The diversity of his writings across the Islamic sciences … 128–129
His concern with abridging his own works and those of others … 129–130
His attention to scholarly indexes … 130–132
Chapter Three: The Shaykh’s articles—may Allah have mercy on him— … 133–147
An introduction to the Shaykh’s articles … 135–137
“The Necessity of Understanding Hadith”—the first article the Shaykh wrote … 136
The book “Al-Albānī’s Articles” and the reservations raised about it … 136–137
A catalogue of the Shaykh’s articles … 138–147
Chapter Four: Works devoted to the Shaykh’s scholarship and an exposition of his methodology … 149–158
The book “Al-Ḥāwī on the Fatwas of Shaykh al-Albānī” and the Shaykh’s rejection of it … 151
The book “The Fatwas of Shaykh al-Albānī Compared with the Fatwas of the Scholars” and the Shaykh’s rejection of it … 152
The book “Index of the Narrators Whom al-Albānī Profiled” and the objections raised to it despite its size … 153
A student of knowledge should first consult the earlier authorities’ statements on narrator criticism and accreditation (al-jarḥ wa al-taʿdīl) … 154
Some writers announce that they are preparing a critical edition of a given work merely to reserve it, though they have not yet begun—together with their ploys in that regard (t) … 156
Suggested topics for those who wish to write about al-Albānī … 158