Table of Contents … Page
Introduction ……………………………………… 5–6
Research Plan …………………………………… 7–9
Sources for the “thabat” (register of works) … 10–11
Chapter One: Sources for the Shaykh’s Biography (may Allah have mercy on him) … 13–23
Topics That the Biography of Shaykh al-Albani May Contain … 15–18
In Earlier Days the Shaykh Was a Hanafi … 16
The Importance of ijazat (scholarly licenses) in This Era … 17–18
The Shaykh’s Satisfaction with What al-Shaybani Wrote (d.) … 19
Reference to a Valuable Lecture by Shaykh al-Munajjid … 21–22
A Reproach to the Students and Admirers of al-Albani for Not Producing an Expanded Biography—and What Has Been Published Does Not Do Him Justice … 22
Sources for the Shaykh’s Academic Methodology … 23
Chapter Two: The “thabat” of the Shaykh’s Writings … 25–132
Preface: The Method I Followed in the “thabat” … 27–31
Note on the Difficulty of Transcribing Scholars’ Recordings and Publishing Them Without Their Review (d.) … 29–30
The Shaykh Bequeaths All His Books to the Islamic University … 31
Section One: The “thabat” of the Shaykh’s Works … 33–92
“Tahdhir al-Sajid” Was the First Book the Shaykh Authored … 40
“Tasdid al-Isabah” Is Not an Independent Book but a General Heading … 41–42
“Prayer in Mosques Built over Graves” Is in Fact “Tahdhir al-Sajid” … 42–43
A Note About an Edition of “al-Taʿliqat al-Radiyyah” … 46–47
The Shaykh Has Two Books Titled “al-Tawassul” … 48–49
Doubt Regarding the Attribution to the Shaykh of the Edition of “al-Radd ʿala al-Jahmiyyah” … 53–54
“The Two Series” Originated as Early Articles … 62
The Printed “Sahih Abi Dawud” and “Its Weak Narrations” Are Not the Original Work the Shaykh Always Cites—it Has Not Yet Been Printed—and There Is a Significant Difference Between Them … 67
“Sahih al-Sirah” Was Based on Ibn Kathir’s Sirah … 67–68
The Shaykh Has Three Books on Prayer: Small, Medium, and Large … 69
A Note on One Edition of “Fitnat al-Takfir” … 73–74
The Shaykh Possesses More Analytical Indexes Than Those Mentioned in the “thabat” … 76