«إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ

"Only those who fear Allah

مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ

among His servants are the people of knowledge.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ

Indeed, Allah is Mighty,

غَفُورٌ»

Forgiving."

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ،

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds,

وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى أَشْرَفِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ

and prayers and peace be upon the most noble of prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his companions

وَالتَّابِعِينَ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَحَيَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ إِخْوَانِي وَأَخَوَاتِي إِلَى لِقَاءٍ جَدِيدٍ ضِمْنَ هَذَا الْبَرْنَامَجِ،

and the followers. To proceed: may Allah welcome you, my brothers and sisters, to a new meeting within this program,

وَهُوَ مِنْ سِيرَةِ إِمَامٍ أَوْ سِيرَةُ إِمَامٍ حَدِيثِي فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَلِقَائِي مَعَكُمْ سَيَكُونُ حَوْلَ الْعَالِمِ

and it is from the biography of an imam, or the biography of an imam. My talk on this day and my meeting with you will be about the scholar,

الْقُدْوَةِ صَاحِبِ التَّصَانِيفِ الْجَمِيلَةِ وَالْمُؤَلَّفَاتِ الرَّزِينَةِ، إِمَامِ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي عَصْرِهِ بِلَا

the role model, the author of beautiful works and weighty books, the imam of the people of Hadith in his time without

مُنَازِعٍ، شَيْخِ السُّنَّةِ وَمُقَدَّمِ الْحُفَّاظِ، الْمُحَدِّثِ الْفَقِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ

rival, the elder of the Sunnah and foremost of the Hadith memorizers, the scholar of Hadith and jurist, Sulayman