The Shaykh Al-Albani’s remarks on the attribution of al-athari to a student who claims it.

The Shaykh : We need to go back. Where is your friend here?
The student : Muhammad Zaher al-Athari.

The Shaykh : Okay, this attribution is an innovation. I see this al-Athari label being used today. This attribution is to what?
The student : ... an attribution to Shaykh AliAl-Halabi : al-Athari is an attribution to Shaykh AliAl-Halabi : al-Athari.

The Shaykh : Be patient.
The student : But the people of athar who work with hadith.

The Shaykh : So in what you are doing now, you are working with hadith.
The student : We ... that, we ... that.

The Shaykh : Do not deviate from the answer.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Regarding what was mentioned about you, I do not know this friend of yours. In what you do, the work that your friend attributed to you, you work with athar.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : How so?
The student : He is the one who answers, he is the one who works, I do not...

The Shaykh : But they say he is ignoring...
The student : Our Shaykh, do you work with the athar to which you attribute yourself?
Another student: No, no, currently I do not work, I do not work with athar.

The Shaykh : Why?
The student : I am currently seeking knowledge, meaning I am learning.

The Shaykh : Meaning, and you did not mean previously, if Allah wills, you divorced her with three.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : If Allah wills.

The questioner : Shaykh, we need to ask if you permit.

The Shaykh : No, that is not what we want.