Is safety in a person throwing himself into the matter of authenticating and weakening hadiths and engaging in it, or in leaving the matter to its specialists, because it requires a lifetime?

The questioner : Shaykh, since this matter of authenticating and weakening hadiths and engaging in it requires a long life and great effort, is safety in a person throwing himself into this, or in leaving the matter to its specialists?

The Shaykh : Do not delve into the matter.
Al-Halabi: Allahu Akbar.

The Shaykh : But do not issue rulings and do not rush to judge. As I tell many of our brothers, write, my brother, with your own hand. You know, for example, or some of those present know, that among my earliest works is *Al-Rawd al-Nadhir* in the arrangement and tracing of al-Tabarani’s *Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir*. I wrote... it is not permissible to print this book. Why? Because I myself have added many corrections to it. This does not mean that there is no room for correction after fifty years; no, the door is open.
Al-Halabi: Allahu Akbar.

The Shaykh : This is the way of Allah in His creation, but with varying degrees. So I advise our young brothers, if they write, not to publish, but to write for themselves, for example as research they collect, so that if they need to refer to it, they find it readily available. As for these people, they rush, and before they are mature, as we say, following some examples, "they buzz before they are ripe." And what is al-Dhahabi’s word? "He flies before he has feathers." A very beautiful phrase; he wants to fly, but he has not yet grown feathers.

The questioner : But soon...

The Shaykh : ...he will fall.

The questioner : It takes effect.