Ibn Baaz: ‘We spent our time with the speech of the scholars of fiqh, and al-Albaani spent his time with the hadiths of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم’
by The Albaani Site
Shaikh Mashoor Hasan, may Allaah protect him, said, “A student of the Shaikh, the Allaamah, the Faqih of his time, Ibn Baaz, may Allaah have mercy on him, visited me, being very enthusiastic about meeting our Shaikh al-Albaani, may Allaah have mercy on him. When I asked him why he was so eager, he said, ‘I heard my Shaikh, Shaikh Ibn Baaz, may Allaah have mercy on him, saying:
‘We spent our time with the speech of the scholars of fiqh [the fuqahaa], and al-Albaani spent his time with the hadiths of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.’’”
From this tape, at 22:40.
The Albaani Site 
Does that mean Al-Albani is not a faqi?
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wa alaikum salaam, no my dear anonymous muslim shaikh al albaanee rahimahullaah was a great scholar of fiqh no doubt. every muhadith is a faqhee but not every faqhee is a muhadith, barak Allaahu feekum
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