 What kind of books did you read in preparation for that episode? In general all of the topics there are like common books I use and maybe some topics I might use other books and I may not use it in this particular topic but generally what I do is I first of all go to the Qur'an and I see that to be very important for me because again as I mentioned the Qur'an is a source of legislation for every single Muslim who believes in Allah the day of judgment so I always go to the Qur'an first and when I look at the Qur'an I always look at based on the exegesis and which is the explanation the commentary that the great scholars of Islam have put on it the Tafseer book so I go to definitely first of all Tafseer Al-Muqatheer or Tafseer Al-Mujarir sorry first Mujarir Al-Tabris Tafseer is considered to be from the Tafseerul Ma'athur which is that he's Tafseer you benefit from it the quote of the early Salaf the pious predecessors the ones that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the best generation are my generation and those to come after those to come after so Mujarir Al-Tabris what he would do is bring an ayah and he will give you the Tafseer of the Sahab and the Taba'i and the Atba'u Taba'i and I really love to know their commentary first before anybody else and a lot of the times Mujarir Al-Tabris when he brings the Tafseer and it's really happens that the Tafseer is Tafseeru At-Tadad because the Tafseer is two types there is Tafseer which is At-Tanaw'u and Tafseeru At-Tadad Tafseeru At-Tanaw'u means they're all saying different wordings but really you can reconcile between their views Qatada saying something, Sudi saying something, Mujahid saying something, Rikrima saying something, Hasan Al-Basri saying something, Qatada saying something but when you look at it it's easy to reconcile between their views so it's not a big problem for example they're just looking at an iPad or obviously we're looking at an iPad as people describe it in different ways someone might say this is this is an apple pod out some might say this is gray some of us this is big like just but they haven't contradicted each other in any way I'm true it's true so it's called At-Tanaw'u and the second type is called At-Tabad which is that the views are going against one another when he's saying something like for example Ola Mastumunni said which we mentioned in some of the episodes the word lambs the two views of Ibn Abbas and Ibn Mas'ud are contradicting one another because based on that there's going to be a Khilaf dispute in this matter so great Mufassiri like Ibn Jadid At-Tabadi will try to reconcile between their views after that and I like how he does the tarjih and how he strengthens it so I always go to his Tafseer, Tafseer Al-Allama Ibn Jadid At-Tabadi the great Mufassir he's considered to be or they refer to him as Imam Al-A'imah or they call him sorry Imam Al-A'imah Imam Al-A'imah is Mubakar Ibn Khuzayma sorry they call him Imam Al-Mufassirin Ibn Jadid At-Tabadi Ibn Jadid At-Tabadi I also go to Tafseer Al-Baghawi which is a very summarized Kitab but he is very important Kitab Tafseer Al-Baghawi Ibn Jadid At-Tabadi Ibn At-Tabadi I go to it as well Tafseer Al-Ibn Katheer Al-Siaidi I also go to Tafseer Al-Mina Shanketa I really think it's very important of quoting him His Tafseer is one of the unique Tafseer that's out there and he proved the concept that the scholars mentioned which is Kamtaraq Al-Awalu Lillakhil how many how much has the early scholars have left behind for the ones to come later so you think to yourself how many books of Tafseer have been written can really someone come off and write a Tafseer book like in Muhammad Ibn Shanketa recently and he compiled this Tafseer book which proves you the writing of Tafseer is always going to be happening So one of the miracles of the Quran Subhan Allah It's Ajeeb Allah and what he does Subhan Allah is so unique