The Shaykh Al-Albani's response to al-Saqaf regarding his compilation of the book *Al-Albani's Contradictions*
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The Shaykh : Therefore, this ignorant fool, the one who compiled the book of contradictions, does not know knowledge, of course.
The questioner : And this same person found many contradictions in the Imam al-Nawawi; from all his books, you will not find a statement, meaning... there are many differences in the same statement, meaning in the same issue, in *al-Minhaj* in...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : In *al-Majmu'* and in his other books.
The Shaykh : I have here the book *al-Muharrar* in Hanbali jurisprudence; listen and be amazed. This fool did not know this, neither through his own independent legal reasoning nor by transmitting it from others. This is in the jurisprudence of Imam Ahmad: he said, "As for used water, it is a recommended purifier. And if a sleeper dips his hand into it before washing it three times from his night sleep, it is a purifier. And from him [it is reported] that it is not a purifier."
The questioner : From him...
The Shaykh : Ahmad, in one narration it is a purifier, and in another narration he says it is not a purifier.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : "And the state of minor ritual impurity of a man is not removed by water from which a woman has already performed ritual purity, and from him [it is reported] that it is removed. And he has the removal of ritual impurity with it in the more correct of the two views. And if impurity touches two qullahs of water or more and does not change it, it does not become impure, and from him [it is reported] that it becomes impure by urine and wet feces of a human being specifically, except what is difficult to remove due to its quantity. And less than two qullahs becomes impure by touching impurity, and from him [it is reported] that it does not become impure." What does this person want to say about this Imam? A poor, pitiful creature.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Is this a contradiction? This is fairness. The one who sees a view opposite to the first view does not keep it hidden in his heart, nor does he conceal it from those around him, nor does he state it explicitly so that people know that, as He said - the Exalted - :[Al-Isra 17:85] And this fool considers this a deficiency.
The questioner : And he is attacking Imam Ahmad.
The Shaykh : No, no, I am saying he is attacking us, he is attacking us, but we want to present this example to him.
The questioner : And this same person found many contradictions in the Imam al-Nawawi; from all his books, you will not find a statement, meaning... there are many differences in the same statement, meaning in the same issue, in *al-Minhaj* in...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : In *al-Majmu'* and in his other books.
The Shaykh : I have here the book *al-Muharrar* in Hanbali jurisprudence; listen and be amazed. This fool did not know this, neither through his own independent legal reasoning nor by transmitting it from others. This is in the jurisprudence of Imam Ahmad: he said, "As for used water, it is a recommended purifier. And if a sleeper dips his hand into it before washing it three times from his night sleep, it is a purifier. And from him [it is reported] that it is not a purifier."
The questioner : From him...
The Shaykh : Ahmad, in one narration it is a purifier, and in another narration he says it is not a purifier.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : "And the state of minor ritual impurity of a man is not removed by water from which a woman has already performed ritual purity, and from him [it is reported] that it is removed. And he has the removal of ritual impurity with it in the more correct of the two views. And if impurity touches two qullahs of water or more and does not change it, it does not become impure, and from him [it is reported] that it becomes impure by urine and wet feces of a human being specifically, except what is difficult to remove due to its quantity. And less than two qullahs becomes impure by touching impurity, and from him [it is reported] that it does not become impure." What does this person want to say about this Imam? A poor, pitiful creature.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Is this a contradiction? This is fairness. The one who sees a view opposite to the first view does not keep it hidden in his heart, nor does he conceal it from those around him, nor does he state it explicitly so that people know that, as He said - the Exalted - :
And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little."
وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًاThe questioner : And he is attacking Imam Ahmad.
The Shaykh : No, no, I am saying he is attacking us, he is attacking us, but we want to present this example to him.
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