What did the author of the book "Kanz al-‘Umal" add to al-Suyuti’s "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir"?
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The questioner : So, what did the author of "al-Kanz" add to this book, "al-Fath al-Kabir"?
The Shaykh : The author of "al-Kanz"?
The questioner : "Kanz al-‘Umal."
The Shaykh : "Kanz al-‘Umal" arranged al-Suyuti’s "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, and perhaps he added to it the additions found in "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir." It is possible that there was confusion in the introduction in the past.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for "al-Fath al-Kabir," it is a compilation of "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir" and the additions to it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just two books. As for "Kanz al-‘Umal," it is first "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir," and "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir" contains things that are not found in "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir" nor in the additions to it. Then he combined the additions with "al-Kanz"; so it is as if he compiled "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir," "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir," and the additions. I have not been able to work on "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir" because, if a person wanted to work on it, he would hardly be able to finish it, as the material is very abundant!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, we were tasked, at the end of the fourteenth century of the Hijri calendar, when a conference was held in the "United Arab Emirates" in "Abu Dhabi." A committee emerged from this conference, and the committee made a decision, as a commemoration of reviving this conference at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth Hijri centuries, to publish a book on Prophetic hadith. Their choice was al-Suyuti’s "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir." The person in charge of that committee there corresponded with me and asked me to undertake this project. So, I studied the matter with some of our brothers there, and we saw that it would not be sufficient for me to handle this work alone. Of course, I would handle the scientific aspect, but assistants and scribes are necessary.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, I chose two of them and sent the reply to the person in charge there that, after studying and discussing the matter here and looking into the issue, it became clear to us that this project is, first, important, and second, long-term. Therefore, the matter requires hiring employees. I wrote to him like this in the letter. The reply came that the committee was not prepared to hire for this work, but after the completion of the work, we would provide the appropriate reward. At that point, the project did not naturally come to fruition, because the estimation of these rewards is, in general, ninety-nine and a half percent unjust, because only the one who has experienced the matter knows it, and I personally suffered from something like this.
What else do you have?
The Shaykh : The author of "al-Kanz"?
The questioner : "Kanz al-‘Umal."
The Shaykh : "Kanz al-‘Umal" arranged al-Suyuti’s "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, and perhaps he added to it the additions found in "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir." It is possible that there was confusion in the introduction in the past.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for "al-Fath al-Kabir," it is a compilation of "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir" and the additions to it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just two books. As for "Kanz al-‘Umal," it is first "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir," and "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir" contains things that are not found in "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir" nor in the additions to it. Then he combined the additions with "al-Kanz"; so it is as if he compiled "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir," "al-Jami‘ al-Saghir," and the additions. I have not been able to work on "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir" because, if a person wanted to work on it, he would hardly be able to finish it, as the material is very abundant!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, we were tasked, at the end of the fourteenth century of the Hijri calendar, when a conference was held in the "United Arab Emirates" in "Abu Dhabi." A committee emerged from this conference, and the committee made a decision, as a commemoration of reviving this conference at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth Hijri centuries, to publish a book on Prophetic hadith. Their choice was al-Suyuti’s "al-Jami‘ al-Kabir." The person in charge of that committee there corresponded with me and asked me to undertake this project. So, I studied the matter with some of our brothers there, and we saw that it would not be sufficient for me to handle this work alone. Of course, I would handle the scientific aspect, but assistants and scribes are necessary.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, I chose two of them and sent the reply to the person in charge there that, after studying and discussing the matter here and looking into the issue, it became clear to us that this project is, first, important, and second, long-term. Therefore, the matter requires hiring employees. I wrote to him like this in the letter. The reply came that the committee was not prepared to hire for this work, but after the completion of the work, we would provide the appropriate reward. At that point, the project did not naturally come to fruition, because the estimation of these rewards is, in general, ninety-nine and a half percent unjust, because only the one who has experienced the matter knows it, and I personally suffered from something like this.
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