A request for the Shaykh to complete his projects, such as Tammam al-Mannah, Sahih al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, and Mishkat al-Masabih
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The questioner : This is a request from one of the brothers, saying: We would like our honorable Shaykh to complete his projects and scientific research, such as Tammam al-Mannah and Sahih al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah. Then he mentioned "Mishkat al-Masabih"; I do not know if he returned to it.
The student : Because he has not completed them all.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Because he has not completed them all.
The questioner : And that he verify and annotate for us a book on tafsir and the occasions of revelation of the verses? This is a request, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah fulfill the hope. We say on this occasion: Support us with your support.
The student : Support, support. Support, O Umm Hashim.
The Shaykh : And by "support" here, I refer to his saying (peace be upon him):, so you should pray for us so that we may fulfill such a hope and more than that. But our reality, and praise be to Allah, is that we are proceeding with the realization of many, and very many, projects. However, as it was said and as we said earlier:
"Knowledge, if you seek it, is abundant,
And life is too short to acquire it
So present the most important of it, then the most important
So we try to aim for the target and approximate, and present the most important, then the most important. And this, without a doubt, its evaluation does not return to Zayd, Bakr, or 'Amr, because the matter becomes mixed up then, and pleasing people is a goal that cannot be reached. Rather, this matter concerns only the one in charge of it. So it is sufficient for you to pray for us to fulfill the hope, and praise be to Allah.
The student : In truth, I was referring to this matter in my speech that I mentioned earlier, and I said that our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) is occupied with completing his projects. And that meeting and gathering with him is what we are most eager for, but his occupation with these projects and these books and verifications is a matter that requires complete dedication. Therefore, he does us a great favor when he accepts the invitation of one of the brothers to meet him in this invitation, and he speaks to us as a teacher speaks to his students. So may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, that is our duty, and within the limits of our capacity[Al-Baqarah 2:286].
The student : Because he has not completed them all.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Because he has not completed them all.
The questioner : And that he verify and annotate for us a book on tafsir and the occasions of revelation of the verses? This is a request, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah fulfill the hope. We say on this occasion: Support us with your support.
The student : Support, support. Support, O Umm Hashim.
The Shaykh : And by "support" here, I refer to his saying (peace be upon him):
You are only supported and provided for because of your weak ones; by their supplication and their sincerity
إنما تُنصَرُون وتُرزَقُون بضعفائكم ؛ بدعائهم ، وإخلاصهم"Knowledge, if you seek it, is abundant,
And life is too short to acquire it
So present the most important of it, then the most important
So we try to aim for the target and approximate, and present the most important, then the most important. And this, without a doubt, its evaluation does not return to Zayd, Bakr, or 'Amr, because the matter becomes mixed up then, and pleasing people is a goal that cannot be reached. Rather, this matter concerns only the one in charge of it. So it is sufficient for you to pray for us to fulfill the hope, and praise be to Allah.
The student : In truth, I was referring to this matter in my speech that I mentioned earlier, and I said that our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) is occupied with completing his projects. And that meeting and gathering with him is what we are most eager for, but his occupation with these projects and these books and verifications is a matter that requires complete dedication. Therefore, he does us a great favor when he accepts the invitation of one of the brothers to meet him in this invitation, and he speaks to us as a teacher speaks to his students. So may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, that is our duty, and within the limits of our capacity
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
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