I honestly he's one of the early books I go to in the Tafseer of an ayah if I want to see it because he speaks about it from a from a perspective of language from a perspective of Sul Fiqh he speaks about from a perspective of Balagha and Bayan al-Badi' and his Kitab is actually called it's called Adwa'ul Bayani fi I'il Zahil Qurani Bil Quran so he does that best type of Tafseer of the Quran which is Tafseer of the Quran with the Quran so if he gets an ayah here he'll explain it with another ayah Rahimahullah Rahmat Allah and the way he does it's so it's so unique Rahimahullah Ta'ala so I really go back to it I also go to Qutub Al-Qaraat when it comes to Quran if I'm looking at an ayah if he has different Qaraat I like to especially if I see that Ibn Jarin mentions it in his Tafseer Ibn Kathir mentions it Obaghawi mentions it or they mention Ibn Shakhita mentions it I like to look it up even more and research a bit more into it so I'll go to the Nashir in Qaraat Al-Ashir by Ibn Al-Jazeera Rahimahullah I'll look into it more he'll explain it even more he'll expand on it I'll look into it also I will look at the Shatibi's Ushaq Al-Shatibi's Hirzul-Amani World Tree 20 in Qaraat Al-Saba'a and the Shulwahat and explanations put in it Qutub Al-Hadeeth would be the second place I'll go to generally speaking I'd go to the Sahih Al-Bukhari Rahimahullah Imam Al-Bukhari Sahih because it's the most authentic Kitab Ba'ad Al-Kitab Allah Az-Zawad Allah the great Imam Imam Al-Iraqi he says so the first person to have written an authentic book is the Imam Al-Bukhari Rahimahullah so I go to that Kitab if the Hadeeth is mentioned or I can find I need a Hadeeth and it's in Bukhari I go to Sahih Al-Bukhari first I look at the Ba'ab that Bukhari put it under I look at under the chapter he put it under I would also look at the explanation of firstly Ibn Al-Kateer Ibn Al-Hadir sorry Fatuh Al-Ba'iri I'd first of all look at the Fatuh Al-Ba'iri of Ibn Al-Hadir Al-Asqalani Rahimahullah second I would go to is the Fatuh Al-Ba'iri of Ibn Al-Rajab Al-Hambali because Ibn Al-Rajab Al-Hambali's Fatuh Al-Ba'iri a student of knowledge cannot be without it because he brings you Aqwal of Salaf a lot Muaqif of Salaf you won't find it as much as you find it in Ibn Al-Rajab Ibn Al-Kateer Ibn Al-Hadir sorry Ibn Al-Aqib saying Ibn Al-Kateer Ibn Al-Hadir Al-Asqalani he doesn't bring you as much of the Muaqif of Salaf the way Ibn Al-Rajab does Ibn Al-Rajab Subhan Allah sometimes he will explain a whole Hadeeth with the Aqwal of the Salaf like Ibn Al-Jarid does with the ayah of the Qur'an so it's very unique and he took the name Ibn Al-Hadir from he took it from Ibn Al-Hadir Al-Asqalani took it from Ibn Al-Rajab who was before him Ibn Al-Rajab wrote the Kitab of Fatuh Al-Ba'iri and he passed away in Kitab Al-Janaiz Ibn Al-Rajab the chapter of Yunur Ibn Al-Rajab died there and he couldn't finish the book if he finished it Subhan Allah Subhan Allah so Ibn Al-Rajab Al-Hambali's Kitab he is the muhakka of the Kitab Al-Sharhu'ila which is very similar by Hammam Sa'id or Hammam Sa'id he mentioned something like there's two muhtak'iqat of Shara'ul-Al-Tirmid-Nuri Dina Itan and Hammam Abdul Rahim Sa'id Hammam mentioned something like Ibn Al-Hadir didn't copy the name from Ibn Al-Rajab because he never saw it but that's incorrect because I saw it in Fatuh Al-Ba'iri twice at least he quoted from Ibn Al-Rajab Al-Hambali so he must have taken the name from him high speed also Sahih Muslim would be the second Kitab I'd go to if the hadith is in Bukhara and Muslim I'd also go to Sahih Muslim and I would look at Shara'ul-Al-Imamun Noir-Rahim-Allahu Ta'ala and no his explanation is profound it's amazing and then I'll go to the other books the third book I'd generally go to is Al-Mu'ta Al-Imam Malik-Rahim-Allahu Ta'ala and Mu'ta Malik I would look at the Rewa'i of Yahya Ibn Yahya Al-Laythi because that's the last