The Shaykh's response to al-Bouti's accusation that he attributes to things that have no basis

The Shaykh : And the other is by the Egyptian al-Ghazali, *Fiqh al-Sirah* by al-Bouti. I criticized it in a published book, *Naqd al-Sirah* (Critique of the Sirah), specifically *Fiqh al-Sirah* by al-Bouti. This hadith is cited there, and there is a story behind it. He criticized me because I cited this hadith in some of my books, attributed to *Tabaqat Ibn Sa'd*, page one hundred and so on. The printer did not notice that the hundreds digit was missing. When we said "page one hundred and so on," the hundred was dropped, leaving, for example, seventy-five, meaning only the units and tens digits. The man went back to the page he saw printed and did not find the hadith there. So he wrote to you that Shaykh al-Albani is sneaking in and attributing things that have no basis, claiming that he consulted the book and did not find the hadith. The problem is that the digit was dropped, so this hadith is indeed cited there.
The student : Glory be to Allah, because one person discussed this with me... the group are Mu'tazilah, the callers to Mu'tazilah. He was discussing with me the matter of shaving the beard... I referred to this hadith, and he said to me: "Where do you find it? I did not find it." He said to me: "I searched in the books of hadith and did not find this hadith." Then I wanted to ask, glory be to Allah, about this hadith.

The Shaykh : He is a researcher.

The questioner : He claims to be a researcher.

The Shaykh : May Allah guide him. In any case, the hadith is in *Tabaqat Ibn Sa'd*. Second, others narrated it, and I transmitted it from some manuscripts in the Zahiriyyah Library. You will find both of these cited in the response to al-Bouti's *Fiqh al-Sirah*. I see you are well, and peace be upon you.

The questioner : The young men, the messengers of the King of Persia, that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he turned away from them, said: .