What is your opinion of the Hanafi commentaries on the Six Books, such as "Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi," "Awn al-Ma'bud," and "A'radhat al-Ahwadhi"?

The questioner : What is your opinion, O Shaykh, of the commentaries by the Hanafi scholars on the Six Books?

The Shaykh : What is it?

The questioner : The commentaries by the Hanafi scholars on the Six Books? What is your opinion of them? And which is the best commentary?

The Shaykh : This is a very general statement. How can I answer it? What are these commentaries, for example? What is a sample of them?

The questioner : "Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi."

The Shaykh : "Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi" is by a man who is a hadith scholar, and although his origin is like mine; he is of the Hanafi school, but he later became one of the people of hadith; so it is good, it is good.

The questioner : "Badh' al-Majhud."

The Shaykh : "Badh' al-Majhud" is partisan.

The questioner : "Awn al-Ma'bud."

The Shaykh : No, it is by a hadith scholar.
Yes.

The questioner : "A'radhat al-Ahwadhi."

The Shaykh : By Ibn al-Arabi? It is good, but, I mean, he was unable to step outside the school in many issues, but he is truly a learned and virtuous man.

The questioner : Better than "Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi"?

The Shaykh : "Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi"? In some respects, in some respects.
Yes.