What is the meaning of the previous report: (I wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him to write me a letter and to hide it from me, so he said, "A sincere son")?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Ibn Abi Mulaikah asked Ibn Abbas to write him a letter and to hide it from him. What is its meaning?
The Shaykh : That is, he was hiding it from me, meaning he did not write me everything. He wrote me a letter, and he was hiding things from me, meaning he did not write me everything. He wrote and he hid.
The questioner : ... ؟
The Shaykh : Yes, when he was asked for this thing, and that he would conceal from him the matter that was questionable, he said, "A sincere son." Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, he was hiding it from me, meaning he did not write me everything. He wrote me a letter, and he was hiding things from me, meaning he did not write me everything. He wrote and he hid.
The questioner : ... ؟
The Shaykh : Yes, when he was asked for this thing, and that he would conceal from him the matter that was questionable, he said, "A sincere son." Yes.