its benefits.

Some discerning readers may ask: What drives these ignorant detractors to challenge al-Albānī, when Allah—by His permission—has granted him acceptance on earth and countless scholars and students of knowledge have benefited from his books and writings?

I answer: There are several motives, the foremost—or at least one of the foremost—is envy, as confirmed by the Prophet’s ﷺ words: “The disease of the nations before you has crept into your ranks: envy and rancor. Rancor is the shaver—I do not say it shaves hair, rather it shaves away religion.” (1)

Some of those who set themselves up to refute me almost disclose this motive with their own pens. The author of the booklet I am answering records in his introduction that one of his associates (2) suggested he examine Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī’s ‘Ṣaḥīḥ Series,’ saying:

“Because it contains weak hadiths, and people accept them with complete confidence, convinced that they have been rigorously verified and are authentic…!”

Other motives include intellectual or doctrinal disagreement, and the love of public prominence.

All of these motives may well converge in certain attackers of mine—such as the one called Ḥasan al-Saqqāf; no one had ever heard his name before, and through this he has reached