Is it permissible to act upon ahad (single-narrator) hadiths in matters of creed?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to act upon ahad hadiths in matters of creed, or is one required to act only upon mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports in this field?
Answer:
This is the creed of the Asha'irah, the theologians, and the Mu'tazilah who deny the hadiths of the attributes, saying that they are ahad. This is misguidance, and may Allah protect us from it. If a hadith is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whether it is mutawatir or ahad, it is acted upon in matters of creed.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to act upon ahad hadiths in matters of creed, or is one required to act only upon mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports in this field?
Answer:
This is the creed of the Asha'irah, the theologians, and the Mu'tazilah who deny the hadiths of the attributes, saying that they are ahad. This is misguidance, and may Allah protect us from it. If a hadith is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whether it is mutawatir or ahad, it is acted upon in matters of creed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [66 -582] هل يؤخذ بأحاديث الآحاد في العقيدة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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