The Shaykh’s discussion with the student on the book *Musnad al-Jami'* by Bashar 'Awad.

The student : The point I want to make, my Shaykh, is that it is not hidden from you that the copy of the *Musnad* in our hands has omissions.

The Shaykh : The copy.
The student : "The *Musnad*," "Musnad Ahmad."

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : So now, the book *Musnad al-Jami'* that I mentioned to you, by Bashar 'Awad and his associates, is well-known. I actually acquired it; its price was sixty-five dinars, in twenty-two or twenty volumes. The best thing about this book is that it verified the chains of the *Musnad*, specifically *Musnad Ahmad*. Consequently, it filled in all the gaps missing from the *Musnad*, whether from the collection of *Musnads*, or from *At-Taraf al-Musnad* by Ibn Hajar, or from a manuscript copy of the *Musnad* in al-Qadiriyyah. So, my Shaykh, perhaps its presence with you will benefit you in this or that, in knowing that sometimes the examination of the *Musnad* is not available here, or something of that sort.

The Shaykh : But what is the connection between this statement and what I mentioned earlier?
The student : On the basis that the additions to the *Musnad* are a blessing; here, a hadith is considered by the Hafiz as one of the additions, but it is not present in the copy in our hands.

The Shaykh : This is not mentioned.
The student : It is not mentioned.

The Shaykh : No.
The student : Yes.

The Shaykh : It is not mentioned because, first, this is a repeated matter, and second, no one attributes this hadith, which he did not cite here but cited in *al-Kashf*, to Ahmad.
The student : This is a good, authentic corroborating narration.
Another student: The book by Ibn Hajar printed in Saudi Arabia, *Fadl al-I'tirad*.