The reason for the delay in publishing the books of Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen
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The books that were published, we heard that they were halted, like the explanation of al-Zad?
They were not halted, but most of the books that were published for me recently, the first ones that were printed and had been edited by me, had no problem. But the later ones, some of the brothers, out of their love for publishing knowledge and their eagerness to do so, started taking them from the tapes. And as you know, the tapes are lecture tapes. A lecture involves rearranging and delaying, and there may be mispronunciations, and perhaps a person might forget, for example, perhaps his tongue might slip and say something, so they took them from the tapes, then transcribed them, and then they come to us and say: Give us permission to print them.And we trust some of them for their knowledge and experience, but as they say: (No one can scratch your back but your own fingernail) No matter who the person is, there must be some flaw. But these books, for example, at the top of the list is al-Muntaqa, an explanation of Zad al-Mustaqni, which is one of the most beneficial ones, as far as I know; because it contains things that you may not find in the books of the predecessors, which have occurred recently. This is what we are currently correcting; because it has some important things that were deleted, but those who were in charge of printing it considered, in their opinion, that they did not need to be mentioned, so we are adding them now. Also, al-Qawl al-Mufid, an explanation of Kitab al-Tawhid, has some deficiencies, and its correction has been completed, praise be to Allah, so that it can be printed just as the explanation of al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah was printed. These are the most important books. As for the smaller things, like the explanation of al-Ajrumiyyah or the explanation of al-Waraqat, these are easy matters. But the important ones are these great books that deal with creed or deal with jurisprudence; these are important.
The questioner: Do we burn these books later, or how?The Shaykh: Do not burn them. You have to buy the new edition, and look at what is missing in the book, and your book will remain with you.
They were not halted, but most of the books that were published for me recently, the first ones that were printed and had been edited by me, had no problem. But the later ones, some of the brothers, out of their love for publishing knowledge and their eagerness to do so, started taking them from the tapes. And as you know, the tapes are lecture tapes. A lecture involves rearranging and delaying, and there may be mispronunciations, and perhaps a person might forget, for example, perhaps his tongue might slip and say something, so they took them from the tapes, then transcribed them, and then they come to us and say: Give us permission to print them.And we trust some of them for their knowledge and experience, but as they say: (No one can scratch your back but your own fingernail) No matter who the person is, there must be some flaw. But these books, for example, at the top of the list is al-Muntaqa, an explanation of Zad al-Mustaqni, which is one of the most beneficial ones, as far as I know; because it contains things that you may not find in the books of the predecessors, which have occurred recently. This is what we are currently correcting; because it has some important things that were deleted, but those who were in charge of printing it considered, in their opinion, that they did not need to be mentioned, so we are adding them now. Also, al-Qawl al-Mufid, an explanation of Kitab al-Tawhid, has some deficiencies, and its correction has been completed, praise be to Allah, so that it can be printed just as the explanation of al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah was printed. These are the most important books. As for the smaller things, like the explanation of al-Ajrumiyyah or the explanation of al-Waraqat, these are easy matters. But the important ones are these great books that deal with creed or deal with jurisprudence; these are important.
The questioner: Do we burn these books later, or how?The Shaykh: Do not burn them. You have to buy the new edition, and look at what is missing in the book, and your book will remain with you.