الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد في مرحبنا الثالث لقد نقلت ونفعلنا الثالث الثالث أسرع، الثالث الثالث التدوين في القرن الثاني الهجريزة نحن نتحدث عن الثالث الثالث الثالث الثالث الثالث of the Islamic calendar today we are going to start تدوين of حديث في القرن الثالث الهجري the third century so we are looking at الثالث الهجري the third century what are we looking at القرن الثالث الهجري the third Islamic calendar الثالث الثالث we are not looking at the Gruguri calendar but focusing on what calendar the Islamic calendar the way that I am going to do my class today is in the following way this is the layout first of all I am going to give a مقدمة an introduction مقدمة means an introduction I am going to give an introduction I am going to speak about كلمة موجزة I summarized speech about جهود العلمائي هذا القرن the efforts the work that the scholars exerted at this century in the third century what's the difference between the third century and the second century are you with me brothers can you speak about the effort the hard work of the علامات of the scholars this calendar in that century the third century في تطوير التدويل how they evolved تطوير means what how they evolved how they formulated how they developed at the recording it's not like it was before we are going to see what is the different things that started to happen how did the تدوين change we are also going to speak about وابتكارهم how they initiated they created they came with new ideas في طريقة التاليف in the way of writing the authorship they came with new ways of authoring وتنويعهم جعلات التصنيف and how they changed the ways of writing وابتكارهم في طريقة التاليف وتنويعهم جعلات التصنيف means the same how they changed and how they developed and how they evolved their writing and their authorship does that make sense so what are we going to focus on here in the مقدمة in the introduction how many things are we going to focus on جهود العلمات the efforts of the scholars that came second is تطويروا how they evolved and they initiated and they came with new ideas and also how they made different their authorship so the word تطوير here means to evolve ابتكار is to initiate innovate to come in new ways في طريقة التاليف in the way that they authored and also the third point regarding their authorship is تنويع what does تنويع mean تنويع means some of the books were called مسند some of them were called صلن some of them were called صحيح they started to change their ways one of the books is صحيح another one is مسند another one is سنن what is all of this are we all together after I finish the مقدمة I speak in the مقدمة I have two main chapters to discuss the first one is الكلام عن المسانيد I'm going to speak about what a مسند means we've had that name a lot احمد مسند and طيالسي we've had the word مسند what does a مسند mean so how am I going to speak about the مسند in three ways how am I going to speak about the مسند I'm at the مسانيد in general I'm going to speak about in three ways the first one is تعريف المسانيد what does the word مسند mean I will define it for you number three طريقة التاليفها that a مسند is authored there's a way that a book which is called a مسند is written it's not like any other book number three اهم المسانيد I'm going to mention some of the most prominent مسند books that are written if I repeat that one more time so I'm going to be speaking about the مسانيد because this is what century well in the third Islamic history books that are called مسند started so we're going to speak about what these مسندs mean how are we going to speak about it how is the kalam regarding the مسند going to be first of all تعريف المسانيد translate for us مسند what does it mean لغة الوصطلاحة what does it mean number two طريقة التاليفها how are مسند books written what method a methodology there's a مسند follow in order for it to be a مسند number three give us some names of books that are called مسند and I'm going to mention the most common the most well known ones I'm not going to mention all of them because they're too much after I finish speaking about the مسانيد I will go into the next point which is دراس موجزة a summarized study عن كل واحد we're going to go through each and every one of من الكتب ستة من الكتب الستة the six books of حديث بخاري مسلمة بداوة رميذي بنماجن نسائي all six of them we're going to go through it المعروف that are well known does that make sense and the way that we're going to be doing the six books is in two ways all the six books we're going to be doing the ترجمة of the the Imam and the way that we're going to do his biography is in two ways okay we're going to be speaking about his حيات الشخصية his personal life and we're going to be speaking about حياته العلمية are we all together and then we're going to be speaking about the كتاب the كتاب of each one and how are we going to speak about the author his personal life and his academic achievements and then we're going to be speaking about the book in two ways how many ways are we going to speak about the book we're going to be speaking about the book in two ways we're going to do تعريف of the book تعريف الكتاب wherever book it is from the six books are we all together and then we're going to speak about we're going to be defining the book and then we're going to also what the methodology of the author am I making sense am I making sense or have I said so much that it went all over your head is everything crystal clear the scholars they say the shy person and the arrogant person never learn they are shy to say I don't know what you just said it's not bad you can say that so the second one is دراسة موجزة this is summarized so much information will be dropped out أن كل واحد in each and every one of the six imams بخاري, مسلم, أبي داود ترميلي, إبنو ماجه and نسائي those are the six imams and how to sit the six mothers these books are valuable to us so we'll study each and every one of them because they were in the third century but the way I'm going to go through it is دراسة موجزة it's summarized it's a bridge how am I going to be speaking about these books I'm going to speak about the author first because you're not going to value the book if you don't know the author so when I talk about بخاري I'm going to talk about حياته الشخصية his personal life his mom his dad his siblings where he was born where he died that's his personal life then I'm going to talk about حياته العلمية his academic achievements his educational background how many حاديت بخاري memorized where did بخاري travel to who are his teachers who are his students are you with me brothers these are his educational achievements once I speak about him and this is not only for بخاري I'll do the same for Muslim I'll do the same for أبو داود I'll do the same for ترميدي نسائي then I'll move on to the book I'm going to define for you this book the definition تعريف الكتاب and then I'm going to what I'm going to go into the منهج المؤلف the conditions and the methodology that the author followed in his book that's what we're going to do for all of the books إن شاء الله و تعالى all of these four that I wrote is on your notes إن شاء الله و تعالى you have it on your notes let's go to the مقدمة let's go to the مقدمة the introduction at this moment the third century what had happened was the books that were written evolved how did they evolve scholars were not writing a hadith of the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and the أقوال الصحابة were together in the second century what was the last book that we took موططة of إمام ماليك and إمام ماليك موططة what did he have inside it the hadith of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the what أقوال الصحابة and it was all mixed the third century the Tamiz started whatever the messenger said it's in books whatever the صحابة said or did is in books so the Tamiz started to happen that's the first one Tamiz here means distinguishing the statements of the messenger the speeches of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the prophet's consent in one book and the statements and the verdicts of the companions in other books Tamiz right this is what happened in this era that's number one number two types of books were coming out that had titles and names books that were called number one مصند the kitab is called مصند كتوب that were called صحاح كتوب الصحاح number three سنن don't worry what does مصند mean you don't have to know now صحاح what it means right now you don't have to know but books that were carrying these names were coming out that's the second thing are we all together we have how many books that were called صحاح at this era البقاري and what and here we have سنن أبي داود ترميلي نسائي ونبنو ماجه سنن and مصند إن شاء الله we're going to speak about today are we all together so this era the Tamiz of Ahadith from the Prophets of Islam speech was cleared so you open a book all you know is everything in here is what the Prophets of Islam has said done or consented to that's what's taking place at this time the second thing that started to happen at this era is books that were صحيح were coming out كتب which were known as سنن were coming out كتب that were known as مسانيد مصند were coming out at that time it was just right are we all together the third benefit thing about this era was there were scholars who were known as جهابيذة النقاد this is what they were called what were they called جهابيذة النقاد what does a جهابيذة النقاد mean they were people who would grade Ahadiths they were scholars who were elite who knew who knew the authentic Ahadiths from the weak Ahadiths they were elite they were present at this era so the unique thing of this time was also what would rude the presence of جهابيذة النقاد scholars who were their day to day life and everything about their day was about the Hadith of the Prophet and I'm going to mention some of their names I'm going to write them on the board for you their names is أحمد ابن حمبل إسحاق ابن راهوية علي ابن المديني يحيا ابن المعين يحيا ابن معين مسلم ابن واره البخاري مسلم ابو زرع أبو حاتم أمو زرع these are some of them أثمان إبن سعيد الداريمي let's make it 10 the last person أثمان إبن سعيد الداريمي these 10 and many more were present at this time no one could just say what they want about the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام أحمد ابن حمبل إسحاق ابن راهوية علي ابن المديني يحيا ابن معين يحيا ابن معين محمد ابن مسلم ابن واره أبو عبدالله محمد من السماعيل ابن البخاري مسلم من حجاج القوشيري والنسابوري even this time before that أبو زرعة الرازي أثمان إبن سعيد الداريمي these were alive so this third century it had a unique point are we all together brothers so this time this is the value that it holds we've now finished the مقدمة