Regarding the treatise "Fiqh al-Waqi'" by Shaykh Al-Albani.

Another questioner: Peace be upon you - our Shaykh - I have an objection to the treatise.

The Shaykh : I do not think so.

Another questioner: It is not the treatise "The One Who Abandons Prayer."

The Shaykh : From whom?

Another questioner: It is the treatise "Fiqh al-Waqi'." Our Shaykh, is it yours or is it upon you?

The Shaykh: This is an external critique, may Allah reward you.

Another questioner: But truly - our Shaykh - I...

The Shaykh: Everyone who reads it knows it is mine, but he published it and took charge of it, what is in it?

The questioner: No, but - our Shaykh - the text of the treatise is small, about twenty pages in total, meaning when you read it, truly, do you take it from Ali or from the Shaykh? Meaning we want plain speechThe Shaykh : that is the essence of it, meaning.

The Shaykh: But it does no harm, Professor, if... there is if he presented... a distinguished one that lets the reader know that this is the speechThe Shaykh : “... and this is the words of the student.”

The questioner: No - our Shaykh - it is supposed that this treatise is "Fiqh al-Waqi' by Shaykh Nasir al-Din Al-Albani," there is no harm - for example - if it is necessary for Brother Ali to comment on it; two or three pages where he knows it and presents it, but he does not write - also - in this matter; meaning we want there to be a distinction for this topic.

The Shaykh: When I read it, I was told this speech by some of them, I did not find, meaning, anything subject to criticism; because his speech is distinguished from my speech.

The questioner: Our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner: It is not an addition, meaning, it clarifies for the people.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner: When this issue began, the people were occupied, and you answered in that tape, our Brother Ali - may Allah reward him with good - says like your saying; meaning he quotes from you, but the people had a reaction from our Brother Ali's book and did not accept the book, and when the tape reached us, the tape - for example - I remember that I... in Makkah, this tape was not distributed except... they accepted your speech with acceptance and submission, they said this speech is good scholarly speech issued from a scholar with no disagreement on him, so they took the tape and distributed it, perhaps this is more hopeful for the acceptance of the scientific issue.

The Shaykh: I do not discuss this, and I believe that when there are people - for example - with a certain view, the publisher is not the author of the book, the publisher of the book; because he is the publisher who stores it.

The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: I believe in this.

The questioner: He - our Shaykh - ... I wanted to say this; meaning it had an effect of harm on the treatise itself, especially at this time when Brother Ali was, meaning, in the eyes of some people there, about him and his speech; because there, especially when he spoke about Safar, and Safar's speech was dubbed with his speech and caused a type of confusion for the youth; so we wanted the treatise only, when the reader reads it, he does not read speech other than the speech ofThe Shaykh : Nasir in it, this is what we are keen on; because its effect would have been stronger and more impactful in the hearts of people.

The Shaykh: This, as I said earlier, is a response that is returned, but he said: The witness sees what the absent one does not see, when I allow a brother from our brothers to add a few words that do not change the topic of the treatise; first: look, this is contrary to scientific selfishness; meaning I see that it is my duty to accept this thing, secondly: such an observation that others notice does not come to my mind, perhaps Allah - Mighty and Majestic - if He writes for this treatise to spread and if our Lord - Mighty and Majestic - places for it acceptance even among those people who may have an opinion contrary to what is in the treatise; perhaps we can reconsider it and separate what belongs to Zayd from 'Amr, and it will be - if Allah wills - more beneficial.

The questioner: It is in reality not him.

Another questioner: We are conveying reality, O Shaykh.

The questioner: This is it, meaning it is not the purpose, I said if - for example - Brother Ali wrote a page or two on it, but just a presentation for it or that we decided to publish this treatise based on the advice of our Shaykh and his approval of that; meaning only this is what should be, but as soon as a person reads, he reads Ali'sAl-Halabi : speech that he said in Fiqh al-Waqi'; do you see? Meaning something repeated with the speech ofThe Shaykh : Nasir, this is the criticism directed at the topic.

Another questioner: A few days before I came, the treatise was published recently, meaning, so I was going to visit Prince Abdullah al-Farhan in al-Kharj, perhaps you remember him.

The Shaykh: In al-Kharj, yes.

Another questioner: He always asks about your news and always greets you.

The Shaykh : “How is his strength and health?”

Another questioner: By Allah, that is good, meaning.

The Shaykh: I visited him only.

Another questioner: Meaning he was greatly pleased with it, one of those who has it reads the speech on it, and buys a quantity and distributes it.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.

Another questioner: So he said to me: By Allah, we were very, very pleased with the departure ofThe Shaykh : Nasir al-'Umar to the virtue ofThe Shaykh : Nasir Al-Albani, especially that he returned convinced from you, he says to me and instructed me to convey greetings.

The Shaykh: To you and to him peace, also convey my greetings to him.