The Shaykh’s mention of al-Ghazali’s stance toward him.
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The Shaykh : And now it seems to me that there is something else, and this is one of the calamities of souls that we were discussing today, at a time when this al-Ghazali!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He may have praised Al-Albani and elevated his status and his knowledge in the science of takhrij, authentication, and weakening, in the introduction to the fourth edition. Then his soul moved him, and he printed a new edition with annotations on some of my hadiths. I do not know; I do not rule out at all that he hired one of these innovators and told him, "Write, what are the annotations specifically for you?" Those who engage in criticizing Al-Albani, whether with good or bad intentions, our Lord is their accountant. So he began writing annotations on Al-Albani’s takhrij. So perhaps a day will come, if this one does not come, where *Fiqh al-Sirah* is printed without Al-Albani’s takhrij. And every day, as you know, the printing presses produce many, many books. So if we assume that in one of the editions, al-Ghazali wrote an annotation, whether with his own pen or with a pen he hired, on this hadith that I authenticated.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then another one comes and says, "No, this is weak, like this one." Our companion, and this is Husayn, this is 'Abd al-Mannan. He may come to a hadith in *Sahih al-Bukhari* that I had authenticated because, first, I found it in *Sahih al-Bukhari* and I did not find in it a defect that would undermine its authenticity. Then he comes and, in his ignorance, discovers a defect and says, "No, this is weak, even if al-Bukhari narrated it." But if it were here in the takhrij... this happened in the speech of...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Here you say "And here comes the questioner to whom I direct this to the students of knowledge".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :"So I say that I see that Russia and America are playing the role of Persia and Rome in the past. Did we realize what was happening between the two states during the Cold War, or did we say these are matters that do not concern us? Then did we realize and analyze the stage of reconciliation afterwards and the impact of this matter on the Muslims, or did we say disbelief is one religion?"
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I say this is a word, may Allah reward you, and it is not befitting to direct such a question to the students of knowledge!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He may have praised Al-Albani and elevated his status and his knowledge in the science of takhrij, authentication, and weakening, in the introduction to the fourth edition. Then his soul moved him, and he printed a new edition with annotations on some of my hadiths. I do not know; I do not rule out at all that he hired one of these innovators and told him, "Write, what are the annotations specifically for you?" Those who engage in criticizing Al-Albani, whether with good or bad intentions, our Lord is their accountant. So he began writing annotations on Al-Albani’s takhrij. So perhaps a day will come, if this one does not come, where *Fiqh al-Sirah* is printed without Al-Albani’s takhrij. And every day, as you know, the printing presses produce many, many books. So if we assume that in one of the editions, al-Ghazali wrote an annotation, whether with his own pen or with a pen he hired, on this hadith that I authenticated.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then another one comes and says, "No, this is weak, like this one." Our companion, and this is Husayn, this is 'Abd al-Mannan. He may come to a hadith in *Sahih al-Bukhari* that I had authenticated because, first, I found it in *Sahih al-Bukhari* and I did not find in it a defect that would undermine its authenticity. Then he comes and, in his ignorance, discovers a defect and says, "No, this is weak, even if al-Bukhari narrated it." But if it were here in the takhrij... this happened in the speech of...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Here you say "And here comes the questioner to whom I direct this to the students of knowledge".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :"So I say that I see that Russia and America are playing the role of Persia and Rome in the past. Did we realize what was happening between the two states during the Cold War, or did we say these are matters that do not concern us? Then did we realize and analyze the stage of reconciliation afterwards and the impact of this matter on the Muslims, or did we say disbelief is one religion?"
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I say this is a word, may Allah reward you, and it is not befitting to direct such a question to the students of knowledge!