has everyone understood the مقدمة the مقدمة we spoke about the value of the books and how the books have changed from how it used to be are we all together brothers صح books have changed now مسند صح سنن have come out they were not present before that are we all together brothers also the Hadith of the Prophet were placed in books and the statements of the Sahabas and others were placed in other books also these scholars these scholars these scholars they are different from other scholars these are unique elite scholars the way that they identify a Hadith is even more than others like like you know the defects and the hidden matters of Hadith Ahmed if we narrate a Hadith that you know it to be weak tell us it who is saying this because Ahmed he is from the he is from the elite scholars he can see the hidden defects that not an ordinary person can catch are we all together these were scholars who were elite now جهة now we are going to go into the first point of the class this was the introduction now we are going to go into we are going to speak about the Musnad what does a Musnad mean so how are we going to speak about a Musnad one of the 10 scholars that I mentioned from them was an Imam by the name of يحيب المعين يحيب المعين was so strong and he was great and he was an elite elite that some of the people they were scared of يحيب المعين because if he criticized the person and he said his Hadith is weak no one would take it when he is the one who has distinguished one Hadith from another and he is saying this narration is accepted because there is no problem in it and this narration is not accepted because so and so is in it who come to Iraq to shake the hand of يحيب المعين and they will say to others look he shook my hand يحيب المعين he shook my hand as though it was an Oateski look at it he knows me I know him so these people as countries have border control countries have what border control so no one comes into the land and the deen has like that those who protect his boundaries that no one can add to this deen what he wants and no one can take from it whatever he wants it's protected and Allah protected through them و لذلك حافظ الحكم he says they came they took the weak from the strong until it became clean حتى صفت نقية نقية means clean and pure كما ترى as you can see right now you have a hadith they did that for you they did all of it they did it for you they did it for you they did it for you they did it for you they did all of this for you so it's it's deserving on our side to do what? to know their biography and to study who they are رحمهم الله جميعا أبو زرعة الرازي رحمه الله when he died and this is another lesson for every one of us that whatever you do in the course of your life most likely you're going to die upon that thing that you used to do the Prophet ﷺ said مات عليه anyone who does something he's going to die most likely doing that وما مات على شيء بعث عليه and anyone who dies upon something he'll be resurrected doing that أبو زرعة was on his deathbed it's about to die his students were around him his students were around him and they wanted to remind him of the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ من كان آخر كلامه من الدنيا لا إله إلا الله that the person whose last statement is لا إله إلا الله before he departs from this world الله will take him to what to Jannah أبو زرعة was on his deathbed so his students they started the chain of narration and when they started the chain of narration they didn't want to say to him say it but they said it amongst themselves because they want him to come in and one said it he said the chain and the second one said the chain and أبو زرعة took the chain over from them and he said من كان آخر كلامه من الدنيا لا إله إلا الله and he died there he didn't say دخل الجنة but he didn't need to say دخل الجنة دخل الجنة means he will enter Jannah are we all together brothers so look at the benefit all of his life he spent in what علم الحديث distinguishing this narration from this narration authenticating it and Allah سبحانه وتعالى preserved him in what he preserved him by saying at his last moment رحمه الله وتعالى now we're going to speak about the the Masaneed what is a Musnad and as I said we're going to first of all number one we're going to do تعريف المسانيد we're going to define what a Musnad means the word Masaneed is plural what's the singular Musnad is a singular Masaneed is Jama'a it's plural Musnad is a singular it's the one Masaneed is all of the Musnads and one of its called Masaneed so let's define what a Musnad means Musnad means in the Arabic language لغة what is the word Musnad means لغة what does it mean لغة what does a Musnad mean in the Arabic language it means مرتفع عن الأرض anything that's reason from the earth that's what they call Musnad it's reason okay وعالة عن السطح does everybody understand that لكن إصطلاحاً تكنيكلي إصطلاحاً what does the word Musnad تكنيكلي mean when we say إصطلاحاً when we say تكنيكلي we mean أقودي مر مر تفاعة من الأرض anything that's reason from the earth that's what they call it means according to the scholars of hadith because we're talking about hadith here right so we mean إصطلاحاً mean the definition of the word Musnad according to who the scholars of hadith المحدثون they have two definitions of it how many definitions they have two definitions the first type of Musnad is the hadith that's authentically transmitted to the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام متصل سنده إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم it is any hadith that's connected to the messenger are we all together let's call the musnad and as many scholars who gave that name Musnad in their books such as الإمام البخاري بخاري الصحيخ he's called what الجامع المسند الصحيح here he means المسند the hadith which is connected to the prophet from بخاري to the prophet is connected so the first definition of the word مسند means from the author of that book whichever book you're reading he's saying to you that whatever I say the prophet said it's going to be connected مسند does that make sense so the first one is مسند any hadith from the author to the prophet is what it's connected the second meaning of the word مسند is and this is the one we want is the book I'm bringing a hadith of the companions together in one book gathering a hadith together in one book the companions book as we're going to see later the person who has a book so what he's going to do is going to bring all of the hadith of Abu Bakr from the prophet in one place all the hadith of Ali from the prophet in one place all of the hadith of Ali from the prophet in one place all of the hadith of Haqadah وَهَلُمَّ جَرَّى does that make sense so the second usage of the word مسند means it means the hadith that come in the name of the companions this is the one we want to focus on are we all together if you look at مسند أحمد من حنبل how is he ordered this is the way he's ordered he started with خلفاء الأربعة أبو بكر, عمر, عثمان and Ali so the first part of the book when you open it all of the hadith of Abu Bakr from the prophet they are there once you finish it عثمان starts from the prophet so there and then you go after that are we all together so Abu Bakr عمر sorry عثمان and then Ali and then after that he brings the 6 remaining from the 10 المبشرين بالجنة the 10 who were promised paradise alive so Ahmed brought the first 10 companions the 10 who were promised paradise are we all together brothers that's how he did it am I making sense so if I want to go to the Musnad of Imam Ahmed it's easy for me because I know that he brought all the hadiths of Abu Bakr in one place and all the hadiths of عمر in one place and عثمان and Ali and Haqala does that make sense that's the second word the second usage of the word Musnad what does it mean it's to combine and to bring together these companions in one place okay Ahmed to go according to the names of the companions have I made sense in that regard crystal clear very good okay we already mentioned that the second type is what concerns us did I not say that we're not going to look at the first one because that's not what we're indulging into the one that we want to know today and we're defining and we want you to understand is the second type which is the Musnad that's in accordance to what okay according to bringing the companions together right did all of the scholars agree with Ahmed in the way he chose to go about bringing the names of the companions he based it on what Ahmed Ibn Hanbal the virtue he based Abu Bakr is the best in this and then umar comes and then and then Ali and then the six and the six from the ten from his paradise that's that that's that that's one of the ways that the scholars take when it comes to bringing the companions are we all together the second way is the lineage looking at the companions lineage which of them is most closest to the message in terms of lineage and basing the companions on that are we all together so who would come first and then they did it based on that that's one way of doing it others have done it based on alphabetical order they'll look at it alphabetically so which companions going to be first alphabetically and then and then will become after that and then after that will be so how many ways would they bring the companions together number two how many ways did I say three ways the first one was what how they came early into Islam the earliest into Islam their virtue in Islam their honor in Islam their status so this is the first one the second is what their lineage so when we hash him and then after that the other tribes that are closest to the prophet's tribe عليه الصلاة والسلام does that make sense and the third one is alphabetical order the companions in alphabets does that make sense ha alphabetically yeah yeah that's what yeah so the third group of scholars who have ordered the book alphabetically so the first companion will be and then and then and then and then and then they carry on like that because alphabetically those are the those right as in like so in this the third group of scholars she would be in the alphabet if that book is going based on alphabetical order what do you do which books are like that the معجم of طبراني طبراني is معجم the middle and the big and the small it's alphabetical order so you're going to look at the معجم of طبراني you need to know the way he wrote he's Muslim here is in what way ha alphabetical order you have you have you have you have virtue so he's going to he's going to write the who's the most virtuous of people the first first and then after that the six promise and then after that and then after that and then after that ورش and then after that و هلومة جراء هكذا وبويتك هذا ونأسي قريبا معجرين because everywhere in ماذا يجب علي الله أن يقوم بشكل مهاجرين؟ الله always mentions the muhajireen first and then He mentions the Ansar are we all together? and if you look at the 10 promised Jannah all of them are muhajireen, none of them are Ansar are we all together brothers? the 10 Mubashireen in Jannah all of them are what? all of them are muhajireen none of them are Ansar so the muhajireen come first then Ahmed is going to go according to Swabic and they are mahal in the deen how they are the 10 Mubashireen in Jannah are they move virtuous? they are لأن زوجات النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم their Jannah is mentioned with the ayah الحقنا بهم درية وما قلتناهم من عملهم من شي but nowhere do we have Aishah in Jannah the wives of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم are all together and some people think just because Aishah and Mubashireen in Jannah are mentioned they think that the only people being promised Jannah are these 10 are they more than that? but why do you always say the 10 promised paradise? because these 10 were mentioned in one narration like in Bilal is from the companions promised Jannah alive but is he mentioned in the 10 promise? no so some of the Sahabahs they were not mentioned for them in Jannah alive like عبد العبس it's not mentioned that he's in Jannah are we all together? that doesn't mean we're not going to say are we all together brothers? like in these ones who have a clear statement takes precedence over them does that make sense? وهاكذا so we said alphabetical order what was the second? what was the third? you put your hand up so alphabetical will be so if we say أبو بكر let's look at it together ألف با and then what comes after أبو بكر wow which was first? wow or kath? sorry so أبو بكر might go first maybe أبو بكر might go before أبي ملكة so do you know how we look at it? أبو بكر has a أبي has a أبي has a أبي has a what? and أبو so we look at they have the same alif با and then wow and yeah which one comes first? so then أبو بكر will go before does that make sense? but I think أحمد من أحمد he put the Muslim in his Muslim I think he put away first I am not sure no no أحمد sorry طبراني verify verify أبو بكر he brings his Kunya now he brings his Kunya with it any other questions? does anyone know أبو بكر's real name? no no don't put your hand up if you know أبو بكر's real name okay جميل those who know I am not going to ask you now I know the ones who don't know hey أشرف what's أبو بكر's real name? it starts with a good Mashallah that's all I need does anyone know his father's name? no no who knows? everyone is going to put their hand up now okay who knows أمسلمة the prophet's wife's name what's her real name? أمسلمة what's her real name? أمسلمة the prophet's wife's name I'll never forget أمسلمة's real name the reason why I don't is because one of my when I told him I wanted to study his Dars in Sahih el-Bukhari he goes out you can come to the Dars and I said جزاك الله الشيخ may Allah bless you he goes big shirt with one condition and I said what's the condition? he said what's أمسلمة's real name? and I said أبو الله الشيخ he said you can't come to the Dars leave I went home I memorized that they never forgot it these people's names they mean a lot to us but أمسلمة is a prophet's wife's name a woman who traveled she went to Medina and she went to what? حب الشخ a virtuous woman it's not fair that we don't know her name take time out to know the names of these people because these are the people who transmitted our religion to us they transmitted this deem to us a lot of أحكام and rulings have come through to us because of أمسلمة رضي الله تعالى عنها so it's fair that we try to learn their names even before our own names and our children's name these people should be more beloved to us ولذلك ألمام النويو in the مقدمة of his Kitab تهديب الأسماء واللغات he said that the scholars and the righteous people they are more honorable to us and they have even more rights to us than our parents all together more than our parents do you guys know that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم does he have rights on us does the prophet have rights on us do you guys know that the scholars inherit that rights the rights of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم they inherit a great portion of it because Allah SWT because the prophet said العلماء وراثة تُل أنبياء that the scholars are the inheritors of the prophet what is it that they inherited rights rights come with it إِمْنُ الْقَيْ مَنْشِنْ ذَا إِلِسْكِتَامِ إِفْتَاحُ دَارِسَ عَادًا so the rights that the prophet has on you is that you know him صحيح and the rights that the scholars have on you is that you know them are we all together are we all together brothers so it's not good that you don't know these noble imams so we've defined what a musnid means صحيح now we're going to go into the second part which is are we all together I spoke about by accident I went fast into it how many ways did I say three ways right alphabetical order based on tribe and the lineage of the prophet and the third was what the virtue جميل now I'm going to mention the third one which is the most well-known books of musnid I'm going to mention the first one is these are some of the musnids that you need to know that exist we won't go into the خلافات of these books like for example the musnid of Abu Dawood that's the خلاف is he the one who wrote it or is he a student يونس بن حبيب خلاف but we won't go into that right now صحيح so let's write some of the most أهمو the well-known أهمو المسانيد أهمو number one what did we say أبو داود أبو داود الطياليسي أبو داود الطياليسي is not the أبو داود did the sunan it's another one are you there brothers this is another أبو داود this is أبو داود is before إمام أحمد إبن حمد is before him are we all together don't confuse the two one of the most known is the musnid of who أبو بكر أبي he has a musnid some people they confuse with his the musnid is another book he wrote the musnid is another book and this is the musnid that he wrote the third one is the musnid of أبو and the fourth one is أحمد إبن حمد is musnid أحمد إبن حمد and we're going to stick on إمام أحمد is musnid we're just going to talk about that one إن شاء الله إتعالى there are many many more but we'll just stick to أحمد إبن حمد so now we're going to go into the next part of our discussion of the musnid which is we're going to study in a summarized way the musnid of who إمام أحمد الإمام أحمد إبن حمد the musnid of إمام أحمد is very big it's 30 something volumes and it's the biggest musnid that we have from all of the that's out there the biggest one that we have is what مسد أحمد إبن حمد but أحمد إبن حمد is musnid wasn't the biggest whose musnid was the biggest I mentioned it last time if you know it put your hand up I mentioned it in one of the classes the imam that had the biggest musnid I said that his musnid didn't reach us does anyone know he بقي إبن مخلد بقي بقي إبن مخلد he was a student of إمام أحمد his musnid was the biggest but his musnid was according to our restricted knowledge we don't have it are we all together brothers I want to tell you something very fascinating these books that are lost a lot of people ask this question if this book was if this book is more than 30 volumes because أحمد's 30 volumes then بقي إبن مخلد was going to be more than 30 volumes صحيح isn't there a great portion of our religion lost are we all together brothers wouldn't that mean that a great portion of our religion is lost that's a lot of people asked and that's a very good question nope I can reassure you that there was never a book that was lost and then was found and it brought any additional knowledge استقلا every book that was considered lost and then for الله تبارك وتعالى as mercy and grace and generosity that book got found when it got found it did not bring to the table anything new that we didn't have before and this strengthens the concept of إنّا نحن نزلنا ذكرة وإنّا له وإنّا له لحافظون الله يفتح القرآن ويفتح السنة are we all together how does Allah يفتح السنة through the great scholars through them to protect it to make sure that nobody says about the prophet that which he didn't say so the way Allah protected these books is that no book will get lost and there is it in that book something which is haram we're eating we're just eating it because we haven't seen that hadith and we're just eating it it doesn't bring any additional knowledge now we're all together brothers pay attention or any new ruling that we never had حمد لله what we have with us is what Allah wants for us to implement let's talk about أليما محمد quickly and fast who he is أليما محمد is شيخ الإسلام سيد المسلمين he was one of the leaders of the Muslims at his time he is حافظ حجة he's a proof أحمد was a proof at his time people consider him a proof in the sense where if Ahmed said something no one would question it his integrity his honor was profound أحمد بن حنبل is مجمع على جلالتي his virtue is unanimously agreed upon رحمه الله تعالى رحمة نواسعة his name is Ahmed and his father's name is Muhammad Ahmed was born when the year was 164 هجرية and he died when it was when it was 241 241 he was born 164 and he died when it was 241 رحمه الله تعالى yeah that's his name his name is أحمد بن حنبل but scholars they say أحمد بن حنبل people jump from his father's name are we all together brothers حنبل is a granddad pay attention here now أحمد بن حنبل like any other scholar he went through his trials and his tribulations at his time he was tested and he showed patience for what he believed رحمه الله تعالى scholars they wrote books about his life alone and they also mentioned his life in big books one of the books that I can advise you to read his biography is سير علام النبلاء by اليمام الذهبي سير علام النبلاء his biography is there also the كتاب طبقات الحنابلة بأبو يعلى he starts with the biography of اليمام أحمد بن حنبل it's great to read his biography let's go into the book إن شاء الله the first one is سير علام النبلاء by اليمام الذهبي اليمام أبو عبد الله يشمس ديل الدهبي رحمه الله تعالى and the second one is طبقات الحنابلة طبقات الحنابلة by أبو يعلى رحمه الله by who بأبو يعلى رحمه الله تعالى and there are many other books مناقب أمام أحمد بأبنو الجوزي and other books are written on his biography but these ones can suffice you now I'm going to go into إن شاء الله about we're going to know a bit about it إن شاء الله point number one you guys write this how did Ahmed organize his book point number one how did إمام أحمد من أحمد organize his book what did I say before huh based on the virtues of the companions and their position in the religion so what