A Response to Those Who Criticized al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi and Their Books Due to the Errors Present in Them.

The Shaykh : And with this, we know the misguidance of a group who said, or who launched an attack on Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) and al-Nawawi, where they erred in something. We know, according to what we know of their condition, that they are mujtahids (scholars qualified to derive rulings) in this matter, but not every mujtahid is correct. It has even reached us that some people say that *Fath al-Bari* must be burned, and that *Sharh Sahih Muslim* must also be burned. Why? Because there is an error in them among thousands of correct statements. This is certainly not justice. And we know, based on the condition of these two men, that what occurred from them was not intentional. Not every person who says one statement from the statements of a school of jurisprudence is considered a follower of that school. Do you see, if you chose a statement from the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence while you belong to the Hanbali school, would you be a Shafi'i?
The student: No.

The Shaykh : No. For example, if a person errs and adopts the view of the Asha'irah in one of the issues, we know that the man has no intention other than a good intention. Do we say this man is an Ash'ari and we must beware of him? Do we say we must not accept the truth from him? May Allah help us.