and the most great that's the best copy of the Mu'ta and I won't go to you know you know comparing the different Rewa'i out of Mu'ta but I would go to that one first and I'll I'd be happy with that one okay and that's the one that Ibn Abdul-Barr you know used for his At-Tamhid and Istithqar both of them and I'd go to those two key tabs At-Tamhid by Ibn Abdul-Barr and also the Istithqar by Ibn Abdul-Barr and there's a difference between the two many people don't know the Tamhid more focuses on the Sana'at-ul-Halithiya it focuses more on the Halithi perspective it more deals with the Halith and the Marfu'at okay it deals with more what's attributed to the Prophet alaihi s-salatu s-salam whereas the Istithqar deals with more with the Moukufat and the the Sana'at-ul-Halithiya the fiqi issues so if I'm really wanting to focus on a fiqi issue I'll go to the Istithqar and if I wanted to go to more the issue related to the Halith itself I'll go to the Tamhid by Ibn Abdul-Barr okay Bashar Awad's Ma'ruf is Ta'keikh is so far the best even him he's been critiqued for some of the point some of the some of the any mistakes that he were found from his manuscripts that he relied on Bashar Awad's Ma'ruf but that would be the in terms of Hadith and I would also look at the other Kutub Al-Halith like Shahr-Husun Al-Imam Al-Baghawi and Al-Muntaqa by Ibn Al-Jarood and you know Musnad Ahmed I would look at it with the Fath-Hur-Rabbani Mu'ajama Al-Tabarani with the Hadith is there Kutub Al-Halith I would focus more on the Dar and Taqsil Tab'ah I wouldn't try to look at any of the Tab'ahs because the Tab'ahs are not so far they're not Sahib Nukwuzayma Sahih Sunni Dari'mi Sunni Al-Bayhaki I would look at those Kutub Al-Halith give a lot of importance to it just to know the different I did really lie a lot on when I was looking at the Ahathar of the Sahabas Musannaf Ibn Abi-Shaybah I looked at it a lot I compared the Muhammad Awam as one and Sheikh Sa'anaa Shetri's Tab'at I look at both of those two copies Tarfu Al-Tathreep I would look at it by Al-Araqi I really think it's powerful Riyad Al-Salehain is very important for me especially the Nauwi the chaptering he puts it where he places it I like it if the hadith is also sometimes I can't be you know able to go to the hadith from the big books like here Sunni Al-Bayhaki I would look at it with Sunni Abi-Dawud and Shorhahat Sunni Abi-Dawud like Aoun Al-Ba'abud or Tohfat Al-Ahwadi I just stick to Subul As-Salaam by Amir San'Ani Amir San'Ani has an explanation on Bulug Al-Maram so I'd look at there from Shoukani Nailu Al-Altar I've used it from so especially from music perspective I looked at it a lot Qutb Al-Takhreegh authenticated and grading the hadith that you sometimes wrote in the podcast you were discussing with me Yes I would go to the Qitaab Talkhis Al-Habir which is Ibn Hadir's Qitaab in Takhreegh Al-Hadeeth I'll go to Ibn Mulaqin's Qitaab T'uhafat Al-Mu'taj Nasb Al-Raya by Zeylai Neta'ij Al-Afqar by Ibn Hadir I'll go to the Qitaab T'uhafat Al-Tali by Ibn Al-Kathir Al-Mahu Dua'at by Ibn Al-Jawzi Al-Rahim by Allah Al-Ailal Al-Mu'tanahi by Ibn Al-Jawzi as well Badr Al-Muneer also I looked at it but I don't fully use the Badr Al-Muneer because of the fact I suffice myself with the T'uqis Al-Habir For example, Al-Mizan Al-Aitida Al-Bahidah for example I would really focus more on Lisan Al-Mizan because I like Ibn Hadir's you know for example the T'ahdeeb of the T'ahdeeb of Abu Al-Hajaj Al-Mizi for example T'ahdeeb Al-Kamal Al-Bab Al-Hajajaj Al-Mizi I wouldn't really focus too much on I'll look at here and there but majority of my focus would be the T'ahdeeb and T'ahdeeb by Ibn Al-Hajjar Okay because I like to Ibn Al-Hajjar is you know Nukkat and he's Ta'aleqat and he's I give a lot of Al-Bani's Irwa Al-Ghalil I really looked at Nislus Al-Hadeeth Al-Sahih Hanba Ifa I it's one of my early books that I go to I look at Sheikh