Discussion of Ibn Balban’s arrangement of Ibn Hibban’s Sahih.

The Shaykh : No matter how much new categorization and organization is added to a work by an author, it will not be successful in this categorization and organization as if it were an independent composition from the start.
The student : This is correct, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : So the chapters you see now are the chapters of Ibn Hibban.
The student : The chapters of Ibn Hibban.

The Shaykh : Yes, but he transferred them. Who is this? What is his name?
The student : Balban.

The Shaykh : Balban transferred them from a book by Ibn Hibban from the books of the Sahih to another book, meaning he gathered all the hadiths related to wudu in the book of wudu, all the hadiths related to prayer in the book of prayer, and so on. But the observation I mentioned to you earlier remains: he is bound by this categorization and does nothing except transfer a chapter to its counterpart in a unified book.
The student : Yes, yes. So, in that case, this is what he says: “Mentioned the report indicating that the Chosen One is such and such.”

The Shaykh : The words of Ibn Hibban.
The student : Yes, so he is actually right in that he is close.

The Shaykh : No, he is definitely close.
The student : Yes, yes.