Does Shaykh Al-Albani advise the preachers to study Sahih al-Bukhari for the general public instead of Riyad al-Salihin?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Welcome, Abu Abdullah.
The questioner : How are you, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, she is well, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : What are you saying, Umm Abdullah, that you are not answering the phone for a while?
The Shaykh : We answer the phone every night.
The questioner : I swear, you are saying that I spoke with Umm al-Fadl, and she said that the Shaykh’s voice was a bit frightening to her.
The Shaykh : No, we are answering every night, but we are not going out at night.
The questioner : Ah, ah.
The Shaykh : She is, do you know her?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, we are in a gathering and resting.
The questioner : Hehe, may Allah give you well-being.
The Shaykh : As for the questions, we are proceeding with them.
The questioner : ... Our brother Abu al-Yusr suggested that we consult on the matter of studying al-Bukhari or something else, and I was one of those present in the consultation, along with some of the young men from the Mosque of Taqwa.
The Shaykh : He consulted me.
The questioner : Ah, I did not have any news of it, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : I did not have any news of your consultation.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So I was, I wanted to tell you something I said.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And excuse me for this.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he told me later.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... I told him, I swear, my opinion is that the brothers study hadith and fiqh with us, and we have a Qur’an class, all of it... No one has studied Sahih al-Bukhari, and our Shaykh labored over it and worked on it in three volumes and an abridged version. So if you were to teach al-Bukhari, the very important hadiths in it and the repeated matters... and the abridged version is good, so that the young men would have vitality and enthusiasm for al-Bukhari and the hadiths that came in it, and it has great effects... this speech of yours, and since you were under the Shaykh’s hand and you have experience with al-Bukhari, the important thing is after I spoke to him... and he later, in the apartment, said to me, I consulted the Shaykh andThe Shaykh : he indicated to me that the matter of al-Bukhari and mentioned your opinion, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... and al-Targhib.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I said, I was, in the course of my speech, I said, the hadiths in al-Targhib and al-Tarhib and the hadiths in Riyad al-Salihin are all hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and al-Bukhari is hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so what is the matter with this? Then he mentioned your opinion to me.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I said, I would like to ask the Shaykh, and since the young men are asking for it, meaning they are asking for hadith from al-Bukhari, so I said, why don’t I... the Shaykh himself, so that is why I called you.
The Shaykh : Abu al-Abd, al-Bukhari is of the heavy weight.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not suitable to teach it except to people who have a high level of Islamic culture.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, studying al-Bukhari requires someone of the level of Abu al-Yusr and his like.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But a general lesson like this is not suitable because there are deep researches.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Whereas Riyad al-Salihin is about noble morals and etiquettes and the like.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So this is suitable to teach in the mosque, because the mosque cannot be specialized for individuals that you choose, unlike the lesson that is in the house, where no one can enter except after asking permission, so any lesson, for example, in the Arabic language, in its etiquettes, in any science that requires a certain level of culture.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This can be a private lesson in some houses.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But in the mosque, if you come to teach Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, this is not suitable, whereas Riyad al-Salihin by Imam al-Nawawi and al-Targhib and al-Tarhib by al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri.
The questioner: Perfect.
The Shaykh : These, as you know, are smoother and closer to people’s hearts.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is my opinion.
The questioner : Yes, yes, ah, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : Are we not students of knowledge, these are the ones who are actually, not meaning.
The Shaykh : My brother, first, notice I am telling you, mosque.
The questioner : Ah, mosque.
The Shaykh : Mosque.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If it were.
The questioner : Like this and like this.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, yes, ah, may Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah strengthen you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Welcome, Abu Abdullah.
The questioner : How are you, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, she is well, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : What are you saying, Umm Abdullah, that you are not answering the phone for a while?
The Shaykh : We answer the phone every night.
The questioner : I swear, you are saying that I spoke with Umm al-Fadl, and she said that the Shaykh’s voice was a bit frightening to her.
The Shaykh : No, we are answering every night, but we are not going out at night.
The questioner : Ah, ah.
The Shaykh : She is, do you know her?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, we are in a gathering and resting.
The questioner : Hehe, may Allah give you well-being.
The Shaykh : As for the questions, we are proceeding with them.
The questioner : ... Our brother Abu al-Yusr suggested that we consult on the matter of studying al-Bukhari or something else, and I was one of those present in the consultation, along with some of the young men from the Mosque of Taqwa.
The Shaykh : He consulted me.
The questioner : Ah, I did not have any news of it, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : I did not have any news of your consultation.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So I was, I wanted to tell you something I said.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And excuse me for this.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he told me later.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... I told him, I swear, my opinion is that the brothers study hadith and fiqh with us, and we have a Qur’an class, all of it... No one has studied Sahih al-Bukhari, and our Shaykh labored over it and worked on it in three volumes and an abridged version. So if you were to teach al-Bukhari, the very important hadiths in it and the repeated matters... and the abridged version is good, so that the young men would have vitality and enthusiasm for al-Bukhari and the hadiths that came in it, and it has great effects... this speech of yours, and since you were under the Shaykh’s hand and you have experience with al-Bukhari, the important thing is after I spoke to him... and he later, in the apartment, said to me, I consulted the Shaykh andThe Shaykh : he indicated to me that the matter of al-Bukhari and mentioned your opinion, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... and al-Targhib.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I said, I was, in the course of my speech, I said, the hadiths in al-Targhib and al-Tarhib and the hadiths in Riyad al-Salihin are all hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and al-Bukhari is hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so what is the matter with this? Then he mentioned your opinion to me.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I said, I would like to ask the Shaykh, and since the young men are asking for it, meaning they are asking for hadith from al-Bukhari, so I said, why don’t I... the Shaykh himself, so that is why I called you.
The Shaykh : Abu al-Abd, al-Bukhari is of the heavy weight.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not suitable to teach it except to people who have a high level of Islamic culture.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, studying al-Bukhari requires someone of the level of Abu al-Yusr and his like.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But a general lesson like this is not suitable because there are deep researches.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Whereas Riyad al-Salihin is about noble morals and etiquettes and the like.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So this is suitable to teach in the mosque, because the mosque cannot be specialized for individuals that you choose, unlike the lesson that is in the house, where no one can enter except after asking permission, so any lesson, for example, in the Arabic language, in its etiquettes, in any science that requires a certain level of culture.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This can be a private lesson in some houses.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But in the mosque, if you come to teach Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, this is not suitable, whereas Riyad al-Salihin by Imam al-Nawawi and al-Targhib and al-Tarhib by al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri.
The questioner: Perfect.
The Shaykh : These, as you know, are smoother and closer to people’s hearts.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is my opinion.
The questioner : Yes, yes, ah, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : Are we not students of knowledge, these are the ones who are actually, not meaning.
The Shaykh : My brother, first, notice I am telling you, mosque.
The questioner : Ah, mosque.
The Shaykh : Mosque.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If it were.
The questioner : Like this and like this.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, yes, ah, may Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah strengthen you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
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