A dialogue between the Shaykh and one of the students of knowledge regarding the hadith: “Perhaps Ka'b said what does not concern him,” and the Shaykh's tracing of it to its sources.

The student : Yes, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : It is traced in my book *Al-Sahihah*.
The student : What Allah willed!

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : What Allah willed!

The Shaykh : This is the hadith: .
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : .
The student : In the printed version?

The Shaykh : No, its number is: .
The student : What Allah willed!

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Very well, my Shaykh, so the point of reference is even in al-Tirmidhi's narration!

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, but there is a difference regarding the introduction or the occasion of its revelation.
The student : Yes, I understood that completely.

The Shaykh : You have done well.
The student : As you are aware, this is the portion of the hadith that carries the strength.

The Shaykh : That is correct.
The student : Yes, very good, may Allah preserve you.

The Shaykh : And I mentioned at the end of the tracing!
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : “This, and there are two corroborating narrations for the end of the hadith from the hadiths of Anas and Abu Hurayrah, containing an anomaly in weak chains; I traced them in the other book with the number: .”
The student : Yes, very good.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And regarding the lamentation, it is omitted in both wordings from the authentic version.
The student : Very good.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.