did he start with he started with the ten promise jannah including the and then after that who did he mention after he mentioned the the عشر المبشرين بالجنة the ten promise jannah who did he mention after that أهلو بدر I told you that he mentioned أهلو أهلو the people of bedar and then after he mentioned who أحمد رحمه الله he put أهلو الحديبية the people of حديبية أيلا he put the people of حديبية after the people of bedar رحمه الله رحمة واسعة okay next point the position and the status of the Muslim of Imam أحمد the status the weight of this book when we speak about the status of a book we're talking from the angle of is all of the حديث in their صحيح or is their ضعيف or their fabricated حديث that's what we mean أحمد's كتاب what is it the scholars they say أحمد محمد للكتاب has a حديث which are صحيح which are a lot he also has حديث which are حسن sound in the mood and he has a حديث which are weak but he does not have حديث which is موضوع he doesn't have the أحمد محمد fabricated narration but we all together brothers and Shaykh و الإسلام تيمير proves and he discusses that and he responds to those who said that there is موضوع in the book he shows there's no موضوع in أحمد's book what does موضوع mean fabricated موضوع is the worst type of weak حديث it's a liar is in the chain lying about the prophet like in the weak حديث doesn't necessarily mean it's a liar a weak حديث can be somebody who's doing an innocent mistake or his memory is bad or he got mixed up that's weak like in a fabricated حديث is a حديث where there is in it a liar that's the worst type of حديث we all together أحمد محمد is even better in terms of authenticity than سنة لأبي داود as Shaykh و الإسلام تيمير said you know سنة لأبي داود أحمد is better what is he better than even سنة لأبي داود out of his conditions أحمد is more stronger in authenticity than سنة لأبي داود but why did they not add أحمد رحمه الله و تعالى to the six books then number one he's the teacher of all of them all of them are his students I mean they are the level of his students some of them they didn't meet him but for example بخاري is a student of who أحمد محمد what about muslim he's a student of أحمد محمد so how is it that أحمد مسند was not added to the six that we're going to speak about later إن شاء الله و تعالى we leave that for later why they chose to not add أحمد to the six books of حديث now we all together how many hadiths are in the musnad now we're going to the next point عدد أحديث المسند المسند of إمام أحمد how many hadiths are in there how many hadiths does he have the musnad of إمام أحمد it holds 40,000 hadiths 40,000 hadiths how many how many hadiths 40,000 hadiths does that make sense but the way that the scholars of حديث count the hadith is not what you guys think you think there's 40 different new hadiths right one hadith if it comes in different narrations they consider different hadiths like for example the hadith إِنَّ مَا لَعْمَالُ بِنْيَاتِ how many narrations does it come through huh huh إِنَّ مَا لَعْمَالُ بِنْيَاتِ it comes through what what did he say 17 what do you think 17 how many when the hadith is from the strange it's the strange hadith no one narrated from the prophet except umar and no one narrated from umar except al-qamah ibn abu waqas al-laythi and no one narrated from al-qamah ibn abu waqas al-laythi except ibrahim ibn yahya are you with me brothers and no one narrated from ibrahim ibn yahya except who and حدثن أحمد عبدالله مزبيلن قال حدثنا محمد البراهيمة تيمي يحمل السعيد الأنصاري sorry يحمل السعيد الأنصاري محمد البراهيمة تيمي so اون عمر هالت عالقامة اون هالت from عمر محمد البراهيمة تيمي يحمل السعيد الأنصاري all of them had it from each other no one had it they only was narrated and then when it reached يحمل السعيد الأنصاري from there it became 200 أوزاعي عبدالله المبارك حمايدي عبدالله مزبيلن but before that it was strange but look at the hadith of jibreel how many different ways does it come the hadith of hadith jibreel بينما نحن the long famous hadith jibreel how many companions narrated from the prophet 2 عمر and who أبو هوريرا are we all together they were considered to be two hadiths are we all together brothers the hadith إنما ملعماله بالنيات as a benefit بقاري بيزي in six places in صحيح how many places in صحيح six places and all of the six books of hadith all those six books بقاري مصر أبي داوتر ميدي بن ماجر النسائي all of them narrate إنما ملعماله بالنيات it's in all of their books so it's the hadith that the six books have all narrated but it's still what one okay we spoke about the number of hadiths that are in there now we want to speak about how many companions are in the Musnad of Imam Muhammad how many companions عدد الصحابة the Sahabas are going to divide the Sahabas into how many two male and what female the male Sahaba who are in the Musnad of Imam Muhammad رحمه الله 700 how many things that 700 men 700 men are narrated in the Musnad of Imam Muhammad and ومن النسائي from the women are 100 ونيف 100 and something 100 and something as الجزري رحمه الله مانشنت we've finished the knowledge that we wanted to know about the Musnad of Imam Muhammad رحمه الله و تعالى anyone have any questions yes 700 companions he brings their names as the chain as the hadith no no no no is all of the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم a promised jannah the scholars they differed on this issue and the differences based on the ayah والسابقون الأولون من المهاجرين والأنصار والذين اتبعوهم بإحسان رضي الله عنهم الله سبحانه وتعالى I'm pleased with all of them المهاجرين الأنصار الله سبحانه وتعالى I'm pleased with صحيح فالله is pleased with them they all they all in jannah that's Ibn Hazam's Ibn Hazam that is the opinion that he took in his كتاب المحلاء they all of the companions are what they are in jannah any other question which meaning the first or the second what is a Muslim Muslim means any hadith that's connected to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم any hadith that is connected to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم that's one meaning the second meaning is any book that is written based on the names of the companions as as it repeated one more time that question anything that links to the companions now الله is pleased with the companions now صحيح so one thing we have to understand is Allah is pleased with the companions in terms of their piety but that doesn't entail that the companions are infallible that they are free from mistakes we all together that's one thing I went as a side point it's not your question but it's a side point that the companions are not infallible we don't believe they don't do mistakes somebody can't say الله is pleased with them and that means everything Abu Bakr says is right are we all together it doesn't mean that meaning Abu Bakr's statement some of it can be right and some of it can be wrong because he would do what but we would not we would not put the statement of Abu Bakr with the statement of anybody after him are we all together the اجتهاد of Abu Bakr it means a lot to us then anybody else is each tihad anybody else is independent reason the reason why the scholars they distinguished between the prophet's and the companions was the Ahadiths which were attributed to the prophet were being mixed with what was attributed to the companions and it was fair that the people knew what the prophet said because what the prophet said is taken regardless whereas what the companions say is accepted if it's in line with what the Quran and the Sunnah but what the companions said this is the side point what the companions said some of it can be attributed to the prophet pay attention to this point if Abu Bakr talks about things that are going to happen in the unseen what do we say here but he doesn't say the prophet said the same he just says that the day of judgment this is going to happen or when a person goes to their grave this is going to take place or before the hour comes this is going to happen that's what Abu Bakr says what do we do to this Hadith it is the statement of Abu Bakr Abu Bakr didn't say the prophet said it he didn't attribute it to the prophet so this is the statement of who it's the statement of Abu Bakr how do we deal with it the scholars they said this which Abu Bakr is saying here it cannot have come from it cannot have come from his own independent reason how could he know what's happening in the grave where could he have got that from are you with me brothers so they say it's the word is but it's but it's we deal with it like what like the prophet said it except we don't do that to him that noble companion he's an exception of that principle if you know why put your hand up he's a companion if you know why he wouldn't be in that put your hand up it's amazing huh he's a companion and he's an exception how old are you 50 anyone here younger than 15 no one it's the youngest فتح الله عليك عبدالله من عمره من العاص he used to read the scriptures of the Ahlu Kitab so sometimes he would speak from the Ahlu Kitab scripture so the scholars they say we can't give it because what he's saying he's getting it from somewhere does that make sense the day of خيبر the battle of خيبر when everybody took the spoils of war عبدالله من عمره عاص he took two big baskets of the scriptures and he left with that and he went home and he started reading it رضي الله تعالى عنه so the scholars they said he would take things from there and he would quote it from there so they say that what he says it's taken from me are we all together whereas the other companions no they wouldn't take it from there so they must have taken it from who the message فضل عبدالله من عمره عاص فضل there's different books for this like if you these are companions some books they mixed it still like we mentioned it last week it has everything in there does that make sense it has all of it there but not in the sunan all these books and the wukhari and muslim it's fair that the students get given microphone because the sisters can't hear these questions and sometimes these questions are good I can't remember the questions sometimes to repeat it so two questions first question is the ambassadors who met the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم were they considered to be companions that's the first question so they met the prophet they didn't believe him then when the prophet died they believed him no both of the parties that you mentioned they're not muslims sorry they're not صحابي صحابي is anyone who fooled under this definition ملقي النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ومؤمن بي ومات على الإسلام ولو تخلل للتردات وعلى الله صح ابن حجر mentions that in his kitab it's anybody who what I hear some people saying who saw