What is your opinion regarding some books such as *Mukhtasar Ibn Kathir* (Tafsir), *Fiqh al-Sunnah*, *Riyad al-Salihin*, *Al-Kabair* (The Major Sins), and *Qisas al-Anbiya* (Stories of the Prophets)?
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The questioner : What is your opinion, O honorable Shaykh, regarding the Tafsir "Mukhtasar Ibn Kathir" and "Fiqh al-Sunnah" and "Riyad al-Salihin" and "Al-Kabair" and "Qisas al-Anbiya"? First, "Mukhtasar Ibn Kathir".
The Shaykh : I say first that referring to the primary sources is better.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if the need arises to refer to abridged works due to limited time or other reasons, there is no harm; otherwise, referring to the primary sources is better and more excellent.
As for the books he listed after that, it is well known that no book is free from something where the pen oversteps or the understanding errs, for humans are not infallible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And how excellent is the word said by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him), one of the grandsons of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in knowledge, who was a student of Ibn al-Qayyim, and Ibn al-Qayyim was a student of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. He said in his book "Al-Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyyah": "Allah refuses infallibility to any book other than His Book, and the fair-minded one forgives a person's few errors in the midst of his much correctness". Indeed, it is a good word: "the fair-minded one forgives a person's few errors in the midst of his much correctness".
And I have not read or studied most of these books mentioned by the questioner, so I cannot judge each one specifically. But whoever has read these books or others and finds a problem with an issue, he should consult the scholars of knowledge regarding it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh Muhammad. This listener, N.M.S. from al-Qasim, says.
The Shaykh : I say first that referring to the primary sources is better.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if the need arises to refer to abridged works due to limited time or other reasons, there is no harm; otherwise, referring to the primary sources is better and more excellent.
As for the books he listed after that, it is well known that no book is free from something where the pen oversteps or the understanding errs, for humans are not infallible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And how excellent is the word said by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him), one of the grandsons of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in knowledge, who was a student of Ibn al-Qayyim, and Ibn al-Qayyim was a student of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. He said in his book "Al-Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyyah": "Allah refuses infallibility to any book other than His Book, and the fair-minded one forgives a person's few errors in the midst of his much correctness". Indeed, it is a good word: "the fair-minded one forgives a person's few errors in the midst of his much correctness".
And I have not read or studied most of these books mentioned by the questioner, so I cannot judge each one specifically. But whoever has read these books or others and finds a problem with an issue, he should consult the scholars of knowledge regarding it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh Muhammad. This listener, N.M.S. from al-Qasim, says.