Do you intend to prepare a response to the Shi'ite scholar Shaykh 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din, the author of the book al-Muraja'at?

The questioner : My esteemed Shaykh, I heard from you long ago in Aleppo that you were in the process of, or intended, or were beginning to prepare a response to the Shi'ite scholar 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din, the author of the book al-Muraja'at. I have looked through some of your books.

The Shaykh : In the series of weak hadiths, there are approximately one hundred hadiths.

The questioner : In the printed edition.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : In the printed edition?

The Shaykh : No, no, it is still unpublished. I selected them from the book al-Muraja'at.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Among them is a subtle form of concealment (tadlis) in that they are strong hadiths used to support his Shi'ite school of thought. So I traced these hadiths such that if they were separated from the series and given an introduction, they would constitute a useful treatise. Yes, and of course, when time and circumstances are tight for me and I am unable to devote myself to writing a treatise or book on a specific topic, I look to the long term and prepare for myself through a gradual, sequential process like this, yes, like this tracing of hadiths for the near or distant future. But right now, I do not have a treatise; rather, there is only a preparation for this...

The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you. Indeed, actions are by intentions.

Another questioner : We ask Allah to grant you the ability to achieve that.

The Shaykh: Amen.

The questioner: All right... O Shaykh.