the examples and evidence, as they provide conclusive proof to any fair-minded person who neither favors nor flatters, that the man is not trustworthy in his knowledge, nor is he reliable in his transmission. Rather, he is deluded by himself, indifferent to his contradictions of scientific principles, and to the statements of the critical and preserving imams. Indeed, his attitude seems to say: "They are men, and we are men!" We have heard this repeatedly from some ignorant individuals. Among his delusions and self-admiration is that he wished in the introduction of his "Ḍaʿīfah" that I would return to agree with him in his weakenings! Just as his teacher Shuʿayb returned, agreeing with him in about a hundred ḥadīths from it, as he mentioned afterwards. I suspect he was exaggerating in that, because I saw the teacher in some of his comments contradicting some of what was attributed to him. I say this to clarify the reality, not to exonerate the teacher, for we know his denial of some authentic ḥadīths such as the ḥadīth: "When a fly falls" and the like. The man wants me to be like him in undermining the authentic sunnah, while I, by the grace of Allāh, am its supporter, defending it against the ignorance of the ignorant and the fabrications of the false. Moreover, what encouraged me to respond to him in this correction—besides the necessity of clarifying the truth and enlightening those who might be deceived by his excessive words and fragmented quotes—was that it became clear to me his admiration for his own opinion and his insistence on his error, and his rejection of the truth in a discussion that took place between him and me on the first night of this blessed Ramadan of this year (1412) regarding his weakening of the ḥadīth of al-ʿIrbaḍ, in the presence of some distinguished individuals. I directed some questions to him, and his answers revealed to us that he is not knowledgeable in this science and its related matters, to the extent that he does not adopt the scholars' saying: "The one who affirms is given precedence over the one who denies" and similar scientific principles! For this reason, he always gives precedence to criticism over validation, ignorance over documentation, and weakening over authentication, indeed his ignorance over the knowledge of others! He does not accept the report of any of them that a weak ḥadīth has another chain that strengthens it, nor does he accept its authenticity until he examines it himself and approves it, and therefore he conceals and suppresses it, among other things that I cannot enumerate now. I say this as a warning to the readers about his transgression against the sunnah, and as advice to him, as he is our brother in