The ruling on denying a valid hadith whose chain of narration is known
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Question:
And Satan is not a hadith from the hadiths of creed in the two Sahihs, and he is knowledgeable of that, and the servant said he does not believe it, and thus the servant is believed regarding the servant.
Answer:
This is explicit disbelief, there is no doubt in it, for the one who has established that this is the speech of the Messenger, and yet he says no, I prefer my intellect, and I do not believe in this hadith, even if the Messenger said it. This is explicit disbelief, it does not require much research, yes, because he is denying the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This is denying the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But if he says, by Allah, I do not know the chain of this hadith, and it may not be valid, if he does not know the chain, he may be excused until he knows the chain. Or if he says, its meaning has not become clear to me, and its chain is valid, but its meaning has not become clear to me, it has not become apparent to him, and he rejects it because its meaning has not become apparent to him, this is excused due to ignorance because its meaning has not become apparent to him. But if its meaning becomes clear to him and the validity of its chain becomes clear to him, and yet he persists in denial and prefers his intellect to the speech of the Messenger, this is denying the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And one may be able to say that among the things by which a fabricated hadith is rejected is that it is afflicted with a contradiction. This is a false statement, it is not valid. It is not possible for a hadith to be valid and to contradict the intellect, ever. For this reason, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says: Valid transmission does not contradict clear intellect. If it contradicts it, then there is a defect in one of them, either the transmission or the intellect. Either the transmission is not valid, or the intellect is not clear. But if the validity of the chain and the clarity of the intellect coincide, it is not possible for one to deny the other, because the Messenger does not bring what contradicts correct intellects. He may bring what intellects do not understand and what intellects do not grasp, yes. But that he brings what contradicts clear, correct intellects, this is impossible, ever.
And Satan is not a hadith from the hadiths of creed in the two Sahihs, and he is knowledgeable of that, and the servant said he does not believe it, and thus the servant is believed regarding the servant.
Answer:
This is explicit disbelief, there is no doubt in it, for the one who has established that this is the speech of the Messenger, and yet he says no, I prefer my intellect, and I do not believe in this hadith, even if the Messenger said it. This is explicit disbelief, it does not require much research, yes, because he is denying the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This is denying the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But if he says, by Allah, I do not know the chain of this hadith, and it may not be valid, if he does not know the chain, he may be excused until he knows the chain. Or if he says, its meaning has not become clear to me, and its chain is valid, but its meaning has not become clear to me, it has not become apparent to him, and he rejects it because its meaning has not become apparent to him, this is excused due to ignorance because its meaning has not become apparent to him. But if its meaning becomes clear to him and the validity of its chain becomes clear to him, and yet he persists in denial and prefers his intellect to the speech of the Messenger, this is denying the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And one may be able to say that among the things by which a fabricated hadith is rejected is that it is afflicted with a contradiction. This is a false statement, it is not valid. It is not possible for a hadith to be valid and to contradict the intellect, ever. For this reason, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says: Valid transmission does not contradict clear intellect. If it contradicts it, then there is a defect in one of them, either the transmission or the intellect. Either the transmission is not valid, or the intellect is not clear. But if the validity of the chain and the clarity of the intellect coincide, it is not possible for one to deny the other, because the Messenger does not bring what contradicts correct intellects. He may bring what intellects do not understand and what intellects do not grasp, yes. But that he brings what contradicts clear, correct intellects, this is impossible, ever.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10/2/4 شرح مسائل الجاهلية / الشريط العاشر / جزء٢ — youtube.com (1:52)
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