the prophet but there were some blind companions so if you say anyone who saw the prophet you're taking the noble companion عبد الله عمي مقتوم out of the equation and he's blind he never saw the prophet so what do we say anybody who met the prophet anyone who met the prophet مؤمن بي they met the prophet in state of إيمان when they met the prophet they were believers third condition is what and they died upon إيمان ولو even if they apostated for a period of time there were some companions who apostated like أش عثم القيس أش عثم القيس he apostated and then what did he do he came back to Islam no one questioned his Islam sorry no one questioned his companionship he was still a so if he apostated but he comes back what is he ها he's a صحابي الأش عثم القيس رضي الله تعالى عنه so he met the prophet he was a believer he was with the prophet companion and then he left Islam he came back again he'll be a believer ولذلك the scholars they took a fig from here which is when does your righteous deed malify because his companionship is a righteous deed when you apostate or when you die let's say I did Hajj I did Hajj I don't want to see this example I don't want to give it let's just say a person who's standing here somebody who's standing here he done Hajj and then he apostated and then he came back to Islam does he have to do Hajj again this question goes back to what does the apostacy straight away malify your deed or does your deed malify when when you die this is homework next week I want the answer for this I want evidence there's an ayah in the Qur'an you see I'm giving you a that mentions the issue go look into it Insha'Allah تعالى now this issue are you allowed to read the scriptures of the Christians and the Jews can you read the bible can you read this اختلف فيه اهل العلم the scholars differed on this issue the reason why is because the prophet when he saw عمر رضي الله عنه read in the Torah and then the prophet said why do I see you read the Torah and then the prophet he said what I have come with you is enough والله لو كان موسى حيا if the prophet was alive ما وسائعه الله لا يوجد اختلف فيه ما وسائعه so stop reading the Torah when the Qur'an came take the Qur'an some of the scholars they took what is that hadith showing that you're not allowed to you're not allowed to read it and then there's a hadith of the prophet in which he said من كذب علي متعميدا فليتبوا مقعدهم من النار and then the prophet he said وحدثوا عن بني إسلائيلة ولا حرج وحدثوا عن بني إسلائيلة ولا حرج ناريت from the people of Ben Israel ناريت from them ولا حرج and there's no problem in that so how do you reconcile between the two the best view is the following view number one the scholars divided the issue into three in the jeel and the Torah whatever is in there that opposes our deem فضربو عرض الحائد we don't accept it are you with me brothers anything that's in the Torah or in the jeel and it goes against our religion our religion has another ruling what do we do? we take our religion we don't ignore it that's one things that are in the Torah and that are in the jeel that go hand in hand with what is in our religion are you with me brothers like for example the issue of عاشورة when the prophet was told the Jews are venerating what did he say what did the prophet say نحن أحقوا من موسى منهم we have more rights for mousa than them نحن and then the prophet he fasted on the day of عاشورة and he fasted a day or he mentioned the fasting of a day before it just so we change so we don't copy them we just change it a little bit the scholars they say whatever is in their scripture and is in our scripture they are the same we take it because it's in our religion the third one is the where the khilaf comes from what is the third one something that's in their religion it doesn't go against our religion nor does it affirm our religion what do we do here it doesn't go against any حكم here it's not going against any of our rulings what do we do here the strongest opinion is you withhold from here why because the distortion that happened to the Torah and the injeel is not all of it are you with me brothers there could be a part of it that's still are you there brothers so what does the person do he withholds and he doesn't implement it are you with me brothers so don't affirm it because the prophet he said لا تصدقوه ولا تكذبوه he said don't believe this and don't disbelieve in it this is if you haiza تل اشكال does that make sense but the third one is where the biggest issue comes from no one is discussing the first two the third one is the discussion which is that which is in the Torah in the injeel but it's not in our it doesn't go against our religion and it doesn't go does that make sense as in debates between different religions the biggest issues that come from these things is that that doubts come from it you see the heart you know what he said to his student do you you all know who ibn al qayyim is right ibn al qayyim of course he used to refute the different groups and the different sects ibn al qayyim even refuted the jews and the christians he has a kitab called and he refuted all of the groups within islam ibn al qayyim has said to him to his student he said make your heart like a mirror that when something goes on it it drops off it and don't make it a sponge what happened it will suck it a lot of the times when these doubts are thrown at people especially who don't know much about their own deal who don't know much about the religion a doubt may fall into their heart and when that doubt falls into their heart what happens it grows are we all together what does it do it grows the best way when it comes to debates is that it should not be public platform احمد ibn hambel who is an imam he would turn away from people a man came to imam malik who is more knowledgeable than malik and then he said i want to debate you if i win what are you going to do he said i'm going to follow you he said if you win what do you want me to do he said you follow me he said if another person comes and he beats both of us what should we do he said we both follow him he says it seems like your religion is not stable you're jumping from one person to another he said i'm up uncertainty in my religion and it seems like you're doubtful you have to prove a point go to somebody like you who's doubtful and debate with him this showed with his knowledge and his understanding and imam malik didn't want to debate are we together and debates really from what i've seen it's not to do a lot with knowledge it's how cunning you are in the debate and the tactics that you use and the play of words are you with me brothers no one walks to the debate podium saying if the حق comes i'm going to take it قليل ماهوب are you with me brothers so the best thing is to stay away from bringing doubts to your heart and stay away from it the best thing when you're studying is تقصيل ground yourself on the foundations don't ever think to yourself that doubt that you had that stuck to your heart it won't hold onto it عبد العزيم نباز do you guys know who عبد عزيم نباز is عليها رحمة الله ابنو باز he said i'm never going to read the كتاب تلبيس الجهمية by sheikh al-sam tamia you know why ابنو باز he was the great mufti he said i'm not going to read تلبيس الجهمية تلبيس الجهمية تلبيس الجهمية and he's going to break it down شيخ اليس ابنو باز i don't want my heart to come across this i don't want this doubt to come to me عليها رحمة الله and his knowledge was are you with me brothers ابنو باز فتح الباري would be read on him and he would correct it and he would place عليقات on it are you with me brothers عامة الناس young children youngsters and youths and women and people who don't even know anything about the deen to listen to these interfaiths has actually brought in the UK what we've seen is a lot of problems they has wallahi and the religion becomes the religion becomes debate only الله divided the people into how many three types when you're speaking to the non-muslims they're three types الله said بالحكمة speak to the people with what wisdom والمعذة means what reminder the third type is واجادلهم debate them what has happened in the da'wa scene is that it's become all what واجادلهم بالتهي أحسن debate debate debate there is a person if you just took him out for a meal and you sat with him and you just had that conversation with him normally he would say إله إلا الله واشد وان الحمد رسوله and you are jumping straight away to say to him they show me a scripture it's contradicting here you see Jesus didn't say this are you with me so he becomes stubborn now and Allah has wisdom why he chose us to deal with these people based on these three we're now going to go into the next lesson insha'Allah which is علوم القرآن


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Karen, obviously if you can give us your thoughts on the actual experience it didn't go the way that you wanted But the performance of your team and just the overall experience, please. Yeah Yeah, I was just telling Jason on the way over here That's probably the greatest setting for a baseball game that I've ever been a part of it was It was it was awesome major league baseball. It's done a major amazing job Creating that experience. I'm sure everyone enjoyed it obviously it was You know pretty special special game that you know unfortunately didn't go our way, but as far as the atmosphere the playing field the The perfect weathered night, I mean it was it was something to behold Go ahead Marley Aaron obviously Haney it wasn't his best performance tonight How do you see his role you know continue on this rotation? And what does it say about your team that it hasn't happened very often that you guys have been able to come back in a game this way? Yeah, I mean really good to see a lot of a lot of really good at bats against You know some of their great relievers You know those those guys are at the back end are having really really strong season and the guys kept grinding away and Everyone kind of having a hand in having some really good at bats against them And obviously putting together a really strong ninth inning there on offense You know and Andrew just you know the long ball got him just just you know The first one to a bray you oh to count You know Can't leave a ball in the strike zone there. You know that I mean as great a hitter is A bray you is you know that you got to try and get it to expand a little bit there You know and then after we scored the few runs I think walk the lead-off man and and then another oh to You know ball where he leads in the strike zone to Anderson hits the double on them And then you know then they put some good swings on some balls for some home runs Obviously