Discussion of the narrations in the Musnad of Abu Ya'la

The Shaykh : But here, there is still something left in the lesson.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : This hadith that he attributed to Abu Ya'la may be in the printed "Musnad of Abu Ya'la," or it may not be. The reason for this, and the point here, is that Abu Ya'la has two musnads, or more precisely, there are two narrators for his musnad. One of them attended the author's presentation of his book without any omissions, while the other omitted some of the sessions. It was this second one whose musnad was printed.
The student : And the first one...

The Shaykh : The first one is not available, but just as we used to rely on Majma' al-Zawa'id for some books that had not yet been printed, such as al-Tabarani's al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and before obtaining Majma' al-Bahrain, likewise, before this musnad of Abu Ya'la was printed, we used to rely on what? On Majma' al-Zawa'id. Likewise, for Abu Ya'la's large musnad, we relied on al-Matalib al-'Aliyyah by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani. This man is a learned, virtuous, and eloquent scholar, and he is not like many of our fellow students. I am compelled to mention this. In the introduction, he says that when he wanted to compile al-Matalib al-'Aliyyah from the eight musnads, which included the Musnad of Abu Ya'la, he says about his shaykh, al-Haythami, the author of Majma' al-Zawa'id, that he compiled the additions to the six books over the six. That is, Musnad Ahmad, Musnad Abu Ya'la, and Musnad al-Bazzar—these are three—and the three mu'jams of al-Tabarani make six. But what does he say? He had the narration of al-Isfahani in the Musnad of Abu Ya'la. I don't know his name? Who is the one with the omissions?
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : Al-Haythami, out of respect for his shaykh, relied on the musnad that contained the additions so as not to overstep his shaykh, because his shaykh had spared him the burden of this compilation. But he remained obligated, if he wanted to benefit people, to benefit them with something new, as his shaykh had occupied himself with that.The student : He does not do the work of his shaykh.

The Shaykh : This is the etiquette. The point is that this is the index of the printed edition, which contains omissions, so sometimes the hadith is not found in it. Where do we take it from? But since it comes in al-Majma', it is likely to be here. From al-Matalib al-'Aliyyah, four volumes, the fourth one.
The student : Did he himself omit what our shaykh had?
Another student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Here, do not rush me; later I will say that you are blond, like my story, ha ha. I am concerned with the shaykh of the author, I mean the shaykh of al-Tabarani.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : How?
The student : I am not familiar with reading manuscripts.

The Shaykh : Yes, bring it here. Look, here we have 'Abd ibn Rashid from al-Hasan. This is the benefit we derive from the musnad. What is coming? "Haddathana Hasan." Here, my lord, Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, there is some discussion about him, and there is some discussion about his father. Hajjaj ibn Nasr, there is some discussion about him. But the important thing is, you have here an index, like a notebook in a white nylon bag.
The student: This.

The Shaykh : Yes, bring the names of al-Tabarani's shaykhs. Where? In al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Look, Abu 'Abdullah. Now you want to take a benefit to verify the effort of the wronged al-Albani, Muhammad ibn Ishaq.
The student : Ishaq ibn Ibrahim...

The Shaykh : Here, why is it Muhammad? Ah, ibn Ahmad ibn Kasa. Good, other than his father.
The student: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, here there is no Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Ahmad ibn Ahmad. Ah, here Ishaq ibn Ibrahim is from these two volumes. Look, you have numbers in pencil. Look, the number is seven thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven.
The student : Ishaq ibn Ibrahim.

The Shaykh : Yes, go back to find the heading in large letters, "The Muhammads." Go back, how many pages? How many pages until you find Muhammad? All Muhammad. Go back until the heading appears, turn, turn, until the large letters appear: Muhammad ibn Ishaq.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : What did you do?
The student : You only search for al-Tabarani's shaykh...