Nasir's Authentication of Hadith that doesn't mean I was blind for what he says Of course but I like to see what Sheikh Nasir has to say about We're smiling because obviously it came up in the niqab issue which I'm sure will come to Yeah Qutb al-Rijal like the narrators and I'll be about who they are and I mean if I want to research more I don't not convince with the Sheikh Al-Bani's arguments I go to Qutb al-Rijal I look at the Duafaba Al-Uqaili I look at the Kabir Al-Duafaba Ibn Adi with Ibn Adi one I like the T'aqeeq of Sheikh Nasir Nasir Nasir Sheikh Nasir As-Sarsawi Sheikh Nasir As-Sarsawi's T'aqeeq he personally gave it to me when I went to when I was in Qasim I actually didn't give it to him because he actually gave me the copy himself Tariq Al-Ousil by Bukhariya and look at that A'ila by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal D'A'ila by M'ahmed I like the T'aqeeq of Sheikh Nasir Allah Abbas Okay and I'd use that a lot Tariqa by Zorat al-Damashqi I like that Al-Hajjad Al-Miza I said already he's T'aqeeq I would use it 35 volumes Masha'a Al-A'wad with A'ruf as well but I wouldn't use as much as I would use the T'aqeeq and T'aqeeb by Ibn Al-Hajjad Al-Asqalani and Seer Al-Alami Al-Nubala I must go to for me Mizan Al-Aqtidala I also look at it but not as much as I look at Al-Lisan Al-Mizan by Ibn Al-Hajjad I like that more T'aqeeq Al-A'b Al-Tahhab Al-Qudda Yeah What's funny is that good news for the students of knowledge is T'aqeeb by T'aqeeb Insha'Allah soon Darul Birr is going to publish it Insha'Allah by T'aqalani Okay, insha'Allah by T'aqeeb by Al-Hajjad Al-Mahadjad Ibn Al-Hajjad Al-Sari Also, the Kitab Al-Dua'fab Al-Nasai Darul Qutni is ilal Darul Qutni is ilal means a lot to me and I'm really ilal waridah Al-Jarhut Al-Tahdeel Ibn Abi Al-Hatim Abdar Al-Rahman Ibn Abi Al-Hatim Al-Sanab Al-Abdu Al-Hatim Al-Razi Al-Kitab Al-Majruhina Ibn Al-Himbani those are the books I look at Qutb Al-Mustalah sometimes just a check-up or a Mustalah I'd go to mainly two Kitabs and the rest are just go to if there's a need for it I'll go to the Fathuh Al-Muqith by Sakha Al-Fitr Al-Iraqi I think that majority of the time I just stick to that Qutb Al-Mustalah If I feel like I want to see more and I want to look at more I go to a second Kitab I go to a lot with the Fathuh Al-Muqith is the Tadili bin Rawi by Suyoudi I think these two Kitabs are very important for me Beyond that, I look at it just if I need more I look at the Kitab Ma'areefat Al-Hadith by Haikyam I look at the Taqid Wal-Izah by Al-Iraqi I look at the Mook the Kitab Sorry, Nukhvet Al-Fikr Al-Hadith by Al-Hadith Al-Izah by Al-Hadith Qutb Al-Aqidah All of the books of Sheikh Al-Samtamiah Yeah I would look at any all the books of Sheikh Al-Samtamiah and he's doing it Ibn Al-Qayyim I don't give any exception to that I mean the all of the books are important for me So Muqtas Al-Sawa'a Qul-Mursala I'll take that Kitab and I'll look at it and give it an important the Nouniyah Ibn Al-Qayyim I'll look at it very important Raheem Allah Raheem Allah Raheem Allah Raheem Allah Raheem Allah Ibn Al-Qayyim and he's the teacher he's teacher at Ibn Utaymiah I believe any student of knowledge who does not read their works you can always see that they feel empty you can always tell the core caps there's a gap missing from you uh um Resalate to Zidz, Zidzi, by Ila Ahli Zabid, I quote that from Al-Harfa, Al-Saut, I read that. Ma'arij Al-Qubul, the shalah of Salaam Al-Wusul, Ila Al-Wusul, by Haafd Al-Hakim, with the three volumes, with the Tchaqeeq Al-Hallaq, Dar ibn Al-Jawzi, I really go back to that law. Qutub Al-Fiqh, mainly I go back to two Qitabs, if I want to look at Fiqh Al-Muqaran, three books, three books, mainly. Al-Muhalla ibn Al-Hazmin, Mujmu'ah by Al-Nawawi, and the Qitab Al-Mugni, those are three, I consider them to be comparative, but they are comparative, they call Fiqh Al-Muqaran, which before