Jimenez with three run Homer. That was tough. So You know just Staying away from the from the slugs been been been a little bit of a struggle and and something That we got to get a little bit better at To your right there Erin from your view in the opposing dugout of what kind of player is Tim Anderson and what kind of presence is him Is he for baseball especially on a stage like this? well Unfortunately, he's a really good player You know, I think he he certainly likes playing in this kind of environment and You know as established himself as an all-star caliber player at shortstop in this league and You know, obviously hurt us tonight There questions for Aaron anything else Marley Aaron obviously How did it hurt you today not having a role this Chapman and sac bread and has been struggling a little bit is in this role What are you seeing from him particularly in a game that looked pretty easy how he started the night there? Yeah, I thought he came out really sharp The stuff was good much like the other night in Kansas City Or yesterday in Kansas City where you know He came in put put the ball on the ground a few times in a row where we're seeing this We're starting to see in his last few outings the stuff tick up You know, we're starting to see the velocity take up a little bit came out really sharp gets the first hitter gets o2 to the next hitter Probably think we have an out on the dribbler down the line and then you know I you know, I think where you kick yourself is is obviously being ahead in the count there and then losing him And then Anderson, you know Not always easy to elevate one on Zach Anderson was able to do it the other way on a pitch That probably was left a little bit up But I think the one you know losing losing that second hitter on the after having a moat to that That's the one that hurts a little bit And have you ever been part of a Team as good and competitive as this one is it has suffered this many gut punch losses, you know I mean we after that top of the night. Oh my god I Mean, I think you've heard me comment on that a lot this year. So This one doesn't rank up with some of the ones we've had frankly, I mean we had a one-run lead that we battled back to grab and You know a good team got us and and you know, they were they were the last one standing. So We'll move on from this one and like we have all throughout and and you know Try and rest up on this off day and and you know come ready to roll on Saturday and try and try and go grab another one


class is incredible and Steve Pichle is a major reason for that and he's the head basketball coach at Rutgers and he joins us here on the Michael K Show. It's Don LaGrecke and I'm sure you're familiar with the work of Dan Grossa. Welcome to the show coach. Hey guys I appreciate you having me on and Dan it's good to see you. Coach always a pleasure my friend and congratulations on the big score of course with Dylan Harper and that recruiting class and you know this I mean you and I've talked many times for somebody who grew up as a fan of the program went to school there to see the college basketball national recruiting rankings Duke Kentucky and Rutgers all in the same sentence there I'll tell you myself and a lot of alums a lot of a lot of pride in what you've been able to accomplish here. Well I tell you what it really is it's a credit to this great it's a great university and we're the 15th ranked public university in the country right now so academically there's no better place and just great people here at the school and we play in a terrific league obviously and selling out every game certainly helps in the recruiting process and you know and I'm blessed to have great assistant coaches but you know we get some talented players coming into the program and like to think we have talented players right now in the program so excited about this year and certainly excited about the future but all the credit goes to a great university with some you know great people that surround our program. I live in the neighborhood coach so I know it's a great neighborhood it's a great school it's a great conference there's a lot that you can sell when you're in somebody's living room recruiting an athlete what are some of the other things that you sell them about Rutgers? Well I tell you you know I have two kids currently that go one is getting her master's at Rutgers and she's going to finish up here in a couple weeks and my son's a senior here so not only do I try to get their kids to come here my own kids who could have went to a lot of places come here and there's great people here and there's a great energy on this campus we have tremendous leadership for the president you know Pat Hobbs are great athletic directors so you got great leadership you know I always say to people if there was a stock you need to buy it now because Rutgers is really doing unbelievable things in the academic world and sports I mean the job Coach Hiano was done you know with our football program playing in the pinstripe bowl and our wrestling program you know sells out you know Jersey Mike's Arena our basketball teams our soccer teams have been the final fours our men's lacrosse team final four last year just just really some great times here at the university and just blessed to be a part of it and thankful that people come out and support us and if you want to go see Rutgers play basketball Saturday might be one of your better opportunities if you are in the area because Rutgers is going to be playing Mississippi State at the Prudential Center in Newark so go to Ticketmaster to buy tickets for the Gotham Classic this weekend as Rutgers takes on Mississippi State at the Prus Center in Newark because this is your last chance to buy tickets to catch Rutgers for tickets not on the secondary market because all games are sold out at Jersey Mike's Arena this season go to Seat Geek the official ticketing partner of Rutgers Athletics to buy tickets for all remaining home games at Jersey Mike's Arena I think it's a credit to you coach the administration the players everybody involved with the program and winning is also the help what helps this but the home court advantage that you have cultivated at Jersey Mike's Arena it is a place that opposing teams don't want to play it's one of the best atmospheres in college basketball that's also something that you could sell to recruits because that is a home court advantage I mean it's really becoming unbelievable the environment's fantastic and our students really show up and make it a loud environment and a tough place to play you know we got a lot to really brag about we've graduated every player since I've been here every kid has graduated a lot of them have gone on and got their master's degree and then you know Kayla McConnell's in the NBA you know Ron Harper was with the Toronto Raptors you know Cliff will be next on that list he led the nation in dunks last year I think he's second right now in block shots and you know we continue to you know graduate guys and and and produce great you know bros and guys that go on and sign contracts to keep playing basketball so there's a lot of advantages you know coming here and and it's the biggest media market as you guys in the country and playing in this league challenges you the michigan's the Ohio states the produce you know every night so you see some great great basketball and I'm glad you mentioned the Prudential Center because that is the last time you know you could see us play you know Jersey Mike's does not have a seat available so hopefully our fans will get a chance you know before Christmas to come out Mississippi State is excellent really good basketball team was ranked in the top 25 earlier in the year they're 92 right now so we need we need Rutgers Nation to show up uh in Newark Michael Davis has been such a great story for you tell us more about him now first of all like a great family a worker you know he's one of my old fashion kind of you know he's in the gym all the time he loves basketball um he's the current you know leader in the country as freshmen and assists to turn over ratio so it's a great stat as a freshman to get a lot of assist and not turn the ball over and and to do that in his first year has been really just amazing but you know blue collar tough kid um plays with a little chip on his shoulder fastest could be so I'm blessed he and Gavin Griffiths two two freshmen that we have that you know have really produced it you know at a high level for young players you mentioned Gavin Griffiths coach and he was you know before this class for 2024 he was your highest rated recruit and he's done a nice job here trying to get acclimated to the college game into the big 10 what about his progress so far here making that transition from high school to now big 10 basketball he's really done a really good job he's learned a lot in his first you know 10 games um he's improved his defense tremendously you know he's instant offense for us right now you know off the bench he was starting earlier now we have him a lot mag back you know in the lineup which we're very thankful for but Gavin's going to be a fantastic player and he's another guy he's in the gym all the time comes from a great family and his best days are ahead of him what are some of the things you like to see your team improve on as you go down the stretch of the season here you know we've really been harping on a few things like you know health is a big part of it and how they eat and how they sleep and all those kind of things um plays a big role I've been disappointed with our rebounding quite honestly you know it hasn't been up to our standards um it's been better lately you know obviously a guy like Moab Mag who's one of the better rebounders on our team helps us now that he's healthy um we're getting another big guy um back playing very shortly here Emmanuel Ogbel who's uh seven feet he's about 280 pounds he'll help us too in that area but um you know we've had to really focus on that we've got a lot of new pieces too so we're kind of figuring out you know the rotation and and those kind of things but rebounding really has been a thing we've really harped on and we got to do a better job of taking care of the backboards and um that'll go a long way especially here in this Mississippi State game too. Coach Steve Pichela Rutgers joining us here on 9870 ESPN and you know you were nice enough to have me up there at practice and hang out in your office over the summer and when we were talking about the team you said you think or you thought that you guys were going to be better this year with the with the incoming players that you had