Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

The methodology which the Shaikh al-Albaanee رحمه اهلل applied
in his book:
1. The Shaikh omitted the different routes and supporting chains which are used for
strengthening a narration, and he tried to choose only that narration which would give
a complete description of the event, only if it is authentic.
2. The Shaikh omitted the mentioning the complete chain - except when there was a
benefit or need. Otherwise, he only mentioned the name of the Companion from
whom it was narrated.
3. The Shaikh omitted narrations which had no chain or which were Mursal (having a
broken chain) or Mu`ḍhal (either having some defect in its chain or in its text).
4. Sometimes the Shaikh summarized the statements of Imaam Ibn Katheer to make it
compatible and to restrict it in accordance with the authentic narrations which the
Shaikh had chosen to include in his book.
5. Sometimes he would replace the way Ibn Katheer reported a narration, and instead
took it directly from the source which Ibn Katheer relied on, because sometimes Ibn
Katheer would paraphrase a narration or narrate with its implied meaning instead of
narrating the actual wording.
6. Sometimes the Shaikh would add narrations at the end of the chapter if something
was missed by Imaam Ibn Katheer or for additional benefit.
Additional points:
1. In a few instances, the complete narrations were added in the footnotes by the
translator for which the Shaikh had only mentioned the references.
2. Additional narrations were added in the footnotes, which were either authenticated
or weakened by the Shaikh in his other works like: “Fiqh al-Seerah”, “al-Saheehah” or
“al-Ḍha`eefah”, but were not mention in this book.
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