was never called Fiqh Al-Muqaran, this name Fiqh Al-Muqaran is a contemporary name that was given to it, like in the early scholars, they used to call it Al-Khilafiyat. Comparing between the different madhabs? The different madhabs, so I generally go to Al-Mugni by Ibn Al-Qudam and said, Mugni is an explanation of the Qitab Al-Khiraqi, Ibn Al-Qudam explained the Al-Khiraqi. And Nawawi is explaining the Mu'addab Al-Ibs Haqq Al-Shirazi, Al-Mujmu'ah. I like to go to those two, and I like to look at Ibn Al-Hazmin as Mujalla, it's very important for me, those three books give me an understanding of the views in the issues of Fiqh, but I also understand a very important point, and I want also students of knowledge to understand it, which is Ibn Al-Qudam is quoting of the Madhab of the Hanafiyah, for example, or the Madhab of the Malikiyah, or Madhab al-Shafiyah is always not accurate, because that's not, he's madhab. Yeah, he's a hambili. So, when I look at it, I look at it as an overview just to understand it, but I also go to their Madhab books, and I look at it. I don't always just stick to the referencing. Yeah. Also, I'll also Ibn Al-Mundir as well. The also that Ibn Al-Mundir would fall into the fourth book for me, I really think it's very important. Also, then of course, Qutub Al-Shafiyah and Qutub Al-Madahibs, I'll go into it. Osul al-Fiqh, I love to go to Shahr Haqq Al-Muneer is very important for me. And of course, the Muraq Al-Saud, the Mubta Al-Ruqiwa Al-Saud, by Abdullah Ibn Hajj Al-Shankirti, I go to that Kitab, and I mainly focus on the Nashr al-Bunud, Nashr al-Ashalah. I use the Nashr al-Bunud. Also, Al-Irshad al-Fuhul, I really like it. Shoukani, Allah's mercy be upon him, because he's Taqeeq al-Ilm Al-Usul, he's, Shoukani is not held back by a madhab. So, he's, I like his views. So, there's mainly three kitabs, or four kitabs in Osul al-Fiqh, I really go back to. Irshad al-Fuhul by Muhammad Ali Shoukani. The Kitab, Mraqi al-Saud, the Mubta Al-Ruqiwa Al-Saud, the Nashr al-Bunud, I go back to, I don't know if I can explain. Qawqa Al-Muneer, and also the Al-Bahar al-Muhad by Zarkashi. Those are the main books. Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyah, because Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyah is like really, especially the three Madahibs, Marekiya Shafi'iyah and Al-Halabilah are not really far from each other. I don't really, I mean, go too deep into it. I like any two kitabs, generally. Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyah by Hafid Ibn Rajab's one, Ibn Rajab's Qawa'id book. And I also like the Qawa'id al-Muthib, the Al-Majumu'u al-Muthhab, the Qawa'id al-Mathhab by Salah al-Din Al-Ala'il Kekildi, Allah's mercy be upon him, the Shafi'iyah. His kitab al-Majumu'u al-Muthhab by Qawa'id al-Mathhab is a very valuable kitab, and the Wizara of Kuwait have published it. Those are the two main ones I use. Tariq, of course, I look at the kitab, Tariq Al-Islam by Zahabi, for example, Al-Bida'i wa Nihaybil, Al-Qatiyah, Allah's mercy be upon him, Al-Zahab by Ibn Al-Adin, Al-Fayat Al-A'iyah by Ibn Khaliqhan and all those kitabs, if I need to. If it's particularly individual, I want to look at their lives now, I always go to, for example, in Irtemia, I would go to Al-Kitab Al-Uqud Al-Duriya in the area of Shakh Al-Samtamiyah by Ibn Abdul-Hadi, I'll focus on that and I'll read that. Also, Kitab Al-Badr Al-Taliya by Shokan is also very good. Al-Durah Al-Kaminan is also very good. I like to read that. If it's the Ulama al-Da'wan Najdiya and their life, which we haven't really done much on, I'd like to go to Abdullah Bassam's Kitab, Ulama al-Najd al-Khilal Al-Hutamaniyah, the Qur'an. Nahw, to be honest, Mia, I focus more on just Al-Fiatul Malik and Al-Sharha Ibn Al-Aqeel. Really, do I go to Al-Shaq Al-Shatabi Al-Sharha of Al-Fiatul Malik? Because what we need from this podcast is not more than what is mentioned