The Hadith Paths That Strengthen One Another
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The questioner:
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah.
The Shaykh:
Yes, as long as no evidence has been established, even if the reports are numerous, as long as none of them is authentic, they are of no account. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. You pointed out, may Allah reward you with good, that even if the reports are numerous, authenticity is not the same as quantity. I wish you would elaborate on this. Sometimes some of the later scholars, when authenticating a hadith, authenticate it because of the multiplicity of its paths, even if they are all weak.
The Shaykh:
The multiplicity of paths is of two types. Paths that strengthen one another, so that the hadith progresses from being weak to being good for other reasons; there is nothing wrong with this. But if the paths are equal in weakness, they do not strengthen one another, for the weak does not strengthen the weak.
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah.
The Shaykh:
Yes, as long as no evidence has been established, even if the reports are numerous, as long as none of them is authentic, they are of no account. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. You pointed out, may Allah reward you with good, that even if the reports are numerous, authenticity is not the same as quantity. I wish you would elaborate on this. Sometimes some of the later scholars, when authenticating a hadith, authenticate it because of the multiplicity of its paths, even if they are all weak.
The Shaykh:
The multiplicity of paths is of two types. Paths that strengthen one another, so that the hadith progresses from being weak to being good for other reasons; there is nothing wrong with this. But if the paths are equal in weakness, they do not strengthen one another, for the weak does not strengthen the weak.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1707] الطرق الحديثية التي يقوي بعضها بعضًا. I الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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