and there's a tremendous amount of transition now in college sports from one year to the next with the transfer portal everybody moving around here and it's taken some time but 11 games in 10 games into the season where do you think you guys are now in terms of incorporating all the new faces into playing how you would like to play? Yeah I mean I think for everyone it's a huge challenge I mean we're seven and three and we had some games we didn't play as well as I would like but I'm also learning that other teams are you know really good too and they're old you know we played an Illinois team with a lot of you know veteran guys and you know we played a really good Princeton team to start the season and I feel better 10 games later if we played them now I think you know we would be in a lot better place too so it's always when you play teams and who you play at the time but we learned a lot of lessons from the different games we've shored up we've returned the ball over a lot now we're now we're not I think our defense is getting better in a lot of areas I think our offense is also starting to kick in a little bit so you know it's it's always a journey with the seasons I like the journey everyone thinks you can go undefeated I think there's only a couple teams in a country that are undefeated but there's a lot of teams like seven and three and and unlike we are have a chance to have a really good year and have a lot of season left to do that. Yeah Steve I'm born and raised New Jersey so I've got a lot of pride in this state and there's so much talk about you know Pennsylvania basketball and and what those those schools have done in the state of Pennsylvania certainly New York but you you think in New Jersey the way Seton Hall is playing now St. Peters runs a couple of years ago where you guys have been able to accomplish I mean there's so much good basketball here in the state of New Jersey. I mean it really is a really good coach it's too fantastic I mean FDU makes a run last year in the tournament you know St. Pete's the job that Shaw's doing at that Seton Hall and then you got great coaches at Momet and that Ryder and obviously Princeton you know they're good every year they were sweet 16 team last year so you have a lot of really good coaches a lot of really good rivalries a lot of coaches come into our area and try to steal our recruits too and you know college basketball very healthy in New Jersey and I'm thankful that Rutgers is a big part of that. And Seton Hall actually did you guys a favor last night coach they had a great win upsetting Yukon at the Prudential Center but you beat Seton Hall a couple of weeks ago so that only looks better for your resume moving forward with Seton Hall getting a big win like that. Yeah I mean congratulations they played great and I think you know University of Connecticut is awesome you know I went to school there and the job Danny Hurley's done there is fantastic and you know but Shaw's team is good they went to you know Missouri and won you know I never get caught up at wins and quadrants and all that there's there's so many analytics now you know like you know there's 14 different analytics I get dizzy reading about them all and you know you just got to win enough games and be NCAA worthy and you know we won every metric last year that you can imagine they picked one out that they you know people didn't love but there are 13 other great ones you know you got to be good enough to get in that tournament and you know all the rest of this is you don't know who's going to win or lose on a given night you don't know how you're going to be on a given night you're still dealing with 18 19 20 year old you know kids so you try to get them ready for all the obstacles ahead and you know you do the best that you can with them and you're excited about the journey that the season usually takes you on real quick coach I was just going to ask you you know you mentioned last season in the snub for the NCAA tournament one of the teams that did get one of those first four spots and one of the final at large you're going to be playing on Saturday in Mississippi State is that a message you convey to your guys going into this game here on Saturday afternoon I mean you know we don't talk to really to be honest a lot about last year different team different you know circumstances and but we did talk about Mississippi State being very good and being a lot for the NCAA tournament this year so you know they have some really good players and he does a fantastic job you know coaching and and so you know it'll be a real challenging game at a neutral site you know for us we want it to be challenged in the you know non-conference and this team looks exactly like you know some of our teams and in the big 10 big physical athletic basketball team so this will help us as we prepare for you know league play well Steve good luck the rest of the way and we love having you it's good to get to know you and go are you guys I appreciate it I see you have me on happy holidays yeah both you too to coach and get get out to the rock check that game out man because you can't get to the rack you're not going to be able to see him so and Don that's the truth I mean there ain't a seat to be had believe me and I'll be there Saturday looking forward to it here so hopefully you get a nice win


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YouTube what's up, man? This is weekend league gameplay. I'm in the middle of it right now I'm playing on two accounts get done 50 games per weekend So if you haven't watched any of these games live hit that link below hop in the chat say you found me from YouTube I appreciate it man. So we have a lot of fun. We have a good time and we play some mad Hopefully you can learn anything or two now. This is an idea. I have for all my gameplays There was one key to this game and it's one of the rules I had defensively I'm gonna play against split close now split close is a popular formation Especially in the beginning of the year throughout the year for a couple reasons one It's easy to protect and to you if you're playing against big pass defenses like big dime or nickel or dollar You can audible down and run dyes, and that's what a lot of people like to do so for me It's a defense you had to be comfortable defending because you're gonna see it a lot or it's the offense You have to be comfortable defending because you have to see it a lot now I have one rule no matter what defense you run I would love to run 146 because it's the best pass defense But if I got a run goal line to stop the run if I have to run nickel to stop the run if I have to run 34 stop the run I have one rule now before I tell you this rule I want to make sure you guys hit that like button and subscribe because I think this Adding this little practice mode adding these little tips to my gameplays want to help that much more Let me know if you think it's a good idea in the comments section also take the time to follow these social Media's I appreciate your support. So let's get into What I do what my main rule against split close is now. This is my main rule as we go. We're here This is the It doesn't matter what defense defense is irrelevant But I have one rule and you're gonna see it in this game happen all the time and when you're watching this gameplay I want you to literally watch this guy's receiver over here on the left the main play They want to run in split close is PA Y shot where there's two crossing routes What I like to do is man up the solo receiver X man up press him at the line of scrimmage It's gonna mess up all the timing for your opponent. That's pretty much the biggest Advice I can give you if you have to face split close if you have to play against it No matter what defense you're comfortable running I want you to go ahead and man up that solo guy and press him because what's that's gonna do It's gonna mess up their timing It's gonna mess up the depth of their routes and what happens is they're so used to being able to throw that ball over cloud Flats over soft squats that they're gonna throw it anyway, and they're gonna get interceptions now You man up that guy press him at the line who was ever coming back across the field That's your gotta pick up So if you add that to your game it's gonna help you and go ahead and watch how I use this defense in this gameplay All right, so we're gonna start every game Against split close we're gonna start in one four six because I feel like it's impossible to pass out of one out of split close Against one four six, so if you can stop the run in it You'll be doing even better than than than anybody else defensively So for me I start out one four six you see every time he's just gonna audible down and take what's there in a run now I'm not getting killed by it, but I just feel like eventually he's gonna pop one and You know, but I said it's the first drive the game feel it out Feel out how my defense is playing see if I can stop the run out of one four six But he's gonna stick to it. He's gonna stay in it. He's gonna take his four or five yards and what this tells me is He doesn't want to pass, you know, he wants to run That's why these kids run split close because you can you are all able to audible down Against one four six, so he's not comfortable passing against one four six. That's pretty much what you can learn by he's run What six straight plays but that's what I mean If you see the extra see we're just getting just absolutely pressed into the dirt, but the playmaker is the The wrench in my plans so far early in this game right there got it to a big third down Got intentional grinding there, but he hit me with a playmaker now playmaker is gonna be pretty much the only Dot that I have to worry about this game Now I would be cool if they took playmaker out of the game. I hate it I feel like it's a bailout for people that have not put a good enough route combination on the field To beat the defense, you know, it's like a last-ditch effort. Oh, oh, I'm bagged. Let me playmaker I'm left and right and do the ball so for me. I don't like it third and 12 We're gonna go here and press that watch the left receiver get off the line But he actually runs a plaques a streak. There's nowhere to go Absolutely bagged and that's what I mean the playmaker. It's just when you're lurking It's not in your mind to run and guard the playmaker But once the game goes on you have to then adapt and this is what I mean about being able to adapt throughout a game Okay, we notice if there's somebody you're covering to be ready for the playmaker And what we've got to be ready for is moss because we're going for it