in Al-Fiatul Malik. So Al-Fiatul Malik, Al-Sharha Ibn Al-Aqeel is what I stick to. A great Arabic language dictionary that has been used in Arabic is the Arabic language by Azari, Misbah Al-Munir, Al-Qamus Al-Muhad, Al-Muqtara Al-Suhaah, Al-Muqtari Al-Muqtari Al-Muqtari Al-Muqtari Al-Muqtari Al-Muqtari Al-Faris, those are the books. Books in adab, I mean books in adab and Arabic literature. No, the first one is diction. The literature, I really, I don't think I've had to use any literature related issues in our podcast. But adab Al-Kati Ibn Qutayba, Ayoun Al-Khabar by Ibn Qutayba, I like it. Al-Kamil Ibn Mubadrid is also a book, I like it. These are what I would just read by myself. Even Al-Kitaab Al-Bayan Al-Tabi'in by Jahl Al-Mu'taziri, I read it for my own personal sake, you know. And I really give a lot of importance to Mahmood Shakir's works. Al-Anlama Mahmood Shakir, the brother of Mahmood Shakir, I like his works very, very profound for me. Okay, so these are kind of like, I think my initial intention from kind of asking you, what kind of books did you read in preparation for each episode? I think you're far surpassed and as you've given something that a student of knowledge can take the last 10 or 15 minutes, almost keep that video and use that throughout his years of seeking knowledge and understand the different kind of books. What's interesting for me is that you kind of organize your mental library in different sciences. Hadith is Akhida, there's Fiqh is that that's something that you kind of have in your mind that if you come to preparing for a podcast and you know this particular issue of Fiqh is going to come, you go to Fiqh library and say, okay, is that how it works? Like it's just interesting to get So yeah, in terms of studying and see, there's two things. Researcher has to be a person who already studied before. Yeah, and you can't just go to a book and just read it yourself and you're going to get misguided. If you really want to learn, you have to have a sheikh to teach you. So that's why I say to students of knowledge, for example, if you study Fiqh according to a Mahmood Shakir, for example, you study, you finished it with the teacher and then you after that you done the Qitaab and then you did and then you did after that you go don't let no one stop you. Now you've studied with a teacher. He's taught you these books. You've gone through this program. You're free to go. So, you know, all of this. All of those books. Now you should be reading you should be reading you should be reading you should go go. You've studied with a teacher. He's taught you these the main important framework. He's given it to you. Research in this. You study now, for example, you've done then you did and then why are you going to wait for a teacher to explain for you? You don't need it. So, and now you've got the keys. When you open, for example, those books, it's not you're not you're not reading something scratching your head. I don't understand. You've got the foundation. Of course, you understand it. Yeah, I think so to bring it back to the hot seat. One thing that's always really intrigued me is that we're dealing with contemporary issues. These are people. These are issues that many people see are kind of like new issues that are coming up and time and time again, we sit opposite each other and you'll bring in classical sources and it really shows that the classical scholars of the past, the early generations, like the some of the books you just mentioned, they really didn't leave any stone unturned. No matter what issue comes up, you could be able to bring it back into one of those books. Having said that, is there any times do you ever look at non Muslim sources to get really an understanding of particular topics? What we're talking about, you know, a particular issue we're going to discuss on the podcast. Do you ever go to the western sources?