The ruling on using weak hadiths as evidence in the virtues of actions
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Shaykh. What is the ruling on using weak hadiths as evidence in the virtues of actions?
Answer:
A group of scholars hold that there is nothing wrong with this in the virtues of actions, in encouraging and warning, that there is nothing wrong with it. But as for what is lawful and what is forbidden, that is not established except by an authentic hadith.
May Allah reward you, Shaykh. What is the ruling on using weak hadiths as evidence in the virtues of actions?
Answer:
A group of scholars hold that there is nothing wrong with this in the virtues of actions, in encouraging and warning, that there is nothing wrong with it. But as for what is lawful and what is forbidden, that is not established except by an authentic hadith.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3835] حكم الاستدلال بالأحاديث الضعيفة في فضائل الأعمال - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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