The Shaykh explains that when he praises a book, his judgment is based on the good that predominates in it
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The questioner : The questioner says: Some of the brothers have reported that you have looked into the book *Al-Mas'alah al-Jaza'iriyah*.
The Shaykh : The book?
The questioner : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jaza'iriyah*.
The Shaykh : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jaza'iriyah*.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : And that you read it in its entirety, and you confirm that everything in it is correct, this is what they report, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is the accuracy of what was reported about you? And does that include the original text of the book, the original text and the footnotes?
The Shaykh : I do not know; I looked at the draft before it was printed and I praised it, but after the printing, the book reached me, yet I did not look into it. Then it is not possible that one who reads a book and praises it intends word by word, sentence by sentence, to the end. So if I praise Zayd, that does not mean that I ... but I judge him by the good that predominates in him, and the opposite is exactly the opposite; if I speak ill of a book, and I think this expression is acceptable to you, because the word "praise" can be distributed over good and over evil, so if I speak ill of a book, that does not mean that it is all evil, likewise if I speak ill of a person, that does not mean that he does no good at all, but rather in what appeared to me; and therefore I believe that such a question is an inappropriate and imprecise question, in which the detail that you mentioned is not observed.
The Shaykh : The book?
The questioner : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jaza'iriyah*.
The Shaykh : *Al-Mas'alah al-Jaza'iriyah*.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : And that you read it in its entirety, and you confirm that everything in it is correct, this is what they report, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is the accuracy of what was reported about you? And does that include the original text of the book, the original text and the footnotes?
The Shaykh : I do not know; I looked at the draft before it was printed and I praised it, but after the printing, the book reached me, yet I did not look into it. Then it is not possible that one who reads a book and praises it intends word by word, sentence by sentence, to the end. So if I praise Zayd, that does not mean that I ... but I judge him by the good that predominates in him, and the opposite is exactly the opposite; if I speak ill of a book, and I think this expression is acceptable to you, because the word "praise" can be distributed over good and over evil, so if I speak ill of a book, that does not mean that it is all evil, likewise if I speak ill of a person, that does not mean that he does no good at all, but rather in what appeared to me; and therefore I believe that such a question is an inappropriate and imprecise question, in which the detail that you mentioned is not observed.
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