tafsir."

The Shaykh: Slow down, where is this statement?
The student: Page eighty-eight.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: On page number eighty-eight, the previous page.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "And the four compilers of the Sunan narrated this hadith, and Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, and others from many routes from many people from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, connected and raised to the Prophet, and some of them narrated it from him as stopped at the Companion, and al-Daraqutni and others preferred its stopping."

The Shaykh: Yes, so you are saying now that in the copy it says "and he preferred its raising."
The student: The printed one, "and al-Daraqutni and others preferred its raising," the printed copies.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: You say that "and al-Daraqutni and others preferred its raising."

The Shaykh: Okay, you, my professor, when you say the printed copies, how many copies did you look at?
The student: We looked at the oldest printed copy, which is probably around 1932, and it says "its raising," and the copy we have from Ihya' al-Turath al-'Arabi, and also the copy of Isa al-Badi'Al-Halabi : and partners, this is the oldest copy in front of us, and then I thought that the manuscript has "its stopping."

The Shaykh: Okay, the statement that follows, may Allah bless you, does it align with his saying as you correct it, "and he preferred its raising," or "its stopping," because it is possible that this is a printing error from me or from someone else, so the complete statement proceeds on what basis, that the stronger opinion is the stopping or the raising?
The student: The stronger opinion with us is the raising, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh: I am not asking you about your opinion.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh: The complete statement, the complete statement, read it so we can see.
The student: Ibn Kathir.

The Shaykh: No, after Ibn Kathir's statement.
The student: You said, "And in this statement there are two observations."

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "The first is attributing the hadith to al-Nasa'i by his general statement 'the four.'"

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "Al-Mundhiri explicitly attributed it to him."

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: To the end of the statement.

The Shaykh: All right.
The student: "And the second."

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ". That al-Daraqutni preferred its stopping."

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Al-Diya' al-Maqdisi quoted his statement at the end of the hadith, and its summary is that the trustworthy narrators differed regarding Isma'il, so some of them raised it and some of them stopped it. Then he mentioned the names of those who raised it, and their number reached twenty-two people, and the number of those who stopped it was only four. Al-Daraqutni said, "And all the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy, and it is likely that Qays ibn Abi Hazim used to copy in the narration, sometimes raising it and sometimes being shy of it, so he stopped it at Abu Bakr." So you see that he does not prefer the stopped version, but the apparent meaning of his statement is that he is more inclined to prefer the raised version, and that is the correct one.

The Shaykh: Ah, I understand you now.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh: So what you quoted from Ibn Kathir, either it is an error in the copy that I am relying on, did you go back to this copy?
The student: No, by Allah, I did not go back, because I do not know which copy you are relying on, I mean.

The Shaykh: It is written with you as two hundred and nine.
The student: Two hundred and nine, all of the printed volumes are two hundred and nine, I mean the one I have is two hundred and nine.

The Shaykh: So it is a photocopy, I see. Okay, so I will review it, and it appears that it must be an error, either in my transmission or in the copy that I have, so we will review it, if Allah wills, but it appears that it is an error from me.
The student: My master, we ask Allah—Mighty and Majestic—for good for us and for you, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : O Allah, amen, and may Allah reward you with good.