A question regarding the treatise "Refuting the Claim Regarding the Place of I'tikaf" in response to Shaykh Al-Albani's treatise on I'tikaf.
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The questioner : ... A noble brother, I mean ... a treatise reached me from some of the brothers, a new writer, its title is "Refuting the Claim Regarding the Place of I'tikaf".
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Did it reach you?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : It did not reach you; in it, he responds to your concise research, I mean, on standing in prayer in Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, he responded and raised objections to the hadith and spoke and so on, and I don't know what else. By the grace of Allah, your treatise on I'tikaf is a response to the six objections he raised, but I am not familiar with the treatise on I'tikaf.
The Shaykh : What is this treatise?
The questioner : "Al-Insaaf fi Ahkam al-I'tikaf" (The Fairness in the Rulings of I'tikaf); I am not familiar with it. So I intend to send him a private message telling him that it would be preferable to address these matters, especially since you are engaging with Shaykh Nasser, isn't that so?
The Shaykh : I mean, he ... .
The questioner : Of course, of course. Perhaps among the defects of the hadith is the hesitation; how can we be certain about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with doubt, and that the hadith fluctuated, once regarding the time and once regarding the elevation? And I am not familiar with the Isma'ili route, of course. I mean, things, glory be to Allah, are strange. Although it is strange that he is standing on al-Dhahabi's authentication in al-Sirah ... he is standing on it and responding.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : This is also another calamity.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Did it reach you?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : It did not reach you; in it, he responds to your concise research, I mean, on standing in prayer in Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, he responded and raised objections to the hadith and spoke and so on, and I don't know what else. By the grace of Allah, your treatise on I'tikaf is a response to the six objections he raised, but I am not familiar with the treatise on I'tikaf.
The Shaykh : What is this treatise?
The questioner : "Al-Insaaf fi Ahkam al-I'tikaf" (The Fairness in the Rulings of I'tikaf); I am not familiar with it. So I intend to send him a private message telling him that it would be preferable to address these matters, especially since you are engaging with Shaykh Nasser, isn't that so?
The Shaykh : I mean, he ... .
The questioner : Of course, of course. Perhaps among the defects of the hadith is the hesitation; how can we be certain about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with doubt, and that the hadith fluctuated, once regarding the time and once regarding the elevation? And I am not familiar with the Isma'ili route, of course. I mean, things, glory be to Allah, are strange. Although it is strange that he is standing on al-Dhahabi's authentication in al-Sirah ... he is standing on it and responding.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : This is also another calamity.