It is mentioned regarding Ibn Khuzaymah that he could not distinguish between seventeen and twenty; what is the explanation for this?
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The questioner : Regarding Ibn Khuzaymah, two days ago, it was said that he could not distinguish seventeen from twenty.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : So I do not know what... I mean, of course, this is in the *Mukhtasar* of the *Dhail* of *Tadhkirat al-Huffaz*.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is an allusion that he was a man who, I mean, did not pay attention to matters of weight when he bought things, yes. So if he was charged with an excess...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ...he would pay and not verify or scrutinize the transaction itself. Al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi addressed this in *Siyar A'lam al-Nubala*.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : With a slight difference in the numbers.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But this is the intended meaning.
The questioner : And this indicates that he did not deprive people of their rights over him.
The Shaykh : No, on the contrary, people were depriving him.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : People were depriving him, and he was not doing so.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : So I do not know what... I mean, of course, this is in the *Mukhtasar* of the *Dhail* of *Tadhkirat al-Huffaz*.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is an allusion that he was a man who, I mean, did not pay attention to matters of weight when he bought things, yes. So if he was charged with an excess...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ...he would pay and not verify or scrutinize the transaction itself. Al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi addressed this in *Siyar A'lam al-Nubala*.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : With a slight difference in the numbers.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But this is the intended meaning.
The questioner : And this indicates that he did not deprive people of their rights over him.
The Shaykh : No, on the contrary, people were depriving him.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : People were depriving him, and he was not doing so.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
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