One of the callers asks the Shaykh for his opinion on Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azim Badawi's annotations on *Fiqh al-Sunnah*.

The questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh: And upon you peace.

The questioner : How is our noble Shaykh doing?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.

The questioner : How is your health?

The Shaykh: I am well, if Allah wills.

The questioner : I ask Allah to bless you and your life.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe, welcome.

The questioner : No problem, a short call, please bear with us, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.

The questioner : Our brother, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azim, may Allah reward you with good, sent you some papers to look over twice.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Once through Shaykh Saleh and once through our brother Sami.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : So what is your esteemed opinion?

The Shaykh : What is my opinion about?

The questioner : Does it mean he wanted to consult you?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Does it mean he is completing the work and printing it as a book, as a completion of *Tamat al-Mannah* or as an annotation on *Fiqh al-Sunnah*, or something like that?

The Shaykh : No, I read a decent portion of the first part.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : So it seemed to me that he should not continue.

The questioner : Why?

The Shaykh : And that he should give the bow to its maker, do you understand the answer?

The questioner : I understood, but if you could elaborate on the phrase, for example, so that we can point him to...

The Shaykh : No, it is up to you to convey the phrase, and a free man is satisfied with a hint.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And it suffices him instead of an explicit phrase.

The questioner : Yes, okay, so repeat the phrase again, may Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh : I say my advice is that he should not proceed, and that he should give the bow to its maker.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: Did you understand me?

The questioner : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh : But, and may Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : Is there no place like that which indicates it or anything?

The Shaykh : There are places, but there is no need, there is no reason for detail.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : So he is quoting from my books what relates to some of the criticisms he finds in *Fiqh al-Sunnah*!

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And what he does not find, he passes over!

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And this is not sufficient, and therefore we said what we said: give the bow to its maker.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.

The questioner : This is what you advise?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Okay, can you return the papers to us?

The Shaykh : Yes, we can assign some of our brothers here, Sami or someone else, and we will gather them for you, if Allah wills.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, may Allah honor you, O our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And welcome.

The questioner : May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.

The questioner : Pray for us.

The Shaykh : May you be successful in all good.

The questioner : May Allah honor you, peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.