first play weak and leak This is why they watch moss put your nuts on everybody But they don't let moss work the moss just doesn't work for good players I mean if Johnny Raincoat threw it he's moss in my whole team, but that guy I can't get it done So I pretty much turn the ball over. I'm pretty much down to scores because he's in field goal range already Runs a little inside zone with Walter Payton again Walter Payton is pretty much a golden ticket at this point If you don't have him, he's a great running back to pick up He's probably super cheap right now those in the flats over there to Garrison Hearst Don't see that card too often, but he gets a nice little game right there Look at that receiver on the left getting bumped But he does back all the way across to the other receiver now. I I don't know I just sometimes when I when the quarterback rolls out I'll go with the quarterback with my user and he was able to throw all the way back across the Field a terrific throw good find it seems like that's his play You know that that's his nothing money plays that play action play with the slant. I'm bagging it I just have to worry about playmaker. That's all that's gonna come down to how my defense plays the rest of the game Corner route Calvin Johnson no abilities. He's not gonna come up with that type of catch Next play we got a third and six. We're gonna run a little dagger right here We're gonna just come back to the ball a little bit too much right there I kind of messed that up myself fourth and sixth He's actually gonna guard the corner out himself leaving this nice little poke over the middle over there to Randy Moss on the post route now Because I'll do that little dot He's gonna force to guard the middle to feel that I'm able to hit the corner out But you know, I'll hit alignment in the head first, but the second attempt. We're gonna bite the same look Absolutely easy Randy Moss right there. Boom. He has Ronnie lot probably universal everything Nothing stops that and nothing stops this post route if you bring that big body moisture So you just click on the receiver bring them back two steps shield off the defender touch down 14 to 7 man as much as we feel you stick is not involved in man I feel like user is so important this year and From tackling from running to pocket presents But especially clicking on your receivers and getting making sure you have the best animation possible I compare it kind of to a receiver has high pointing a ball Go get it as best possible area and that's what I did right there with Randy Moss Once again, we'll press press that receiver. Look at the receiver on the left. Just getting pressed the hell playmaker I'm ready for it though. Brian Dawkins all over it should have been a pick, but we'll knock the ball away Once again, look at that receiver on the right Just just nowhere to throw to him, but that playmaker is still killing me I'm gonna start putting a linebacker on this receiver because this is his entire offense right here He actually throws the pulse route, but I promise if that's a corner in a cover, too I think he picks that off now for me. I that was part of the last time I ran cover three just for that reason I don't want him to be able to throw that ball again Over my linebackers. I want to put a corner out there Just another another dive right there Calvin Johnson blessing the running back get to a third down We're gonna press that left receiver We're gonna man up to playmaker guy play I'm ready for it though Calvin Megatron Johnson if you don't have him on your team You are lacking pick him up sell whoever you have pick him up huge play right there Making the pick because I was ready for the playmaker with Calvin Johnson six five acrobat lurker everything So instead of being down ten we're only down seven. This is the end of the first half Just trying to get what I can may be getting filled orange You know, we had that 99 kick power So if we get anywhere near midfield and I think I can do this on this play watch the crossing route I mean it's gonna break open, but I get shredded right there. Boom. I could have got out of bounds at like the 45 Maybe had a long field goal to go for this the last play of the first half Just trying to get something too many people there three deep good call. So we're in the second half We're down by seven. We spotted this guy 14 points Will I be able to come back? That's it's it's fun I feel like man is so much fun when you're fighting When you got to try to just come from behind right there boom Julio Jones back-to-back plays the Julio Jones now he is blinking. He is double me territory Next play we're gonna take off with Michael Vick. Oh, you get a couple yards. I'm kind of afraid of that guy Taylor Mase He's a little bit different that man Taylor Mase But this is one of my best drives of the day want to take what we have no pressure He has all his abilities on coverage guys no pass rush chems I feel like you always need one pass rush chem just at least one get out there that can stop the run and the Pass 30 inches we're gonna do this little hitch over here to Tyree kill just got in the game I guess my players were tired blast. This is the best thing about blast is just short yardage Man, I really don't think it's offense to run up and down the field, but short yard is getting closed inside the five It's the best thing in the game We're gonna run a little dive to the left side because Michael Vick is left-handed tie the game up Walter Payton Boom just like that. We're tied. Just keep keep playing his defense guard to play maker guard to play maker That's the key to the game once again absolutely bagged at left for he has no way to throw that left receiver That receiver going left to right He I'm telling you this the most important thing you can do against split-close is press not off the timing of the solo receiver Now I believe this team I play on two accounts, and this is my buddy's Buster Harleys account I believe I have Marlon Humphrey right there. It's there's so many good corners now You can put anybody out there and just press the hell out of them right here We're gonna go ahead had the opportunity third and 21 we're gonna have the opportunity I just showed it to come out on 146 because it's a passing down He's not gonna audible down and run for four yards on third and 21 We can come out 146 and absolutely annihilate him make him punt the ball 14 to 14 I've come back tied the game Let's put one more good drive together and take the lead and this game's ours because I like I said If he can't run I feel really good against about my past defense take what's there for me I had double me. I noticed he's take he's doubling them try to hit the zig route He guards it over there so we can hit the crossing route boom right there who's that Randy Moss Randy Moss and What that's a Randy Moss Julio Jones and Calvin Johnson?  Well, just I'm telling you if you can end it now He is completely abandoned split close. He's gone to the u-trip something that Decroff ran a lot in the LCQ Just hit sticking right there now.  I'm gonna get this pick right here with Marlon. Oh, no Julio Jones Holy Manduli one hand catch over my man Marlon Humphrey. I need to go ahead and make that change I need to get Pat Pete out there or at least Jalen Ramsey Pat Pete is on my right side on this team as we get another sack. I feel like I sacked this guy 14 times third and 17 Make it 15 and you know what that's gonna do That's gonna make the ball game cuz he fell to the flow and he don't want no mo GG's in the chat and I'll tell you if you add this simple Simple defensive adjustment when you play against split close It's gonna make you such a better player man man up that solar receiver Put your hands on them. No listen everybody's fast But it's it's tougher to be fast when you got hands on you that that's what I like the first rules of football You get taught man. Nobody's that fast when there's hands on them press that receiver at the line It's gonna mess up his timing. It's gonna mess up the depth of the route And it's gonna give you mad turnovers against split close If you like this video if you like this idea from my gameplays man, please hit that like button and subscribe man I appreciate all your support


The title of the last episode was the experiment. Now, in the experiment we talked about we had this wine tasting, we designed a double-blind experiment, and we talked generally about randomness. So we're going to start off today and kind of gauge your understanding of what we mean by chance. Let's discuss that as small groups. Tudors sometimes use chance and probability interchangeably, but I think that's probably not really accurate. Yeah, I guess chance is kind of just stop happening. And probability is try to measure how likely it is that stuff happens. The chance looks like something when it isn't. Whether you're actually detecting something in the sky or something, you're comparing it to nothing at all. You're comparing it to the absence of structure. Doesn't the whole Schrodinger's cat experiment fun? I like that. Well, even a coin flip, I mean, if you had a really good physicist and a lot of time, and you flipped that coin, you could count, you could compute, you could write an equation specifically for what that coin is going to come up, whether it's going to be heads or tails. I don't know how she does it. She just goes to that machine, play that machine, and play this amount, and it will win. Maybe the universe is randomness and chaos, and we're just seeing patterns. Chance and randomness are just words we use to describe things when all the external factors aren't immediately quantifiable. What causes superstitious belief? How did we go from...  Like, do you say you have no superstitions? Yes. My example was people might fall down the stairs and break their legs, and they don't want to say, oh, it's because I was careless or because I'm uncoordinated. They want to blame it on the fact that they, like, opened an umbrella inside, like, on the way to work or something. You believe in things because it's a cultural thing. It's been passed down from your family, and it just becomes part of something that you can draw on. You remember those instances more than perhaps other things. So when next time you see a black cat, all these examples might come rushing to your mind. A common aspect is the pattern recognition systems. I think Gilovich talked about how, like, we have this cognitive machinery to see patterns in everyday life, which is very useful, but it's fallible in a sense. Like, it makes mistakes, and that can sort of, like, cause the creation of those superstitious beliefs.