A note on al-Dhahabi's book "The Major Sins."

Al-Halabi: In the example our brother Jamal gave regarding the issue of al-Dhahabi's "The Major Sins," the reality is that the example may be correct with regard to the popular editions, if that term is permissible, of the book "The Major Sins." Otherwise, the edition that our brother, the Shaykh Mashhur, worked on for verification, relying on two handwritten manuscripts from the time of Imam al-Dhahabi or his students, was free of all these topics and weak hadiths, except for a few hadiths that barely amount to a handful. He says, "And al-Hakim narrated it in his Mustadrak and authenticated it, and the responsibility lies with him, so-and-so." In that, there is the same al-Dhahabi. As for the famous book "The Major Sins," indeed, this does not contain any of al-Dhahabi's own work.

The Shaykh : I mean, you think there is an addition in it.
Al-Halabi: Many additions, and it appears that each person was a preacher who saw the book and added hadiths, and so on. As for the book that relied on the majority of the handwritten manuscripts, which are high-quality and elevated copies, it contains nothing of these fabrications or forgeries.

The Shaykh : Fine, this is a useful note.