Is this hadith inverted in al-Bukhari or in the narrators, and what is the position of the hadith masters regarding it?
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The questioner : By Allah, as for this hadith, it is inverted in al-Bukhari himself.
The Shaykh : No, it is not apparent; the apparent view is that it was inverted in those above him, either among the Companions or those after them.
The questioner : When it was presented to Imam Ahmad and others, it is unlikely that it was Imam Ahmad, for example. I say this word: when he presented it to the great scholars of his time? They were not aware of it, meaning it is clear.
The Shaykh : What was it?
The questioner : I mean, when.
The Shaykh : What is the story you have? The story of Imam Ahmad that you mention.
The questioner : I say, when I heard that in Sahih, it was presented to Imam Ahmad and others of those who lived in his time, if for example Imam Ahmad passed over this wording, they knew that it was inverted.
The Shaykh : They knew that it was inverted, but since al-Bukhari had narrated this hadith shortly before in a sound manner.
The questioner : But he said here in the footnote, Ibn al-Qayyim asserted that this is an error by the memorizer. How could Ibn al-Qayyim, in the seventh century? Meaning, they were not aware of it except in the time of Ibn al-Qayyim?
The Shaykh : No, the predecessors say that hadiths explain one another and complete one another, so they restrict themselves to this and do not speak about it. As for its inversion, it is clear and there is no doubt. How would Allah create people to torment them? It is impossible, meaning. Yes? No, it is not, because it speaks about Paradise on the Day of Resurrection, about Paradise and Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection, yes.
The questioner : And the casting is usually for torment?
The Shaykh : For discipline.
The questioner : In torment.
The Shaykh : Torment, yes, and it is so.
The questioner : We said that it creates Paradise, we said that it is inverted, and it creates Paradise, that whoever He wills, He casts them in it.
The Shaykh : No, no, we said the correct version is: As for Paradise, He creates for it whom He wills. This is the correct hadith. And as for the FireSahih al-Bukhari 7449 He casts them in it, meaning the people of the Fire.
The Shaykh : No, it is not apparent; the apparent view is that it was inverted in those above him, either among the Companions or those after them.
The questioner : When it was presented to Imam Ahmad and others, it is unlikely that it was Imam Ahmad, for example. I say this word: when he presented it to the great scholars of his time? They were not aware of it, meaning it is clear.
The Shaykh : What was it?
The questioner : I mean, when.
The Shaykh : What is the story you have? The story of Imam Ahmad that you mention.
The questioner : I say, when I heard that in Sahih, it was presented to Imam Ahmad and others of those who lived in his time, if for example Imam Ahmad passed over this wording, they knew that it was inverted.
The Shaykh : They knew that it was inverted, but since al-Bukhari had narrated this hadith shortly before in a sound manner.
The questioner : But he said here in the footnote, Ibn al-Qayyim asserted that this is an error by the memorizer. How could Ibn al-Qayyim, in the seventh century? Meaning, they were not aware of it except in the time of Ibn al-Qayyim?
The Shaykh : No, the predecessors say that hadiths explain one another and complete one another, so they restrict themselves to this and do not speak about it. As for its inversion, it is clear and there is no doubt. How would Allah create people to torment them? It is impossible, meaning. Yes? No, it is not, because it speaks about Paradise on the Day of Resurrection, about Paradise and Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection, yes.
The questioner : And the casting is usually for torment?
The Shaykh : For discipline.
The questioner : In torment.
The Shaykh : Torment, yes, and it is so.
The questioner : We said that it creates Paradise, we said that it is inverted, and it creates Paradise, that whoever He wills, He casts them in it.
The Shaykh : No, no, we said the correct version is: As for Paradise, He creates for it whom He wills. This is the correct hadith. And as for the Fire
because Allah does not wrong any of His created things
فإن الله لا يظلم من خلقه أحدا
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4342 - 4600 هل هذا الحديث انقلب على البخاري أم على الرواة وما موقف أئمة الحديث منه؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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