Albani admitted that there has never been a completely "salafi" commentary on sahih al Bukhari and al Nawawi and ibn Hajar were Asharis:
Al-Albaani: Firstly, I don't think this is what their objective is, and secondly, if their objective [by not quoting from these scholars or asking for Allaah's Mercy for them] is a way of warning then I say:
These people [i.e., the ones who hold the views mentioned above of not asking for Allaah's Mercy] who you just alluded to, do they read Fathul-Baari [i.e., the explanation of Sahih Bukhaari by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani] or not?
Whichever of the two answers we assume, then it is a mistake in relation to them. If it is said they do not read it, then where do they understand Sahih al-Bukhaari from, its explanation, its understanding, the differences of opinion, the terminology, [things related to the] hadith and so on ...
They will not find, in the whole world, explanations of Sahih Bukhaari that are entirely Salafi.
They will not find a [totally] Salafi explanation of Sahih Bukhaari like we want, and even if they did it would only have the main points [and wouldn't be as detailed as Fathul-Baari]. As for this ocean replete with comprehensive knowledge, which Allaah granted to the author of Fath [ul-Baari] they will not find what it contains in any of the books that have taken up the task of explaining Sahih Bukhaari.
Thus, they will lose out on a huge amount of knowledge. So if they mean or what they say includes, amongst the things they warn against, preventing people from benefitting from what this Imaam [i.e., Ibn Hajr] says, then they will lose out on knowledge whereas it is possible for them to gather between taking the benefit and repelling the harm which is what the scholars do.
In the [whole] world now, not a scholar after al-Asqalaani and al-Nawawi can be found, to this day, who can do without benefitting from both of their explanations-this one's [i.e., Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani's] explanation of Bukhaari and that one's [i.e., Imaam al-Nawawi's] explanation of Muslim.
Yet along with that, when they [i.e., the scholars] take benefits from both of their books, they know that in many issues they were Ash'aris and were contrary to the methodology of the Salaf as-Saalih. So with their knowledge and not with ignorance they [i.e., the scholars] were able to take the knowledge which benefits them from these two books or their authors, and turn away from what would harm them and not benefit them....
See how he claimed Nawawi and ibn Hajar were allegedly contrary to the methodology of the Salaf! We never heard this for hundreds of years until these revisionists came to the surface and attempted to put down such giants...
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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