The People of Hadith
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Is the term "the people of hadith" intended to refer to those who compile hadiths and focus on the chains of narration, or does it refer to the people of hadith who oppose Abu al-Razi in their reliance on evidence, especially since there are Ash'aris and others who focus on tracing hadiths to their sources, chains of narration, and concise summaries?
Answer:
The people of hadith are the preservers of hadith, those who memorize the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and narrate them. Such as Imam Ahmad, Imam al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, who are recognized by the preservers as the people of hadith. As for a mere individual who reads and writes marginal notes, he is not called a hadith scholar. This is not permissible. He is called a researcher who quotes from books; he is not called a hadith scholar. If you ask him, "What do you memorize from the hadith?" he says, "I do not memorize a single hadith." "What do you memorize from the chains of narration?" he says, "I do not memorize a single chain." What makes this person a hadith scholar? This is a great exaggeration. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Is the term "the people of hadith" intended to refer to those who compile hadiths and focus on the chains of narration, or does it refer to the people of hadith who oppose Abu al-Razi in their reliance on evidence, especially since there are Ash'aris and others who focus on tracing hadiths to their sources, chains of narration, and concise summaries?
Answer:
The people of hadith are the preservers of hadith, those who memorize the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and narrate them. Such as Imam Ahmad, Imam al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, who are recognized by the preservers as the people of hadith. As for a mere individual who reads and writes marginal notes, he is not called a hadith scholar. This is not permissible. He is called a researcher who quotes from books; he is not called a hadith scholar. If you ask him, "What do you memorize from the hadith?" he says, "I do not memorize a single hadith." "What do you memorize from the chains of narration?" he says, "I do not memorize a single chain." What makes this person a hadith scholar? This is a great exaggeration. Yes.
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