His forceful scholarly personality, his boldness in stating his view, and his readiness to rebut any opponent, whoever he may be … 110–111
His fairness and his readiness to retract whenever it became clear to him that he had erred … 111–112
The variation in some of his verdicts from one book to another, even concerning the very same ḥadīth … 112–117
The fairness shown by the scholar Bakr Abū Zayd toward the Shaykh … 113–114
He—may Allah have mercy on him—would take his time and proceed slowly in tracing the ḥadīths when the work was his own composition, unlike in his editorial projects … 117–118
The excessiveness of today’s editors in annotating books … 118
He himself used to copy, edit, source the ḥadīths, and add notes … 118–119
The conduct of some contemporary editors and their deception of the ummah … 119
His adoption of earlier scholars’ style in giving his works rhymed titles … 119
Some of his book titles spell out the contents in detail, even when the title becomes lengthy … 120–121
The full title of “Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān” … 120
The full title of “al-Istidhkār” … 121
His severity in replying to those who opposed him and his stamina in doing so … 121–125
His practice of setting apart certain chapters, issues, aḥādīth, and some events from the Prophetic biography in a separate essay or standalone book … 125–126
His special interest in certain books … 126–128