How does Imam Ahmad narrate a hadith like this — and I ask you by the right of this walk of mine — when he knows that it contradicts the Shari'ah?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how does Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrate a hadith like this when he knows that it contradicts the Shari'ah?

Answer:
The hadith. By my right, I did not walk on it. Imam Ahmad did not commit to authenticity in his Musnad; he includes authentic hadiths, good hadiths, and weak hadiths, and he is content with mentioning the chain of narration. He is content with mentioning the chain of narration. So the one who wants to take a hadith from the hadiths studies its chain. If the entire chain of the sanad is authentic, the hadith is authentic. And if there is a defect in it, he stops at the defect in one of the narrators. And when the hadith scholar mentions the chain of the hadith, he is absolved of responsibility. When he mentions the chain of the hadith, he is absolved of responsibility. Yes.