Dr. Haifaz Abd al-Rahman al-Bakistani, President of the Islamic University of Lahore, presents to the Shaykh a project to collect the judgments of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

The student: All right, just a brief introduction after our work in serving the hadith. We have undertaken a project to collect the judgments of the Messenger, but not merely to collect the judgments; we take a case from the well-known books, then we gather all the narrations related to that case, making it a single text as a complete text, and then we collect these judgments. In short... at the university, we train judges, and on this occasion, we collect the cases in this manner. So, this encyclopedia, praise be to Allah, we have proceeded with it under the supervision of His Excellency the President of Pakistan.

The Shaykh: When did you begin?
The student: We began one year ago.

The Shaykh: You must have referred to the book "I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in" as well as the book of Sa'diq Hasan Khan. This is first. Second: You must have been concerned with tracing these cases, tracing these cases, and distinguishing what is authentic from what is not authentic, and thereby the project will be blessed, if Allah wills.
The student: May Allah reward you with good. This is the plan of the encyclopedia.
Another student : ...

The Shaykh: All of them.
The student: First, the judgments of the Prophet, then the judgments of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, until then we will collect many other judgments. However, our goal is to spread the knowledge of hadith among the judges, because in Pakistan, the judge is bound by the cases... whether from the judgments of the Supreme Court, or from what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) judged, or the Rightly Guided Caliphs, or the Imams of the Salaf. Therefore, we are collecting everything that has been reported in this regard. However, we have reached the point where, although we have not read the bookThe Shaykh : which collects the hadiths of al-Bukhari in a varied manner.

The Shaykh: A summary, in any case.
The student: The intent, my Shaykh, is the Summary of al-Bukhari, collecting the routes.
Another student : Yes, collecting the routes. In fact, we, I mean, we saw the bookThe Shaykh : may Allah preserve him, "The Proof of the Prophet," as narrated by Jabir from the Prophet. From this came to my mind that we should collect all the narrations in, I mean, in the judgments of the Messenger, so that the judge has the complete case before him. And so we began with the judgments of the Messenger, then.

The Shaykh: The story of the descent of Isa, let him look at it.The Shaykh .
The student: This book, we translated it and published it in Urdu.

The Shaykh: What did you do?
The student: We are the School of Islamic Research, which is concerned with these books, which publishes the journal al-Muhaddith. We translated this book into Urdu and published it. This was twenty years ago.

The Shaykh: What Allah willed. May Allah reward you with good.
The student: Also, the Shaykh of hadith among us translated the book of Hajj, this is "The Proof of the Prophet," and also "The Description of the Prayer of the Prophet," and also many other books.

The Shaykh: For reference.
The student: Yes, what Allah willed, what Allah willed. Thus, we placed it in parentheses, whenever, praise be to Allah. All right, if we find your book printed, if Allah wills, we will buy it from the market, if Allah wills, and benefit from it, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The student: So this topic is also important. The same issue, the report of a single narrator. These people also deny the descent of Isa and deny the Dajjal, until they say that Isa (peace be upon him) died.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: In any case, but the report is one. All right, my Shaykh, this is just an introduction to this project, the judicial encyclopedia, which mentions the plan. And also, praise be to Allah, this matter was blessed, because His Excellency the current President is a religious man and he is concerned with this.

The Shaykh: What about the President?
The student: He graduated from the Higher Institute for Judiciary from us.
Another student : Religious.

The Shaykh : Very good.
The student: And he was elected President of Pakistan a year ago. A religious man with a beard. This is the first bearded man to rise to the presidency of Pakistan, and he is concerned with this topic, and he is the President.

The Shaykh: We read, on this occasion, we read in some newspapers that he announced the application of the Shari'ah. Is this correct?
The student: Yes, in his attempt, he submitted a project to apply the Shari'ah to amend the constitution. We have everything.

The Shaykh: Amendment.
The student: The constitution. This is called the fifteenth amendment, and in this amendment, there is the authority of the Book and the Sunnah over the man-made law. And this amendment was decided in the Parliament, and it remains in the Senate.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Tell him, what is your job with the Prime Minister?

The Shaykh: I have not seen him before.
The student: I saw... just the first page, but the title, what Allah willed, it is great, my Shaykh, what Allah willed.

The Shaykh: These are sections. It is established for me in the book.

The Shaykh: The hadith of Abu Umamah.
The student: Its wordings and its routes.

The Shaykh: Not its text, but in paragraphs.
The student : Very good.

The Shaykh: This is the second section. This is the first section. The hadith of Umamah, which is the origin of this story, like the hadith of Jabir.
The student: In "The Proof of the Prophet."

The Shaykh: In "The Proof of the Prophet," it is the origin.
The student: Then the additions... other wordings.

The Shaykh: Yes, the third section.
The student: Also with tracing, what Allah willed.

The Shaykh: Here, the paragraphs remain. Every paragraph is traced, and added to the origin. What is the origin? Is it the hadith of Abu Umamah?
The student: Abu Umamah, yes.

The Shaykh: Added to this origin is everything that relates to this story.
The student: Oh, wonderful.

The Shaykh: The story of the Messiah al-Dajjal, and the descent of Isa (peace be upon him) and his killing of him, following the narration of Abu Umamah, with what is authentic from other Companions added to it, and all these narrations are traced.
The student : What Allah willed.

The Shaykh: In the narration of Abu Umamah, in some sentences, I did not find a corroborating narration, so I pointed them out.
The student : Very good.

The Shaykh: Yes, and the truth is that I was hoping that an opportunity would arise for... now the thesis has been printed, and I hope that Allah will strengthen me.
The student : O Allah, amen.
The student: The current President of Pakistan, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar. This is his picture when he graduated from the Higher Institute for Judiciary.

The Shaykh: This.
The student: Yes, this, this is his picture when he graduated from us.

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student: ... meaning he distributes certificates to the judges.

The Shaykh: But this is his picture when he graduated.
The student: After... from the School of Judiciary.

The Shaykh: This is his picture, as it was when he graduated from you, as it was.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh: Not when he graduated.
The student: No, no, after he retired from the Council of Judiciary.

The Shaykh: I mean, from the perspective, the Hanafis say, unfortunately, the concepts of the Book and the Sunnah are not considered, but the concepts of the Shaykhs are considered. So I heard from you that this is his picture when he graduated, so I was afraid and I feared that this statement might have an implication.
The student: The public right is the sameThe Shaykh ...
Another student : The beard remains as it is, my Shaykh, he is an advisor.

The questioner: If you remember, my Shaykh, the difference between the Prime Minister and the Head of State, because what is well-known among us is the Prime Minister. The Head of State, no one...
The student: Now we hold our meetings in the Governor's Palace, and he, I mean, this means our meeting in the Governor's Palace. This was months ago. This picture is from a newspaper... this picture is current.
Another student : Is this him?
The student: This is him, and this is now, this is a meeting of the Board of Directors.
Another student : Recently.
The student: Recently... this year.

The Shaykh: I hope that Allah will take hold of your hands and the hands of the state, and that He will support Islam.
The student: Amen.

The Shaykh: And that He will suffice them against the evil of the Americans.
The student: Amen.